 Sarah-Jane’s
most recent recitals were at the ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, Covent Garden in
their Crush Bar series and at the Banqueting House in Whitehall.
Sarah-Jane studied at the Guildhall School
of Music with Laura Sarti where she won all the major awards and graduated
with distinction. She was the British representative in the Rimsky-Korsakov
Competition in St. Petersburg where she reached the semi-final. She
has given recitals in Moscow and Tver and has sung in the Malya Hall
in St.Petersburg.
She has broadcast on Radio and Television
for the BBC and has also performed for H.R.H. Prince Charles and at
Kensington Palace. She has sung at English National Opera, the Royal
Albert Hall, Barbican, St. John’s Smith Square, Purcell Room, the British
Museum, Fairfield Halls, and at numerous venues throughout the country
and Europe.
Operatic roles include Pamina (Die Zauberflote)
at the Wexford Opera Festival, Countess Almaviva (Marriage of Figaro)
and Euridice (Orpheus and Euridice) for English Touring Opera, Micaela
(Carmen) and Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Dartington International
Festival, Miss Jessel (The Turn of the Screw) at the Snape Maltings
and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) for London Opera Players. She is also
a very busy Oratorio soloist with a large repertoire including Pergolesi
Stabat Mater, Bach St John Passion and Magnificat, Vivaldi Gloria, Handel
Messiah, Haydn The Creation and Nelson Mass, Mozart Mass in C, Requiem,
Mass in C minor, Vespers, Verdi Requiem, Janacek Glagolithic Mass, Mendelssohn
Elijah, Beethoven Missa Solemnis with the English Arts Chorale and Verdi
Requiem to name a few.
As a recitalist, she has given recitals
at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Edinburgh Festival, Dulwich
Picture Gallery, Binham Priory, Leighton House and Winchester Cathedral
amongst others. She sings in duos with internationally renowned guitarist
Andrew Keeping, Harpist Luisa Maria Ovett, Pianist Audrey Hyland and
Tenor Andrew Morris. She also performs with String Quartet, Harp and
Flute and Jazz Quartet.
Recent engagement highlights include Vaughan
Williams Sea Symphony at Snape Maltings, the cover of Oxana in Tchaikovsky’s
Cherivichki for Garsington Opera, Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) at the
Thaxted Festival and a World Record breaking tour performing in 80 venues
in 7 days to launch her second CD with Luisa-Maria.
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Sample
Repertoire:
Operatic arias by :
Handel, Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Dvorak, Gounod,
Massenet, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Bellini, Gershwin,
Lehar
Oratorio repertoire includes :
Bach St John Passion, Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Symphony No 9, Faure Requiem,
Handel Messiah, Haydn The Creation, Nelson Mass, Janacek Glagolithic Mass,
Mendelssohn Elijah, Mozart Requiem, Mass in C, Mass in C minor–2nd
sop, Vespers, Rossini Stabat Mater, Petite Messe, Verdi Requiem
Songs by :
Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, R Strauss, Tosti, Bellini, Verdi, Granados,
Obradors, Da Falla, Debussy, Faure, Duparc, Satie, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky,
Rimsky-Korsakov, Seiber, Orr, Britten, Ivor Novello, Noel Coward
Operetta & Musicals:
Arias, duets and ensembles by :
J Strauss, Heuberger, Lehar, Offenbach, Romberg, Gilbert & Sullivan,
Vivian Ellis, Lloyd Webber, Bernstein, Rogers & Hammerstein, Coward,
Kern,Cole Porter, Ivor Novello, Kurt Weill, Flanders & Swann |
