Summer Opera Gala 2026

Olivia Doutney is a spinto soprano of Swiss, Australian, and British heritage. In the 2023 season she expanded into dramatic repertoire, making a critically acclaimed debut in the title role of Puccini’s Turandot with Fabrique Opéra de Grenoble. She holds a Master’s degree from the Haute École de Musique de Genève and a Specialized Soloist Diploma from the Hochschule der Künste Bern, where she studied with Malin Hartelius.

Her operatic roles include Leonore (Fidelio), Micaëla (Carmen), Mimì (La Bohème), Ursuline (Ascanio), Mrs P in Michael Nyman’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Swiss premiere), and appearances in works by Monteverdi, Lully, Donizetti, Campra, Bellini, Strauss, and others across Europe.

On the concert stage, Olivia has performed with ensembles including the Sinfonie Orchester Biel-Solothurn, Geneva Chamber Orchestra, and Neues Zürcher Orchester, appearing in works such as Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ, Haydn’s Scena di Berenice, Mozart’s Requiem, and Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël, in venues including the Berlin and Cologne Philharmonics and St John’s Smith Square, London.

A dedicated recitalist, she regularly performs lieder and song across Switzerland, the UK, and Europe, and has recorded works by Samuel Barber for Swiss radio. Olivia is a recipient of scholarships from the Fondation Colette Mosetti and the Friedl Wald Stiftung, and was one of the singers whose voice data helped create Google Arts & Culture’s Blob Opera project.