Biography
Noted by Opera Canada as a “rising star to watch”, Alberta-born soprano Sydney Baedke has been described as possessing an “impressively rich” and “exquisitely lyric” instrument (London Unattached, The Guardian). Her career has seen emerging and principal artist engagements across Canada, the United States, and Europe. Lauded as “a singer to be reckoned with” (Times Colonist), she is making a name for herself as an artist of distinction in a wide breadth of repertoire.
Recent appearances include her role and company debut as a “well-projected, vocally pure, and moving” Contessa Almaviva (Opera News) for Pacific Opera Victoria’s Le Nozze di Figaro, and Ma Zegner in Mazzoli’s Proving Up with Ammolite Opera. She also appeared as the soprano soloist in Bruckner’s Te Deum in her Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra debut, joined Ensemble Caprice for Beethoven’s Ninth, appeared in concert at Carnegie Hall and the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and won 1st prize in Edmonton Opera’s prestigious Rumbold Vocal Prize Competition. This upcoming season, she returns to Montréal for Liu in Puccini’s Turandot with Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes, marking a role debut.
On the concert stage, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Handel’s Messiah have become staples in Sydney’s repertoire, including performances with Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes, Orchestre Classique de Montréal respectively, Ensemble Caprice, the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Brott Music Festival, and, upcoming, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra.