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Sophie Burns is an Australian mezzo-soprano, celebrated for her rich mezzo voice and captivating performances across Europe.
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In 2025, she will make her company debut with Melbourne Opera, covering the iconic role of Dalila in Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila in her hometown.
Sophie will also have several performances singing title role in Carmen across venues in Barcelona, most notably returning to the Palau de la Música Catalana, where she will also reprise the role of Suzuki in Madama Butterfly.
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In 2024, she debuted Carmen in Spain at the Palau after first performing the role on tour in Croatia. That year also marked her first performances in Málaga, where she sang Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at Teatro Cervantes, further expanding her Puccini repertoire.
Her repertoire spans a wide range of roles, including Abra (Il Diluvio Universale, Donizetti Opera Festival), Lola (Cavalleria Rusticana, Opera al Laghetto), Mercédès (Carmen, Opera Brava), Maddalena and Giovanna (Rigoletto, Opera Molise and Opera de Tenerife), Dorabella (Così fan tutte, Opera Studio Puglia), Zweite Mädchen (Der Zwerg, Opera de Tenerife), and multiple roles in Suor Angelica, including Maestra delle Novizie, Badessa, and Zia Principessa.
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As a selected artist for the Opera (e)Studio program at Opera de Tenerife, Sophie debuted as Zulma in L’Italiana in Algeri, performing in both Tenerife and at Teatro Comunale di Bologna under the direction of Giulio Zappa and Nikolas Nägele.
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Sophie has received the Elizabeth Connell Prize from the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Foundation, the Acclaim Italian Opera Fellowship, and was named Young Artist of the Year by the Richard Wagner Society.​
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As a young singer Sophie has been selected to take part in several prestigious masterclasses with world-class artists such as Daniela Barcellona with GV Management, Mariella Devia at Opera de Tenerife, Luciana Serra and Maestro Vincenzo Scalera at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala and Giulio Zappa again at Opera de Tenerife.
Sophie is a graduate of the Conservatory of Music at both the University of Melbourne and Monash University Australia. In support of her studies and to award excellence in performance, Sophie was given the Barbara Bishop Hewitt Scholarship for excellence in performance.
A keen linguist, Sophie has also spent many years honing her Italian, French and German; all of which she is able to speak to a high degree.