Angela
Simkin

Mezzo-Soprano

British mezzo-soprano Angela Simkin is recognised for her warm, expressive tone and compelling stage presence. Based in Europe, she performs leading mezzo repertoire across opera, concert and recital, including Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly.

 

A former Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, she is currently developing new recital projects including Mythos & Melancholie.

“Angela Simkin shirks nothing, keeping her head while the notes gather thick and fast all around.”

The Financial Times

Media

Mir is die Ehre

Angela Simkin, R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

Wie Du Warst!

Angela Simkin - Wie Du Warst! Der Rosenkavalier, R. Strauss

Vois sous l'archet frémissant

Angela Simkin, Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann

Calendar

Performance Dates

Landestheater, Linz, Austria with the Bruckner Orchestra

Season 24-25

Mar 13 2026

Vanishings

Opera de Massy

Performance

Mar 15 2026

Vanishings

Opera de Massy

Performance

Mar 19 2026

Vanishings

Maison de la musique, Nanterre

Performance

Mar 28 2026

Madita

Landestheater Linz

Performance

Apr 08 2026

Madita

Landestheater Linz

Performance

Jun 11 2026

Madita

Landestheater Linz

Performance

Jul 22 2026

La Traviata

Bregenz

From 22nd onwards

Jul 02 2025

Madama Butterfly

Puccini (Suzuki)

19:30 - 22:20

Current and Upcoming Projects

Vanishings

OPERA MASSY
Leos Janáček
Thomas Adès Teatro Communale di Modena
January 17 and 19 2027

Madita

LANDESTHEATER LINZ
Viktor Åslund
8 April 2026

La traviata

BREGENZER FESTSPIELE
Giuseppe Verdi 22 July – 23 August 2026

Mythos und Melancholie

LANDESTHEATER LINZ
A song recital
28th June, 11am
Accompanist: David Barnard.
A recital journeying through Greek mythology and its enduring echoes in music.

Alcina

ROYAL BALLET AND OPERA
Ruggiero (cover)
Sept 15, 18, 20, 23, 25, Oct 3, 2026

Angelina

La Cenerentola, Rossini
LANDESTHEATER LINZ
March 2027

Biography

Following her time as a Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera House (2016–2018), Angela appeared in numerous productions at Covent Garden including Mlle Dangeville in Adriana Lecouvreur, the title role in Handel’s Oreste, Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Annina in Der Rosenkavalier conducted by Andris Nelsons, Tebaldo in Don Carlo conducted by Bertrand de Billy, Flora in La traviata, Mercédès in Carmen, and Flosshilde in Wagner’s Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung under Antonio Pappano.

 

From 2022 Angela was a member of the ensemble at Landestheater Linz where her roles included Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus, the title role in Handel’s Rinaldo, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro conducted by Markus Poschner, Lola in Cavalleria rusticana, Edwige in Guillaume Tell, and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly.

 

In the current season she performs Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier at Landestheater Linz with the Bruckner Orchester Linz, makes her debut at the Bregenz Festival as Flora in La traviata, and appears in the premiere of Vanishing at Opéra de Massy featuring Növények by Thomas Adès.

 

Angela made her debut at The Grange Festival as Meg Page in Falstaff, returning for Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Phoebe Meryll in The Yeomen of the Guard.

 

In concert she has appeared with the London Philharmonic Orchestra as Siegrune in Die Walküre under Vladimir Jurowski and has performed with ensembles including The Mozartists and the London Handel Orchestra. She was most recently featured as gala soloist with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra at the New Year’s concert at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf.

Discography

Stage
“Outstanding performance from Angela Simkin’s traumatised Iside”
The Guardian

James
Black
Management

Enquiries

James Black Management Ltd

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East Sussex TN31 7LL