Australian lyric coloratura soprano Alexandra Flood has been a member of the Vienna Volksoper soloist ensemble since 2022. Her 25/26 roles include her role debut as Olympia (Les contes d’Hoffmann), Young Heidi (Follies) and Mabel (Pirates of Penzance) among others. Past seasons include Frasquita (Carmen), Princess Fantasia (Le voyage dans la lune, dir. Laurent Pelly), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Clorinda (La cenerentola), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Musetta (La bohème) and Pamina (The Magic Flute) to name a few.
One of Alexandra’s notable milestones was her debut as Pamina Cover at the Glyndebourne Festival during the Spring/Summer 2024 season, after which she was honoured with an invitation to return the following year.
Alexandra Flood began her career as a young artist at the Salzburg Festival (Blond/Die Entführung aus dem Serail für Kinder, Modistin/Der Rosenkavalier), working with such luminaries as Harry Kupfer and Franz Welser-Möst. Whilst completing her Masters in Munich, Alexandra debuted as Marguerite (Le Petit Faust, Hervé) at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, performed Norina (Don Pasquale) at Opéra Krakow, Vixen (The Cunning Little Vixen) with Pacific Opera, Sydney, Blonde (Entführung) at the Bregenz Landestheater, the soprano lead in J. Dove’s church-opera Tobias and the Angel with the Munich Radio Orchestra and Violetta in Traviata Remixed with at the Grachten Festival Amsterdam.
Following her studies, Alexandra enjoyed a flourishing solo career as Maria (West Side Story) in Bolzano, Italy, the world premiere of Moritz Eggert’s opera Caliban at the Dutch National Opera Opera Forward Festival, Nannetta (Falstaff) at Malmö Opera, Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro) at Teatro Réal, Jemmy (Guillaume Tell) with Victorian Opera, Norina (Don Pasquale) at the Bregenz Landestheater, and Elle (La voix humaine) with Opera Queensland.
In France, Alexandra appeared with the Opéra de Paris as Female Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia) as a guest of the Académie, followed by concerts at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence alongside conductor Thomas Hengelbrock and the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble. Alexandra then joined Joseph Bastian for the New Year’s Concert at the Opéra de Dijon.
Alexandra is the Artistic Director of the Queensland Art Song Festival, an educational initiative focused on bring performance and practice opportunities in classical art song to young Australians.
