Noted by Opera Canada as a "rising star to watch", Alberta-born soprano Sydney Baedke has made operatic and symphonic debuts across Canada, the United States, and Europe to consistent critical acclaim. Described as possessing an “impressively rich” and "exquisitely lyric" instrument (London Unattached, The Guardian), she is making a name for herself as “a singer to be reckoned with” across a wide breadth of repertoire (Times Colonist).

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, Ma Zegner in Mazzoli’s Proving Up with Ammolite Opera, and Gertrudis in the German premiere production of Reznicek's Till Eulenspiegel with Theater für Niedersachsen. She also appeared as the soprano soloist in Bruckner’s Te Deum in her Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra debut, appeared in recitals at Carnegie Hall and the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and won 1st prize in Edmonton Opera’s prestigious Rumbold Vocal Prize Competition. In the 2025/2026 season she returns to Montréal’s Maison Symphonique for her role debut as Liu in Puccini’s Turandot, joins the Windsor Symphony for Handel’s Messiah, and sings Donna Anna in the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra’s presentation of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. She recently completed a busy competition season, competing as a Quarter-Finalist in the 2025 iterations of the International Stanisław Moniuszko & the Queen Sonja Singing Competitions, and advancing to the semi-final rounds of the Paris Opera & International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competitions.

Named one of Canada’s top emerging musicians under 30 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2024/2025 saw Sydney perform staples of her repertoire as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Handel’s Messiah with Ensemble Caprice and Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra respectively, pieces she has performed across Canada with organizations including Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes, Orchestre Classique de Montréal, and the Brott Music Festival among others.

Sydney’s 2022/23 season included her debut in the Royal Opera & Ballet’s critically acclaimed production of The Rape of Lucretia co-produced with Britten Pears Arts, for which she was praised for her "magnificently sung " and "unmistakably moving" portrayal of the Female Chorus (musicOMH, Opera Today), as well as her “revelatory” debut (Le Devoir) as Musetta in La bohème with Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes at Montreal’s Maison Symphonique, in which she was praised for her “agile & seductive voice, projected with notorious assurance, strength, & efficiency”. (Atuvu.ca) 2023 also saw her debut with the Aldeburgh Festival, where she premiered a newly discovered work by Benjamin Britten, and her role debut as Mimì (La bohème) with ICAV & Orchestre Classique de Montréal.

Sydney spent the 2021 summer season as a member of the renowned Apprentice Program for Singers at the Santa Fe Opera, where she covered Tatyana in Eugene Onegin and appeared as Antonia in an excerpt from Les Contes d’Hoffmann. 2021 also saw Sydney star in the title role of Brott Opera’s abridged production of Estacio's iconic Canadian opera, Filumena. Additional appearances include her debut with Opera on the Avalon as Beatrice in Heggie's Three Decembers, La Fortuna/Valleto in Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ acclaimed production of The Coronation of Poppea, appearances with the National Ballet of Canada, and concerts at Koerner Hall, the 21C Music Festival, and Canadian Opera Company through her fellowship with the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Rebanks Program. Additional roles include Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Tina (Weir’s Miss Fortune), Johanna (Sweeney Todd), and the title role in La Calisto.

November 2025
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