Alexandra Büchel - soprano

Alexandra Büchel (b. 1982, Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish Soprano. She received her education at University College of Opera in Stockholm, with professor Dorothy Irving and Jeffrey Goldberg.

Lauded for her sky-high, crystal-clear notes combined with a rich and warm middle range and vivid acting, she has rapidly established herself as a leading performer of modern and contemporary music, which has led her to collaborations with composers, orchestras and opera houses in Sweden and abroad.

In 2017 she received the prestigious Birgit Nilsson award and made a critically acclaimed performance as the Blind Poetess in Blomdahl's Aniara at Malmö Opera.

Alexandra has performed roles such as Gepopo in Le Grand Macabre, Second Niece in Peter Grimes, Lucia in Rape of Lucretia, Coloratura Machine in Carl Unander Scharin's Sing the Body Electric, Gerda in Die Schneekönigin by Valtinoni and Agnes in the world premiere of Catharina Backman's Svävande Damen at Malmö Opera.

She has realized her roles on stages such as NorrlandsOperan, Malmö Opera, Folkoperan, Vadstena-Akademien, OscarsborgOperaen, Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg, Cape Town Opera in South Africa, Landestheater Gera and Theater Altenburg in Germany.

She also frequently appears as soprano soloist with orchestras such as Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra in Norway, Royal Academic Orchestra and KammarensembleN.

Her concert repertoire includes Mass in C minor, Requiem and Coronation Mass by Mozart, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, Die Schöpfung by Haydn, Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, Carmina Burana by Orff, world premiere of Johannes Jansson's Peace Symphony, Chants d'Auvergne by Canteloube, Parola Lontana by Victor Varela, Hideki Kozakura's Nukok, Correspondances by Dutilleux, Ligeti's Aventures, Lloyd Webber's Requiem and Mahler symphonies #2 and #4.