Louise Alder studied at the Royal College of Music International Opera School where she was the inaugural Kiri Te Kanawa Scholar.
In the 2020/21 season Louise makes her debut at the Wiener Staatsoper as Susanna Le nozze di Figaro, singing also Sophie Der Rosenkavalier and the title role in Massenet’s Manon. She also returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper as Susanna and to Madrid’s Teatro Real as Zerlina Don Giovanni.
Recent highlights on the concert platform have included Schumann’s Szenen aus Goethes Faust with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Messiah with the New York Philharmonic/Harry Bicket, the title role in Semele on tour with the the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Tokyo Philharmonic/Jonathan Nott, Mozart Arias at the Salzburg Mozartwoche with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Harding and the title role in Theodora at the BBC Proms and in the Wiener Konzerthaus with Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen.
Recital appearances include the BBC Proms, Graz Musikverein and the Oper Frankfurt with Gary Matthewman, Wigmore Hall with both Joseph Middleton and James Baillieu and the Oxford Lieder Festival and Fundación Privada Victoria de los Ángeles in Barcelona with Sholto Kynoch.
