Mimi Doulton

Recognised as “a name to watch“ (The Times, 2023), British-Pakistani soprano Mimi Doulton has been based in Stuttgart, Germany since 2020. She studied Music and Languages at King’s College London followed by a Masters in Vocal Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Second-prize winner at the 2021 John Cage Interpretation Awards, Halberstadt, Mimi was also a finalist in the 2022 Royal Overseas League Vocal Competition and the 2024 Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Award.

She made her debut in 2018 in the world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli’s Wake, directed by the late Sir Graham Vick at Birmingham Opera Company. More recently Mimi has made debuts at Staatsoper Stuttgart as 1. Mädchen in Kurt Weill’s Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, at Theater Pforzheim as Gretel, and at the Royal Opera House Linbury in the world premiere of Oliver Leith’s Last Days. She recently made her US debut in the same work with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, under the baton of Thomas Adès, and debuted with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra as Max in Oliver Knussen’s Where the Wild Things Are.

Her concert repertoire ranges from 11th century Troubadour music to the present day. She has worked with ensembles such as Birmingham Contemporary Music Group under Vimbayi Kaziboni, the OENM Salzburg under Peter Rundel, Ensemble Ascolta in Stuttgart, and the Mozartists at Cadogan Hall; and performed at venues including Wigmore Hall, Snape Maltings, the Southbank Centre Purcell Room, Ny Musik i Birkerod in Denmark, Time of Music in Finland, and Festival Royaumont in France.

The 24/25 season began with an acclaimed debut in the Austrian premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas’ Liebsgesang at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck. Further plans include returns to Staatsoper Stuttgart and the OENM, and debuts with Ensemble Aventure and at Festival Rümlingen

Updated 16.9.24