The internationally sought-after soprano Sophie Junker works regularly with renowned conductors such as Laurence Cummings, Christian Curnyn, Masaaki Suzuki, Harry Bicket, and Leonardo García-Alarcón. Her artistic focus lies primarily on the Baroque and Classical repertoire.
Recent engagements include, among others, Emira in Handel’s Siroe at the Handel Festival in Karlsruhe, Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare under George Petrou at the Handel Festival in Göttingen and with the Nederlandse Reisopera, Atilia in Cavalli’s Eliogabalo in a production by Calixto Bieito at the Zurich Opera House, and Drusilla in L’incoronazione di Poppea under Diego Fasolis at the Berlin State Opera.
Engagements for the 2024/25 season have included Bach’s St. John Passion in a staging by Sasha Waltz at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, concerts featuring Bach cantatas, and a tour of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea through Germany, Switzerland, and France, in which she performed the title role. She also appeared in the revival of Siroe in Karlsruhe and in the title role of a touring production of Handel’s Deborah under Tom Koopman.
Significant engagements have taken her to the Opéra Royal de Liège, the Angers-Nantes Opéra, the Handel Festival in Halle, and London’s Wigmore Hall. She made her U.S. debut in 2016 in a guest performance with Opera Lafayette.
Her discography includes Sacrifices (La Nuova Musica), Handel’s Esther, works by Bach with the Bach Collegium Japan, as well as her first solo album La Francesina (Aparté), which received an International Classical Music Award and the Trophée Forum-Opéra.
