Zoe South was born in Kent, and trained first as a flautist. Her vocal training was at The Opera School Wales (where she was a Sophie's Silver Lining Scholar) and the Mayer Lismann Opera Centre, with private tuition from Richard Smart.
She made her vocal debut for The Opera Project/Longborough Festival Opera as Mrs Herring Albert Herring.
Her repertoire includes most roles written for dramatic soprano, including Brünnhilde Der Ring des Nibelungen, Elektra Elektra, Die Färberin Die Frau ohne Schatten, Ariadne Ariadne auf Naxos, Judit Bluebeard’s Castle, Cassandre and Didon Les Troyens, Kitty Oppenheimer Doctor Atomic, Lady Macbeth Macbeth, the title roles in Fidelio
and La Gioconda, Minnie Fanciulla del West, Maddalena di Coigny Andrea Chenier.
Her concert repertoire includes Elgar Dream of Gerontius, Verdi Requiem, Mahler 2nd, 4th, 8th Symphonies, Rückert Lieder, Boulanger De Profundis, Shostakovich 14th Symphony, Knussen Trumpets, Stravinsky Les Noces, and Berio Sinfonia.
Forthcoming post-pandemic engagements include a series of single acts of Wagner operas with Midsummer Opera, Female Chorus Rape of Lucretia,
Elgar The Music Makers,
Elektra Elektra,
Eva Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg,
Fricka Das Rheingold,
Kostelnicka Jenufa.
