Soprano Samantha Hargreaves has a delicious silvery tone to her voice, and her top range is crystalline.” (Opera Now 2025)
“Samantha Hargreaves spread her wing with featherlight high notes and coloratura.” (The Times 2025)
“A soprano of huge promise with a captivating stage presence.” (Limelight 2023)
Samantha Hargreaves is a Filipino-Australian soprano rapidly establishing herself on both national and international stages. Having just completed her Opera Artist Masters at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, Samantha is praised for her artistry, clarity of tone, and versatility across operatic and contemporary repertoire.
In 2025, Samantha joins the Longborough Festival Opera as an Emerging Artist, performing several roles in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. She recently covered the role of Vespetta in Telemann’s Pimpinone at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre. During her studies, she has brought to life a vibrant array of characters including Adele (Die Fledermaus), Oberto (Alcina), Mary Crawford (Mansfield Park), Hannchen (Die Opernprobe), and Reserl (Der Häusliche Krieg).
Samantha is an enthusiastic champion of new and Australian music. She has collaborated with Lyric Opera of Melbourne, performing rarely-heard works by Peggy Glanville-Hicks and premiering the song cycle ‘This Too Shall Pass’ by Anne Cawrse. In 2024, Samantha made her professional operatic debut at the Sydney Opera House, creating the role of Sarah-Marie in Three Marys, a new chamber opera by Andrèe Greenwell and Christine Evans.
Her talent has been recognised with numerous awards and scholarships, including the Opera Europa Eva Kleinitz Scholarship (2024), the Tait Memorial Trust Scholarship, the Australian Music Foundation’s Nora Goodridge Developing Artist Award, and the John Fulford Award at the Herald Sun Aria Competition. She is an alumna of the Melba Opera Trust, Australia’s premier opera training program, and has received support for international language and vocal study, including a month’s intensive training in Italy with soprano Valeria Esposito. She was a finalist in the inaugural ‘K-Gagok Superstar’ international competition in South Korea, televised nationally by KBS.
Samantha’s concert appearances include soloist performances in Haydn’s Kleine Orgelmesse, Fauré’s Requiem, Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music, and Mozart’s Coronation Mass, among others. Whether on stage or in recital, Samantha Hargreaves is distinguished by her expressive musicality and commitment to telling stories through song.
Samantha is represented internationally by Hancock Artists.