Hailed as “a force of nature”, Canadian soprano Alexandra Wiebe is known for her dramatic intensity and stamina. Alexandra began her season by returning 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 and joined Opera Southwest 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 returns to Symphony Pro Musica as their soprano soloist for Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5. Alexandra closes out the season by joining Central City Opera as an Apprentice Artist, covering Wife 1 in Aleksandra Vrebalov’s The Knock and appearing in the ensemble in Once Upon a Mattress. She then joins the Wagner in Vermont Festival for her Wagnerian role debut in Der Ring des Nibelungen as Gutrune while also covering Brünnhilde.

 With repertoire spanning every major era of the operatic cannon, Alexandra’s roles in previous seasons have included Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Giunone (La Calisto), Elle (La voix humaine), Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Countess Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Mrs. Gobineau (The Medium), Lady Billows (Albert Herring), Gertrude (Hänsel und Gretel), and Vera Tyrrell in the workshop premiere of Mark Adamo’s Sarah in the Theatre. Alexandra spent a season as a Smith Young Artist with Cedar Rapids Opera and has completed training with the Highlands Opera Studio and the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, among others. 

As an avid recitalist, Alexandra has performed with Opera Mississippi, The Cleveland Opera, Boston Singers’ Resource, Sewanee Summer Music Festival, Boston Wagner Society, the Musicians Club of Women, and New England Conservatory. Alexandra holds awards from the John Alexander National Vocal Competition, The American Prize, Musicians Club of Women, Music Grand Prix International, the National Opera Association, Classical Singer International, Nouvelles Étoiles International, and NATS.In addition to maintaining an active performance schedule, Alexandra is passionate about voice science and serves as a data analyst to a team studying the intersection of voice use and technology at Northwestern University.