Hailed as “a force of nature”, Canadian soprano Alexandra Wiebe is known for her dramatic intensity and stamina. She begins her 2025/ 2026 season by making her Wagnerian role debut with the Wagner in Vermont Festival as Gutrune while also covering Brünnhilde in Der Ring des Nibelungen.

In the 2024/ 2025 season Alexandra returned to Cedar Rapids Opera to sing Madame Pompous in Edwin Penhorwood’s Too Many Sopranos, as well as performing excerpts from Verdi’s Otello as Desdemona. Afterwards, Alexandra made her role debut as Nedda in Pagliacci with the Pittsfield Players at the Scenic Theatre and joined Opera Southwest as an Apprentice Artist to sing the title role in the modern premiere of Carlo Coccia’s Matilde. She then made her third appearance with Cedar Rapids Opera as Ježibaba and the Foreign Princess in their outreach production of Rusalka, and returned to Symphony Pro Musica as their soprano soloist for Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5. She closes out her season by joining Central City Opera as an Apprentice Artist, covering Wife 1 in Aleksandra Vrebalov’s The Knock and appearing in the ensemble of Once Upon a Mattress.

Alexandra began her 2023/ 2024 season by joining the Highlands Opera Studio as a professional fellow where she performed a self-directed production of La voix humaine. She returned to the New England Conservatory to make her role debuts as Giunone in Francesco Cavalli’s La Calisto, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, and Vera Tyrrell in the workshop premiere of Mark Adamo’s Sarah in the Theatre, which is slated to premiere with Odyssey Opera in 2025. She was also featured in concert with Boston Singers’ Resource, The Cleveland Opera, and the NEC Liederabend Series. These concerts featured repertoire ranging from Ukrainian folk song to contemporary American art song. She was a Smith Young Artist with Cedar Rapids Opera where she performed in their production of Tosca and was featured in recital. Finally, Alexandra covered and rehearsed Alban Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder with Symphony Pro Musica.

During the 2022/ 2023 season, Alexandra made her role debut as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Vienna Summer Music Festival while also covering Countess Almaviva in their production of Le nozze di Figaro. Afterwards, Alexandra traveled to Sewanee, Tennessee to take part in OperaFest at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival where she performed in scenes as Krysia in Jake Heggie’s Out of Darkness: Two Remain and Gerhilde in Die Walküre, as well as in recitals honouring composers Stephen Sondheim and Carlisle Floyd. Alexandra also performed the role of Mimì in an abridged performance of La bohème with Canto Vocal Programs. At NEC she appeared in excerpts from Così fan tutte, Rinaldo, Falstaff, and The Rape of Lucretia, and performed the role of Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors. Alexandra was also featured in concert with the Boston Wagner Society, and joined Mousaverse Opera for their inaugural season, singing Najade in Ariadne auf Naxos.

Previous seasons saw Alexandra perform as Lady Billows (Albert Herring), Mrs. Gobineau (The Medium), Gertrude (Hansel and Gretel), Vera Donovan (Dolores Claiborne), La Blanche Aline (Les aventures du roi Pausole), and Benjamin Cardin (The Gonzales Cantata).

An avid competitor, Alexandra was recently named a winner of the John Alexander National Vocal Competition where she will be featured in concert later this season. She has also competed as a finalist in the WKXL New Hampshire Opera Idol where she was awarded a main stage contract in their subsequent season. Alexandra is a first place winner of the Edith Newfield Award from the Musicians Club of Women, where she was also featured in recital. In 2023, Alexandra was named the winner of The American Prize in Voice, a first prize winner of the Nouvelles Étoiles International Competition, the third place winner of the Music International Grand Prix Competition, and competed as a finalist in the Carolyn Bailey Argento Vocal Competition. In 2021, she was a top ten finalist in the Classical Singer International Vocal Competition and the Opera MODO Detroit Aria Competition, and received several awards from the National Association of Teachers of Singing. 

Alexandra holds degrees in Opera Performance and Biochemistry from Northwestern University and the New England Conservatory where she studied under Theresa Brancaccio and Bradley Williams. In addition to maintaining an active performance schedule, Alexandra is extremely passionate about voice science. She currently serves as the primary data analyst for research being done at Northwestern University that unites vocal pedagogy with biomedical engineering. Alexandra is a published scientific author and her work can be read here.

Off stage, Alexandra can generally be found playing with her doodles (Fergus and Archie), wandering aimlessly through the grocery store, or absorbed in an inordinately sad novel. She is currently based in New York City.