Kristy Swift

British-Australian soprano Kristy Swift studied singing at The University of Queensland, and was valedictorian of her year. She finished the 2018/19 season at the Buxton Festival, as Venus in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld. Other recent roles include Violetta in La Traviata and Tatiana in Eugene Onegin (Opera South East), and Naiad in Ariadne auf Naxos (Opera Project). On the concert platform, Kristy has completed two seasons as the featured soloist for the Johann Strauss Gala with Raymond Gubbay, performing in all the major concert halls of the UK and Turkey. She has sung the role of First Sprite/cover Noémie in Cendrillon for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where she also covered the title role in Luigi Rossi's Orpheus, as well as Xenia in Boris Godounov, Second Nymph in Rus