Sara
Kennedy

(She/Her) Hailed as an “exciting singer with a killer voice” (Chris Ruel, Operawire), Sara Kennedy is an American soprano from Austin, Texas. Renowned for her rich, powerful sound and commanding stage presence, she is establishing herself as an important emerging artist in both traditional and contemporary repertoire.

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Career Highlights/Education

The Anna Sosenko Assist Trust

Grant Recipient, 2025 Career Grant, Present

Sarasota Opera

Studio Artist, 2025 Winter Season, Cavalleria Rusticana/Stiffelio, 2025

Management

Insignia Artists Management, New York, NY

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Upcoming Engagements

The Merry Widow

Valencienne (Soloist)

Sarasota Opera

February 21, 2026 to 8 more

February 21, 2026
February 24, 2026
February 26, 2026
March 01, 2026
March 04, 2026 March 08, 2026
March 13, 2026
March 21, 2026
March 27, 2026

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The Tempest

Performer (Soloist)

Teatro Grattacielo

Event Information

The Tempest

July 16, 2026 - July 18, 2026

Info / Tickets

Description

Marking its world staged premiere, Joseph Summer’s The Tempest brings Shakespeare’s final masterpiece to the operatic stage with vivid imagination and emotional depth. The opera—set to a libretto by the composer’s daughter, Eve Summer—transforms the tale of exile, forgiveness, and renewal into a richly layered musical world. Summer’s tonal yet adventurous score brims with ensemble writing of exceptional beauty, from tender duets to exuberant finales, offering a contemporary voice deeply attuned to Shakespeare’s spirit.

“Summer’s musical language is comfortably tonal but sophisticated, ceaselessly inventive and often gripping; he’s a vivid musical storyteller… an embarrassment of riches—the marvelous group numbers just keep coming, culminating in a blazingly celebratory climax.” — Opera News, review of 2015 studio recording of The Tempest

MUSIC BY
Joseph Summer

LIBRETTO BY
Eve Summer

LOCATION
Ellen Stewart Theater, La MaMa, Creative Shares
66 East 4th Street, New York, NY

SUNG IN
English, with supertitles

RUNNING TIME
2 hours and 40 minutes with a 20 minute intermission

CAST
Prospero - DANIEL KLEIN
Miranda - SARA KENNEDY
Ariel - KELLY GUERRERA
Caliban - BENJAMIN SIEVERDING
Ferdinand - OMAR NAJMI
Iris - MAGGIE FINNEGAN
Ceres - CHANTELLE GRANT
Juno - SARAH JOHNSON
Trinculo - JORDAN RUTTER-COVATTO
Stefano - ELIAM RAMOS
Sebastian - DAVID GORDON
Antonio - JUSTIN RYAN
Alonso - DEANDRE SIMMONS
Nereus - HEATHER GREEN
Calypso - VALIA KARAGIORGA
Ligeia - SHIRA ZIV
Echo - JENNA WEITMAN

CREATIVE
Composer - JOSEPH SUMMER
Conductor - ENRICO FAGONE
Director - STEFANOS KORONEOS
Assistant Director/Properties - GREGORY PERNICONE JR
Set Design - OSCAR ESCOBEDO
Lighting Design - WILL ROSSITER
Costume Design - ANABEL SIMOTAS
Production Manager - MAIMOUNA CAMARA
Assistant Conductor and Pianist - ERIC JUNEAU
Stage Manager - MILAN ELDRIDGE

Event Type Opera

Language Performed English

Contributors

Sara Kennedy

Performer

Jul 16, 2026

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Dates

Jul, 26

Recent Highlights

Cavalleria rusticana

Lola

Sarasota Opera

Stiffelio

Performer (Cover)

Sarasota Opera

Zemlinksy's Zimmer feat. "Eine florentinische Tragödie"

Performer (Soloist)

The Little Opera Theatre of NY (LOTNY)

I Pagliacci

Nedda (Cover)

Florida Grand Opera

La bohème

Musetta

Florida Grand Opera

Beyond the Horizon

Performer

Teatro Grattacielo

Die Zauberflöte

Pamina

Florida Grand Opera

Semifinals

Participant

George London Foundation

Wednesday Morning Music Club-Fielder Grant Competition

Winner

Texas Federation of Music Clubs

La Traviata

Annina

Shreveport Opera

Così fan tutte

Fiordiligi

Opera Arlington

Don Giovanni

Donna Anna

Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy

Don Giovanni

Donna Anna

Painted Sky Opera

La Traviata

Annina (Cover)

Florida Grand Opera

Sarasota House Concert

Soprano

Sara Kennedy, Soprano

Lucia di Lammermoor

Lucia

University of North Texas

Biography

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Hailed as an “exciting singer with a killer voice” (Chris Ruel, Operawire), Sara Kennedy is an American soprano from Austin, Texas. Renowned for her rich, powerful sound and commanding stage presence, she is establishing herself as an important emerging artist in both traditional and contemporary repertoire.

In 2025, Sara makes a role and company debut with The Little Opera Theatre of NY (LOTNY) as Bianca in Zemlinsky’s Zimmer. In January, Sara returned to Sarasota Opera as a studio artist where she sang Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana and covered Lina in Stiffelio and she will return again to Sarasota Opera in 2026 as Valencienne in Lehár's The Merry Widow.

In 2024, she performed the vocally challenging role of Ruth Atkins in the world premiere of Nicolas Flagello’s Beyond the Horizon with Teatro Grattacielo and won critical acclaim as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Florida Grand Opera. Sara was a studio artist with Florida Grand Opera in 2023–2024, singing Annina and covering Violetta in La traviata. She also covered the role of Nedda in Pagliacci and sang Musetta in La bohème.

In 2023, the talented soprano made company debuts with Opera Arlington, performing Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and with Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy and Painted Sky Opera singing Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. That same season she was awarded 2nd prize in the Bonnie Cummins Fielder Grant for Vocal Career Advancement by the Wednesday Morning Music Club of Austin, Texas.

In 2022, Sara was an apprentice at Sarasota Opera as well as an opera fellow at Sewanee Summer Music Festival OperaFest Sewanee. Sara was named a winner of the Jacqueline Avent Concerto Competition which led to her debut with the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra.

Sara Kennedy completed her Graduate Artist Certificate in Opera from the University of North Texas in 2021. She also holds a B.M. in Music Education and an M.M. in Vocal Performance from the University of North Texas.

Sara is represented by Gloria Parker at Insignia Artists Management

Press Quotes

"Kennedy was simply the star of the night, her soprano soaring cleanly, her diction articulate and always clear. She displayed a resonant chest voice coupled with powerful high notes and tremendous balance with more parlato moments...Her aria was the highlight of the evening, her legato silky and smooth. She ascended to her upper reaches fearless throughout the passage. The audience received her with a deserved ovation."

— David Salazar, Operawire

"Sara Kennedy plays Lola spot-on as the married flirt who finds all of this a game."

— Gayle Williams - Your Observer

"“Other standouts include Sara Kennedy, whose Pamina is vocally radiant and dramatically excellent as she undergoes a transformation from hapless victim to spiritual enlightenment – suffering disappointment along the way, as expressed in the haunting Ach, ich fühl’s"

— David M. Rice, Classical Source

"Everyone knows a Musetta – the energetic and sassy 'it girl,' Kennedy portrayed this flawlessly. Her crystalline tone served all the dimensions of Musetta."

— Afton Wooten, Operawire

"Her bright soprano voice sounded excellent, with a powerful upper register. All-in-all, she was an exciting singer with a killer voice."

— Chris Ruel, Operawire