We're delighted that ENO have announced their new Harewood Artists, including Australian soprano Alexandra Oomens. The programme combines vocal and language training with experts in their repertoire, supporting artist careers through roles at ENO, and other exciting opportunities.
Alexandra is a recent graduate from the Royal Academy Opera where she studied with Lillian Watson and Jonathan Papp. Alexandra holds an MA and a DipRAM for an outstanding final recital (Royal Academy of Music, 2017), and a BMus Hons. (Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, 2014). In 2017, she made her European debut at the Concertgebouw in the world premiere of a work commissioned for the Holland Festival. She is an alumna of the Georg Solti Accademia where she worked under Meastro Alessandro Corbelli, Barbara Frittoli, and Sir Richard Bonynge.
In July 2019, Alexandra sang the role of Zerlina Don Giovanni with Clonter Opera, and in 2020 she made her debut with Opera North in the role of Barbarina The Marriage of Figaro.