About Alexandra

Swiss mezzo-soprano Alexandra Meier is a graduate of the Guildhall school of Music and Drama Opera Course, and was a 2022/23 Britten Pears Young Artist.

In the past season she played the leading role in La Cenerentola with Longhope Opera, “Dinah” in Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti at Grimeborn Festival (Offie Award winner for best opera production), and “Hänsel” in Hänsel und Gretel with HGO.

As a Britten Pears Young Artist, Alexandra participated in masterclasses with teachers including Antonio Pappano, Julia Faulkner, Gweneth Ann Rand, Ann Murray and Roderick Williams, and performed in a recital series at Aldeburgh Festival with pianist Hebba Benyaghla.

In previous seasons, she has performed at Theater Basel in Switzerland as “Der Trommler” in Viktor Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis, and as “Anneli” in the first production of Dai Fujikura’s Der Goldkäfer, commissioned by Theater Basel.

During her time at the Guildhall her roles included “Sister Helen Prejean” in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, “Berthe” in Judith Weir’s Blond Eckbert, and “Jean de Moncerf” in Massenet’s Le portrait de Manon.

In 2024 Alexandra covered the role of “Berthe” in the English Touring Opera/Britten Pears Arts co-production of Blond Eckbert at Aldeburgh Festival.

This past December she sang the alto solo in Händel’s Messiah with Britten Pears Arts at Snape-Maltings Concert Hall.