Sarah Larsen
Mezzo-soprano
“Among the scorned lovers, Sarah Larsen rises as a standout in the role of Donna Elvira. Her powerful mezzo-soprano is lush and authoritative. She glides smoothly between lovesick and cynic without sacrificing tonal quality. Heroic and heartbreaking, she possesses a presence that grounds the action when chaos otherwise reigns.”
— Kelle Long, Broadway World
Recent Highlights
Das Rheingold, Flosshilde — Seattle Opera
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs — Austin Opera, Atlanta Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Werther, Kätchen — Metropolitan Opera
Sarah Larsen
Mezzo-soprano
Sarah Larsen
Mezzo-sopranoPraised as “sizzling,” “riveting and passionate,” and possessing a voice of “warm, organic liquidity,” mezzo-soprano Sarah Larsen is a distinguished presence on operatic and concert stages across the United States. She is a regular guest with the Seattle Symphony and maintains a long-standing relationship with Seattle Opera, where she has appeared in leading roles including the Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Maddalena in Rigoletto, and Flora in La traviata.
At the Metropolitan Opera, Larsen has been featured as the Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Flora Bervoix in La traviata, Käthchen in Werther, and in productions of Parsifal, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Cendrillon, and Les contes d’Hoffmann. She debuted with Houston Grand Opera creating the role of Cassandra Smith in Another City, and has sung principal roles with Arizona Opera, Virginia Opera, Calgary Opera, The Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Des Moines Metro Opera.
Concert credits include solo appearances in La Damoiselle Élue with the Seattle Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem with The Florida Orchestra, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with The Charlotte Symphony, and Handel’s Messiah in Atlanta. A frequent collaborator with Music of Remembrance, Larsen recorded Farewell, Auschwitz by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer for Naxos.
A graduate of Rice University and Simpson College, Larsen trained with leading festivals and programs including Wolf Trap Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and The Glimmerglass Festival. She makes her home in Seattle, Washington.
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An alumna of the Seattle Opera Young Artist Program, Ms. Larsen enjoys a long relationship with the company. She has been featured as the Stewardess in Flight, the Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Maddalena in Rigoletto and the Secretary in The Consul, among others. In 2015 and 2016, Ms. Larsen was in residence as a Filene Young Artist with Wolf Trap Opera, where she performed Bianca in Rape of Lucretia and Susanna in The Ghosts of Versailles. Previously with Wolf Trap, she created and recorded the role of Sarelda in John Musto and Mark Campbell’s comic opera The Inspector.
Other engagements include Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with The Berkshire Opera Festival, Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette with Des Moines Metro Opera, and Neris in Medea with The Glimmerglass Festival. On the concert stage, she has been heard in performances of Bach’s B Minor Mass and St John Passion, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, Handel’s Messiah, and Duruflé’s Requiem.
March 2013 marked her debut with the New York Festival of Song with Song of the Midnight Sun, a concert celebrating Scandinavian art song. Additionally, Ms. Larsen, along with Caitlyn Lynch and Morgan Smith, created the song cycle Farewell, Auschwitz, by Jake Heggie and Gene Sheer with Music of Remembrance, which was recorded by Naxos.
Ms. Larsen is from Roseville, MN and is a graduate of Simpson College and Rice University. She continued her training with residencies at the Aspen Opera Theater Center, Sarasota Opera, Virginia Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, The Santa Fe Opera and Seattle Opera. Ms. Larsen is the recipient of awards and career grants from 4Culture, The Santa Fe Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Seattle Opera Guild, Houston Grand Opera and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She currently resides in Seattle, WA.
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