Soprano Idil Kutay is currently a member of the Opera Studio at Oper Frankfurt. During the 2023/24 season, she made her house debut as Barbarina in Tilmann Köhler’s new rendition of Le nozze di Figaro, conducted by Thomas Guggeis. Her debut performances also featured Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, the First Leprechaun in Wolfgang Fortner’s Don Perlimplín’s Love for Belisa in His Garden, and the Fifth Maid in Elektra.

At the Bregenz Festival in 2024, Idil took on the roles of Fannì in Rossini’s La cambiale di matrimonio and Lauretta in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi in a new double-bill production under the direction of KS Brigitte Fassbaender.

In the 2024/2025 season at Oper Frankfurt, she will perform as the High Priestess in Verdi’s Aida, La Vierge in Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, and will also make her debut as Gretel in the children’s production of Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel. Additionally, she will appear in a new production of Parsifal as Erster Knappe and Zweites Blumenmädchen. 

Idil was featured in a celebratory concert highlighting Mozart operas, including scenes from Don Giovanni, where she took on the role of Donna Anna with the Residentie Orkest under the baton of Felix Bender. Additionally, on the concert stage, she performed as the soprano soloist in Rossini’s Petite Messe solennelle and Cimarosa’s Requiem.

She won second prize in the 2019 International Singing Competition Alīda Vāne in Latvia and was a finalist in the 2022 International Singing Competition Neue Stimmen in Gütersloh, Germany.

Idil holds a Master of Music in Opera from the Dutch National Opera Academy, where she performed diverse roles such as Cornelia in Graun’s Cleopatra e Cesare, Rosalinde in J. Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, Cendrillon in P. Viardot’s Cendrillon, and Beth March in M. Adamo’s Little Women.

Concluding her academic journey with distinction, she earned the Scholarship of Excellence from the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague upon completing her Bachelor’s degree. Additionally, she was recognized as one of the fifteen talented musicians awarded the Dr. Nejat Eczacibasi Foundation Music Scholarship.

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Idil Kutay is represented by ArteMIS worldwide.