Soprano Sarah Shafer has been praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer for her "crystalline sound, perfectly true intonation, glowing warmth, and total presence" and named "remarkable, artistically mature...a singer to watch" by Opera News. She is joined on piano by her father Timothy Shafer.
Soprano Sarah Shafer actively appears on the leading operatic and concert stages of the world. The 2018-19 season will see Ms. Shafer make her house and role debut as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, directed by Stephen Lawless, with San Diego Opera as well as appearances with Harrisburg Symphony singing Poulenc's Gloria and Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Carmina Burana with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conducted by Francesco Lecce-Chong, Mahler Symphony No 2 with Toledo Symphony, Mozart Requiem with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, St. John's Passion with Louisiana Philharmonic, and Shanan Estreicher's Songs of Emily Dickinson with Chamber Orchestra of New York. Recital work includes appearances with Chamber Music Society of Detroit and Spivey Hall with Richard Goode, and with Richard Stoltzman and David Deveau, and Five Borough Music Festival with Martin Katz.
Her program will include:
BACH: Ich folge dir gleichfalls from Johannes Passion BWV 245 Part 1, No. 9
MOZART: Das Veilchen, KV 476; Die Kleine Spinnerin, KV 531; Als Luise die Briefe, KV 520; Abendempfindung, KV 523
WOLF: Selections from Morike-Leider
POULENC: Fiancailles pour rire
BARBER: Hermit Songs, Op. 29
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Soprano Sarah Shafer actively appears on the leading operatic and concert stages of the world. The 2018-19 season will see Ms. Shafer make her house and role debut as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, directed by Stephen Lawless, with San Diego Opera as well as appearances with Harrisburg Symphony singing Poulenc's Gloria and Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Carmina Burana with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conducted by Francesco Lecce-Chong, Mahler Symphony No 2 with Toledo Symphony, Mozart Requiem with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, St. John's Passion with Louisiana Philharmonic, and Shanan Estreicher's Songs of Emily Dickinson with Chamber Orchestra of New York. Recital work includes appearances with Chamber Music Society of Detroit and Spivey Hall with Richard Goode, and with Richard Stoltzman and David Deveau, and Five Borough Music Festival with Martin Katz.
Her program will include:
BACH: Ich folge dir gleichfalls from Johannes Passion BWV 245 Part 1, No. 9
MOZART: Das Veilchen, KV 476; Die Kleine Spinnerin, KV 531; Als Luise die Briefe, KV 520; Abendempfindung, KV 523
WOLF: Selections from Morike-Leider
POULENC: Fiancailles pour rire
BARBER: Hermit Songs, Op. 29
Soprano Sarah Shafer has been praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer for her "crystalline sound, perfectly true intonation, glowing warmth, and total presence" and named "remarkable, artistically mature...a singer to watch" by Opera News. She is joined on piano by her father Timothy Shafer.
Soprano Sarah Shafer actively appears on the leading operatic and concert stages of the world. The 2018-19 season will see Ms. Shafer make her house and role debut as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, directed by Stephen Lawless, with San Diego Opera as well as appearances with Harrisburg Symphony singing Poulenc's Gloria and Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Carmina Burana with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conducted by Francesco Lecce-Chong, Mahler Symphony No 2 with Toledo Symphony, Mozart Requiem with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, St. John's Passion with Louisiana Philharmonic, and Shanan Estreicher's Songs of Emily Dickinson with Chamber Orchestra of New York. Recital work includes appearances with Chamber Music Society of Detroit and Spivey Hall with Richard Goode, and with Richard Stoltzman and David Deveau, and Five Borough Music Festival with Martin Katz.
Her program will include:
BACH: Ich folge dir gleichfalls from Johannes Passion BWV 245 Part 1, No. 9
MOZART: Das Veilchen, KV 476; Die Kleine Spinnerin, KV 531; Als Luise die Briefe, KV 520; Abendempfindung, KV 523
WOLF: Selections from Morike-Leider
POULENC: Fiancailles pour rire
BARBER: Hermit Songs, Op. 29
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Soprano Sarah Shafer actively appears on the leading operatic and concert stages of the world. The 2018-19 season will see Ms. Shafer make her house and role debut as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, directed by Stephen Lawless, with San Diego Opera as well as appearances with Harrisburg Symphony singing Poulenc's Gloria and Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Carmina Burana with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conducted by Francesco Lecce-Chong, Mahler Symphony No 2 with Toledo Symphony, Mozart Requiem with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, St. John's Passion with Louisiana Philharmonic, and Shanan Estreicher's Songs of Emily Dickinson with Chamber Orchestra of New York. Recital work includes appearances with Chamber Music Society of Detroit and Spivey Hall with Richard Goode, and with Richard Stoltzman and David Deveau, and Five Borough Music Festival with Martin Katz.
Her program will include:
BACH: Ich folge dir gleichfalls from Johannes Passion BWV 245 Part 1, No. 9
MOZART: Das Veilchen, KV 476; Die Kleine Spinnerin, KV 531; Als Luise die Briefe, KV 520; Abendempfindung, KV 523
WOLF: Selections from Morike-Leider
POULENC: Fiancailles pour rire
BARBER: Hermit Songs, Op. 29
show less
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