New Zealand soprano Sophie Sparrow is a freelance singer based in the UK. Sophie made her debut as Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro during the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival, where she also performed as the First Bridesmaid, covered one of the Blumenmädchen in Parsifal, and appeared in the festival chorus.
Recent operatic roles include Phyllis (cover) in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s The Railway Children, Frasquita (cover) in Carmen, Barbarina (cover) in The Marriage of Figaro, at Glyndebourne, Sarah/Sun Witch in Freya Waley-Cohen’s WITCH, the title role in Monteverdi’s Lamento d’Arianna, Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nella in Gianni Schicchi, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, and Despina (cover) in Così fan tutte at Royal Academy Opera.
Sophie was awarded the 2021 ROSL Tait Memorial Prize and was a 2022/23 Resident Artist with the Mascarade Opera Foundation in Florence, Italy. She graduated from Royal Academy Opera in 2022 and holds a Master of Performance (Distinction) from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and degrees in Music and Commerce from the University of Otago.
During her studies, she received support from the Fishmongers’ Company, Help Musicians, the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the DMMF, the New Zealand Opera Foundation Trust, and the Kiwi Music Trust.