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Rosie Aldridge is increasingly recognised for the breadth and depth of her repertoire, ranging from Wagner, Janáček and Stravinsky to Sondheim and Turnage. Her performances span major dramatic heroines, the great comic characters and contemporary creations, demonstrating a remarkable vocal and theatrical range.

This season, Rosie will make two very exciting role debuts: singing the title role of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in a new production at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, and as Reimann’s Goneril in a new production of Lear directed by Barrie Kosky at the Komische Oper Berlin – both productions conducted by Nicholas Carter. She returns to the role of Janáček’s Kostelnička in revivals of two productions of Jenůfa which she created: Calixto Bieito’s staging at the National Theatre Prague and Tatjana Gürbaca’s production at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. Rosie will also return to the role of Mrs Lovett in Barrie Kosky’s production of Sweeney Todd at the Komische Oper Berlin; she’ll return to the Royal Opera House as The Kabanicha in Richard Jones’ production of Káťa Kabanová conducted by Jakub Hrůša, a role she will reprise when making her US debut in Sir David Pountney’s new production at Santa Fe Opera.

In the 2025/26 season, Rosie made her debut at Opernhaus Zürich singing the dual roles of the Witch and the Mother in a new production of Hänsel und Gretel. She returned to the Staatsoper Berlin, creating the role of Anubis in the World Premiere of Das Kalte Herz composed by Mathias Pintscher and as Mrs Grose in a revival of Turn of the Screw; at Deutsche Oper am Rhein she appeared as the Kabanicha in Katya Kabanova directed by Tatjana Gürbaca, and to English National Opera, where she made an acclaimed role debut as The Widow Begbick in The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.

In the 2024/25 season, Rosie made her role debut as Kundry in Calixto Bieito’s production of Parsifal at the Staatsoper Stuttgart conducted by Cornelius Meister. She also made her debut at Bayerische Staatsoper as Gertrud in Hänsel und Gretel and at the National Theatre, Prague as the Kostelnička in a new production of Jenůfa directed by Calixto Bieito. She returned to Komische Oper Berlin as Mrs Lovett in Barrie Kosky’s new production of Sweeney Todd conducted by James Gaffigan, and to the Opéra national de Lorraine as Judith in Bluebeard’s Castle and Clementia in Sancta Susanna. At the Royal Opera House, she created the role of Else in the World Premiere of Festen by Mark-Anthony Turnage, directed by Richard Jones and conducted by Edward Gardner.

In recent seasons, Rosie made her house and role debut at the Berlin Staatsoper as the Kostelnička Jenůfa, a role she also performed to great acclaim at the Staatsoper Stuttgart and at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein; elsewhere Rosie returned to The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as The Witch Hänsel und Gretel, to the Staatsoper Hamburg as Mrs Sedley Peter Grimes and to the Glyndebourne Festival as Baba the Turk The Rake’s Progress.

Rosie made her debuts at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona as The Kabanicha Katya Kabanova; at the Staatsoper Stuttgart as The Witch in a new production of Hänsel und Gretel; at the Canadian Opera Company as Mary Der Fliegende Holländer and at the Opéra national de Paris as Mrs Sedley Peter Grimes, a role she has also sung at the Royal Opera, Royal Danish Opera and the Teatro Real, Madrid.

She joined the Ensemble of the Wiener Staatsoper in 2016, remaining for two seasons, her appearances included: Annina Der Rosenkavalier; Aksinya Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk; Gertrude Roméo et Juliette; Teresa La Sonnambula; Madame Larina Eugene Onegin; Marthe Faust; Roßweiße Die Walküre and Annina La Traviata in a Gala Performance celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Placido Domingo.

Rosie made her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Praskowja Osipovna, Bubliki, & Social Commentator The Nose directed by Barrie Kosky in 2016, returning as Aksinya Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano; as the Beggar Woman and Russian Nanny in Sir David McVicar’s new production of Death in Venice and in the World Premiere of The Monstrous Child as the Goddess Angrboda; at the Komische Oper, Berlin she made her debut as Praskowja Osipovna, Bubliki, and Social Commentator The Nose; at the Opéra national de Lorraine as Nellie Dean in Wuthering Heights and at English National Opera she appeared as Dritte Dame Die Zauberflöte; Gertud Hänsel und Gretel and Aksinya Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov.