British-Austrian-American Mezzo-Soprano Louisa Stuart-Smith is a Samling Artist, Neue Stimmen Finalist, Edinburgh International Festival Rising Star of Voice (2026), Garsington Opera Alvarez Emerging Artist (2025), Opera Prelude Artist and Josephine Baker Trust Artist. Last season she made her Royal Ballet and Opera debut in Handel’s Giustino in the Linbury Theatre; she covered three roles in Tales of Love and Loss at the Royal Ballet and Opera and she played Dorabella in Longhope Opera’s Così fan tutte. Her recent concert work as a soloist includes performances with the London Mozart Players, Orpheus Sinfonia and the Carnegie Ensemble from the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Upcoming, she will sing as a Semi-Finalist in Hurn Court Opera’s Singer of the Year Competition and she will make her Carnegie Hall debut in New York City as a Song Studio Artist.
Competition successes include: Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition Final Round, Winner of the Chris Treglown Singing Competition; Runner-Up in the London Bach Singers’ Prize Competition and Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Maryland District; Audience Prize Winner of the Chartered Surveyors’ Vocal Competition; and Semi-Finalist in the VIII Concurs Internacional de Cant Josep Palet and the Royal Overseas League Competition.
She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (ArtDip and MPerf) under Yvonne Kenny as a Sidney Perry Scholar and holds BA and MPhil degrees in History of Art from Trinity College, Cambridge, where she was a choral scholar and performed numerous operatic roles.
