Rosie Middleton

Mezzo-soprano Rosie Middleton performs and creates experimental music, contemporary opera and performance art. She was the 2020 winner of the Michiko Hirayama Prize and was honourably mentioned in the 2023 Darmstadt Kranichstein Music Prize.

Recent opera roles include The Blue Woman (Laura Bowler, Royal Opera House, Britten Pears Arts), The Carmen Case (Diana Soh) and GOLD (Laura Bowler, Riot Ensemble). Rosie’s collaborations include PLASTIC BODIES and voice(less) with Laura Bowler, Mira Calix and Esin Gunduz. She has performed these works at HCMF, Dark Music Days Reykjavik, Iklecktik, The Tate Modern, and Tête-à-Tête Festival.

2024-25 work includes 12HOURS at Somerset House and Rainy Days Festival Luxembourg; works by Laura Bowler and Hannah Kendall Tuxedo with LoveMusic Collective at Donaueschinger MusikTage; Die Staadt (Andriessen) and GOSCH (Zara Ali) for Podium Festival; Songs After Nature (Pia Palme, Saari Residence/Sibelius Museum, Finland; The Carmen Case (Opera de Limoges, Opera de Bordeaux, Angers Nantes Opera); and Melanie Wilson’s Oracle Song at the Barbican.