SarahAnn
Duffy

SarahAnn Duffy
(she/her) Praised for her"liquid gold" (Opera Today) and  "creamy mezzo" and "finesse" (San Diego Story) American Mezzo-Soprano, SarahAnn Duffy is quickly establishing herself as an exciting communicator of repertoire spanning the baroque to the present day. Events of the 2025 season include her debut at Carnegie Hall in Loretta Notareschi's Climate Mass with MidAmerica Productions and the New England Symphonic Ensemble as well as her return to the Glimmerglass Festival as Celeste #2/Elaine in Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George. 

 

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SarahAnn Duffy

Praised for her "liquid gold" mezzo (Opera Today) American Mezzo-Soprano, SarahAnn Duffy, is quickly establishing herself as an exciting communicator of repertoire spanning the baroque to the present day, and is garnering attention on stages across the country.

Upcoming performances of the 2025 season include debuting at Carnegie Hall with Mid America Productions and the New England Symphonic Ensemble in Notareschi's Climate Mass. Recent performances include the debuts of Mercédès in Carmen and Laura in Luisa Miller, both with Sarasota Opera, and debuting the role of Endimione in Cavalli's La Calisto with The Glimmerglass Festival for a jump in performance.

Events of the 2023 season include Ms. Duffy’s role and company debut as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Opera NEO, her return to Sarasota Opera as Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. She was additionally awarded the Helen Jepson Dellera Fellowship Award for an outstanding Studio Artist during their 2023 season. Other recent events included joining Chautauqua Opera as a Studio Artist where she   workshopped LOVE, LOSS AND THE CENTURY UPON US commissioned by Chautauqua Opera with music by Rene Orth and libretto by Jerre Dye. 

Events of the 2022/2023 include covering Fidalma in Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto at Sarasota Opera, her debut of Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte with Northern Lights Music Festival, Nireno in Connecticut Lyric Opera’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, and Sally Rogers in Paul Salerni’s The Life and Love of Joe Coogan. The 2021 season included beginning the year being named a San Diego District Encouragement Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council competition and her return to Palm Beach Opera, having been selected to serve a second season as a Bailey Apprentice Artist where she sang the role of Second Spirit in Die Zauberflöte. She additionally covered the role of Romeo in their Discovery Series Production of I Capuleti e i Montecchi, and Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte.​ Ms. Duffy’s other recent appearances include Sarasota Opera’s Voices of Sarasota Orchestra Concert as Tisbe in La Cenerentola, as Smeton in Anna Bolena with dell'Arte Opera, and as Zerlina in Don Giovanni also with dell’Arte Opera.

​With an equal passion for contemporary and concert repertoire, Ms. Duffy debuted at the National Sawdust in 2019 where she performed two New York premiere songs. Additional events to the 2019 season included the role of Ljubica in Svadba, Ana Sokolović’s Serbian opera composed in 2015, with the Bard College Conservatory Vocal Arts program curated by Dawn Upshaw, and she made her debut as the alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Classics on Hudson. Additionally, Ms. Duffy has also been a young artist with Teatro Nuovo (2019) and Aspen Music Festival (2015).

Originally from Cortlandt Manor, NY, Ms. Duffy received her bachelor of music from the New England Conservatory and her master of music from the Vocal Arts Program at Bard College Conservatory. SarahAnn is represented by Wade Artist Management.

 





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