Moving effortlessly from Renaissance and Baroque classics to contemporary opera and “new music,” soprano Sarah Richards demonstrates an enviable command of multiple periods and genres.

Ms. Richards’ opera roles include Monica in Menotti’s The Medium with SERIO Opera Company (Pittsburgh), Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia under the baton of Manuel Mario Castillo, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte as an Opern Fest Prague Vocal Fellow at Smetana Hall under the baton of Jaroslav Kyzlink, Drusilla/Virtù/Liberto in Claudio Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea at Miami Beach Classical Music Festival, and Euridice in a concert version of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice through East End Song Studio.
She has recently performed the role of Un Bergère in Brooklyn Telemann Chamber Society’s film production of Rameau’s Phèdre: Hippolyte et Aricie set to release in 2025 and Young Artist at Duke Chapel under the direction of Dr. Philip Cave, as well as the soprano soloist in Fauré’s Requiem in D Minor, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, and Schubert’s Mass in G as the soprano section leader and member of the Professional Vocal Core of the Pittsburgh Oratory of St. Philip Neri. Ms. Richards has performed at the Virginia Ryan art exhibition and the OperAffinity Concerto Lirica Gala Concert in Todi, Italy and has received vocal coaching from Marie McLaughlin, Laetitia Ruccolo, Felice Venanzoni, and Eleonora Pacetti. Other endeavors include performing newly composed works including Glenn Rudolph’s Children of the Seraphim and promoting the performance of sacred Baroque music as one of the founding members of the vocal trio Halcyon Voices . Based currently in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Ms. Richards studied with Steven Rickards and Dana Marsh at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where she earned her Master’s Degree in Early Music Voice.