“It is left to Olivia Warburton to shine as Pamina, bright and decisive, breaking the heart in her single phrase “Tamino mein” as they come together to face the trials: she is surely a voice of the future.”

— The Telegraph

Winner of the Hamburg Theatre Prize Rolf Mares for most outstanding performance of the 23/24 season, British soprano Olivia Warburton is increasingly recognised for her rare sensitivity, natural musicality and expressive artistry. A member of the solo ensemble at Staatsoper Hamburg, she has performed Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Nannetta (Falstaff), Najade (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Anne Frank (Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank), which is being developed into a feature film.

Praised as “a voice of the future” (The Telegraph), Olivia’s repertoire spans from the baroque and Mozart to contemporary work. She has sung Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), the title role in Handel’s Teseo, as well as appearing in new works by Stewart Copeland, George Benjamin, John Adams and Oliver Knussen. She has performed at major theatres and festivals including Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Opera North, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, and London Handel Festival, working with conductors such as Kent Nagano, Laurence Cummings and Masaaki Suzuki, and directors including Dmitri Tcherniakov, David Bösch, Melly Still and Simon McBurney.

As a recitalist and concert artist, she has appeared at Wigmore Hall, the Aldeburgh Festival, and with orchestras including the Gothenburg Symphony, Baltimore Symphony,Adelaide Symphony, and Janáček Philharmonic. A Samling and Britten–Pears Young Artist, she founded the acclaimed series Sunday at Six to connect global audiences during the pandemic.