Pianist

Oper Frankfurt was the ideal springboard for Alder’s great international career. While a member of the Ensemble (2014-2019) this British soprano sang roles including Gilda (Rigoletto), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Atalanta (Xerxes) and Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare in Egitto). She looks back on those years, during which she felt like a member of a family, with gratitude. Now she performs all over the world at places including the Vienna State Opera, Covent Garden, the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and Glyndebourne. She’s back in Frankfurt this season with the Swiss tenor Mauro Peter, who’s just as passionate about Lieder singing as she. He won the 2012 International Robert Schumann competition in Zwickau and gave a triumphant debut recital at the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg. He appears regularly in concert and at opera houses all over the world

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Louise Alder (Soprano) Mauro Peter (Tenor) & Joseph Middleton (Piano)

Oper Frankfurt

Most recently awarded The King’s Medal for Music, Dame Sarah Connolly is recognized across the globe as one of the most influential singers of our time. She is joined by renowned pianist Joseph Middleton for a not-to-be-missed performance of Mahler's Rückert-Lieder, as well as songs by Barber, Berg, Schönberg, and more. 

TSM presents Connolly & Middleton

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Soprano Louise Alder returns to Garsington Opera for a recital with renowned pianist Joseph Middleton. Joseph is widely regarded as one of the most exceptional pianists of his generation and is renowned for his song accompaniment and he collaborates with many of the world’s foremost singers, being described by the New York Times as “the perfect accompanist”. Louise was last on the Garsington stage as Pamina Die Zauberflöte in 2018 and has since gone on to delight audiences worldwide, most recently as Countess Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro at Glyndebourne this summer. Louise sings at the last night of the BBC Proms this summer and makes her Metropolitan Opera debut in November.

Louise Alder & Joseph Middleton

Wormsley

Three masterpieces – two centuries – one narrative. There is Schumann's song cycle "Frauenliebe und -leben ," in which the feelings of the nameless protagonist revolve around the needs of a man. There is Duke Bluebeard's Castle , in which two mysterious strangers are magically attracted to each other. And there is the bourgeois, liberal marriage construct of Oscar Wilde's Florentine Tragedy . These raise the question: Do people desire the same throughout all ages?

Pianist

Joseph Middleton

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 10, 2025

Louise Alder & Joseph Middleton · Garsington Opera

Apr 12 - May 22, 2026

Women's Love and Death · Staatsoper Hamburg

Past events

Feb 25, 2025

Louise Alder (Soprano) Mauro Peter (Tenor) & Joseph Middleton (Piano) · Oper Frankfurt

Jul 16, 2024

TSM presents Connolly & Middleton · The Royal Conservatory of Music

Future and recently performed repertoire

Piano in Four Last Songs by Strauss

Garsington Opera

Piano in Seven Early Songs by Berg

Garsington Opera

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