Antonida is an Oxford-based soprano who has recently completed with Distinction her Masters in Vocal & Operatic Performance at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, supported by a conservatoire scholarship. She was the 2018 winner of the Roy Harvey Memorial Cup for best opera or oratorio performance at the Oxford Music Festival, and at the RBC she was the winner of the Edward Brookes Lieder Prize, took 2nd prize in the Delius Society Prize 2023 and joint 2nd in the RBC Singing Prize, and was finalist in the Edward Brookes Lieder Prize, Ashleyan Opera Prize, and Mario Lanza Opera Prize in 2022. In 2024 she was selected to appear in the live rounds of the International Puccini Competition in Lucca and the International Elena Obraztsova Competition for Young Opera Singers in St. Petersburg, and in 2025 she will be appearing in the Il Cimento Armonico Concorso Lirico in Padua.
Since completing her Masters, Antonida has been completed the Opera Greenwich Emerging Artist Programme and has sung the roles of Fiordiligi (“Così fan Tutte”, Vienna Opera Academy), Rosalinde (“Die Fledermaus”, Berlin Opera Academy), 1st Lady (“Die Zauberflöte”, Opera Greenwich), Lola/cover Santuzza (“Cavalleria Rusticana”, North Wales Opera Studio), and Soeur Mathilde (“Dialogues des Carmelites”, Aylesbury Opera). She is currently covering the role of Countess for Peterborough Opera. She studies privately with Paul Farrington.
Antonida’s previous roles have included the title role in Orchestra Vox's "Ophelia: In Her Own Words” (which staged the character's scenes from the original Shakespeare together with Prokofiev's Ophelia songs), as well as the title character in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel (Orchestra Vox/The People's Opera), the Mother in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire; Leicester Symphony Orchestra), the two roles of the Forester's Wife and the Owl in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire), the cover of Sarah Roberts in Stephen McNeff's Banished (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire), and Mary Cui's A Feast in Time of Plague (Oxford Opera Society). In opera scenes, Antonida has performed the roles of Agathe (Der Freischütz), Elsa (Lohengrin), Tatiana (Eugene Onegin), Wellgunde (Das Rheingold), Suor Angelica, and Iolanta.
In concert, Antonida regularly appears around the UK, especially in Oxford and London, as well as further afield, with recent engagements including opening Aida Garifullina's recital at the Oxford Union, a joint recital in Estonia with the Tallinn Russian Cultural Centre, and upcoming projects in Newbury and Kensington. In addition, she has performed at weddings, deputised for evensongs, made demo recordings of original compositions, voiceovers for podcasts, and has been a soloist in oratorio with the Cherubim Trust, Oxford University Chorus, NewChoir Oxford, and St Hilda's College, Oxford.
Aside from solo work, Antonida has spent many years singing with a wide range of choirs, and has sung in opera choruses with the Oxford Opera Company, New Chamber Opera, North Wales Opera Studio, Berlin Opera Academy, Cavatina Opera, and VOPERA’s award-winning virtual production of Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (2020).
Beyond performing, Antonida has been the president of the Oxford Opera Society since 2020, and she has directed the 2024 Opera Scenes and has been producer on the Society’s 2025 production of Carmen at the Sheldonian Theatre, the 2019 production of Gluck’s Orfeo, the 2021 filmed production of Cui's A Feast in Time of Plague, and its 2018, 2020, and 2024 productions of Opera Scenes. As part of her desire to broaden access to opera, she created the Pub Opera Nights 2022 in partnership with The Oxford Blue, and the inaugural Puccini Concert & Talk at the New Theatre, Oxford.
In addition to her performance portfolio, Antonida is a trained barrister and continues to practice in all areas of family law, property law, and Court of Protection. For her legal profile, please see her chambers website.