Soprano Sara Tillett recently performed as a Young Artist in Liberty City Arts & BCBC’s inaugural summer program in Philadelphia, PA. In October, she was invited back as a guest artist for Liberty City Art’s Soirée aux Libertés, a celebration of French art song, alongside pianist Aurelien Eulert. Her notable roles include Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Annina (La Traviata), Giannetta/Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Despina (Cosi fan tutte), Carlotta/L’Ipnotizzatore (Il Ciambellone), and Cugina (Madama Butterfly). Sara has also been seen in opera scenes as Manon (Manon), Sœur Constance (Dialogues des Carmélites), and Adele (Die Fledermaus).
Sara’s concert work features several premieres: Ghostly Sentiments by Michael McAndrew (2025), Double by Michael McAndrew, and a choral work, Duo, by Mohammed Fairouz. She was a soprano soloist in Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem with the US Army War College and Dickinson College as part of a two-week symposium on War, Justice, and Peace. She performed opera selections from Smetana’s Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride) and as a collaborative soloist with Czech folk band, Spirituál Kvintet, at Bohemian National Hall as part of Mannes Sounds Festival in New York City. Additional solo features include Boldemann’s Four Epitaphs, Bach’s Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, Vivaldi’s Gloria in D Major, Dvorak’s Mass in D Minor, and Rutter’s Magnificat.
Sara has been a Young Artist with Liberty City Arts, Utah Vocal Arts Academy/Utah Lyric Opera Festival, Mannes Opera, AIMS in Graz, and OC Ars Vocalis in Rome. Sara was a semi-finalist in The Mildred Miller International Vocal Competition and is a winner of the Eastern Regional NATS competitions from 2013 to 2017. She earned her Professional Diploma from The Mannes School of Music (Opera), her Master’s degree from SUNY Binghamton (Opera), and her Bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College (Vocal Performance, Italian Studies).
Sara studies with Jack Li Vigni, Rachelle Jonck, and Ting Ting Wong.