Sara Kennedy is an American soprano from Austin, TX
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Sung in German with English Supertitles
Running time approx. 85 minutes
BAM Fisher (Fishman Space)
321 Ashland Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217
**Ticketing information coming soon**
Music by Alexander Zemlinsky featuring his opera A Florentine Tragedy, based upon a play by Oscar Wilde. German translation by Max Meyerfeld,with poems by Richard Dehmel and Ferdinand Gregorovius. New chamber orchestrations by Roland Freisitzer.
A love triangle and a murder. The Italian Renaissance through the filter of fin-de-siècle Vienna.
FEATURING
Simone Eric McKeever | Daniel Klein
Bianca, his wife Mary-Hollis Hundley | Sara Kennedy
Prinz Guido Bardi Michael Boley | Oswaldo Iraheta
CREATIVE TEAM
Tiffany chang, Conductor;
Philip Shneidman, Director
Seth Reiser, Lighting & scenic design;
lara de bruijn, costume design
Kylee Loera, Projection Design
Catherine Miller, Associate Music Director
Cordelia senie, Production Stage manager
Jenni bowman, general manager:
Dalia sevilla, Assistant Director/supertitles;
Brad Lemons, Fight director
DATE: Sunday, September 15, 2024
TIME: 4:00 PM
BASED ON: Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Beyond the Horizon” by Eugene O’Neill.
LOCATION: La MaMa - 66 East 4th Street, New York NY
MUSIC BY: Nicolas Flagello
LIBRETTO BY: Nicolas Flagello and Walter Simmons
SUNG IN ENGLISH
CAST
JOHN ROBERT GREEN | Andrew Mayo
JOHN BELLEMER | Robert Mayo
SARA KENNEDY | Ruth Atkins
DANIEL KLEIN | James Mayo
MELINA JAHARIS | Kate Mayo
STEVEN KIRBY | Captain Dick Scott
CARLA LOPEZ SPEZIALE | Mrs. Atkins
CREATIVE TEAM
CHRISTIAN CAPOCACCIA | Conductor
IAN SILVERMAN | Director
TAYLOR FRIEL | Set Designer
DIMITRIS KOUTAS | Lighting Designer
STEFANOS KORONEOS | Costume Designer
Sara has been selected as 1 of 4 finalists for the WMMC Fielder Grant for Career Advancement. Prizes of up to $12K will be awarded to the winners.
**Sara was named the 2nd Prize Winner of the WMMC Fielder Grant on March 15th, 2023**
Sara will make her Shreveport Opera debut singing "Annina" in La traviata
Cast and Creative Team
Director: Bob Neu
Conductor: Joe Illick
Chorus Master/Piano: Dr. Ah Young Kim
Violetta-Megan Koch
Alfredo-Nathan Schafer
Flora-Bridget Cappel
Germont-Spencer Reichman
Baron Douphol-Andrew Payne
Gastone-Dylan Davis
Dr. Grenvil-Erik Earl Larson
Annina-Sara Kennedy
Marchese-Steve Valenzuela
www.shreveportopera.org
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 Little Opera of NY 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 as a principal artist in 2026 (to be announced).
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
Sara Kennedy is an American soprano from Austin, TX
Toggle the options to the right to accept inquiries.
Sung in German with English Supertitles
Running time approx. 85 minutes
BAM Fisher (Fishman Space)
321 Ashland Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217
**Ticketing information coming soon**
Music by Alexander Zemlinsky featuring his opera A Florentine Tragedy, based upon a play by Oscar Wilde. German translation by Max Meyerfeld,with poems by Richard Dehmel and Ferdinand Gregorovius. New chamber orchestrations by Roland Freisitzer.
A love triangle and a murder. The Italian Renaissance through the filter of fin-de-siècle Vienna.
FEATURING
Simone Eric McKeever | Daniel Klein
Bianca, his wife Mary-Hollis Hundley | Sara Kennedy
Prinz Guido Bardi Michael Boley | Oswaldo Iraheta
CREATIVE TEAM
Tiffany chang, Conductor;
Philip Shneidman, Director
Seth Reiser, Lighting & scenic design;
lara de bruijn, costume design
Kylee Loera, Projection Design
Catherine Miller, Associate Music Director
Cordelia senie, Production Stage manager
Jenni bowman, general manager:
Dalia sevilla, Assistant Director/supertitles;
Brad Lemons, Fight director
DATE: Sunday, September 15, 2024
TIME: 4:00 PM
BASED ON: Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Beyond the Horizon” by Eugene O’Neill.
LOCATION: La MaMa - 66 East 4th Street, New York NY
MUSIC BY: Nicolas Flagello
LIBRETTO BY: Nicolas Flagello and Walter Simmons
SUNG IN ENGLISH
CAST
JOHN ROBERT GREEN | Andrew Mayo
JOHN BELLEMER | Robert Mayo
SARA KENNEDY | Ruth Atkins
DANIEL KLEIN | James Mayo
MELINA JAHARIS | Kate Mayo
STEVEN KIRBY | Captain Dick Scott
CARLA LOPEZ SPEZIALE | Mrs. Atkins
CREATIVE TEAM
CHRISTIAN CAPOCACCIA | Conductor
IAN SILVERMAN | Director
TAYLOR FRIEL | Set Designer
DIMITRIS KOUTAS | Lighting Designer
STEFANOS KORONEOS | Costume Designer
Sara has been selected as 1 of 4 finalists for the WMMC Fielder Grant for Career Advancement. Prizes of up to $12K will be awarded to the winners.
**Sara was named the 2nd Prize Winner of the WMMC Fielder Grant on March 15th, 2023**
Sara will make her Shreveport Opera debut singing "Annina" in La traviata
Cast and Creative Team
Director: Bob Neu
Conductor: Joe Illick
Chorus Master/Piano: Dr. Ah Young Kim
Violetta-Megan Koch
Alfredo-Nathan Schafer
Flora-Bridget Cappel
Germont-Spencer Reichman
Baron Douphol-Andrew Payne
Gastone-Dylan Davis
Dr. Grenvil-Erik Earl Larson
Annina-Sara Kennedy
Marchese-Steve Valenzuela
www.shreveportopera.org
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 Little Opera of NY 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 as a principal artist in 2026 (to be announced).
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
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