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Photo Credit: Daniel Welch

Photo Credit: Daniel Welch

BIOGRAPHY

"The audience nearly stopped the show with applause for Sara Nealley's powerful performance..."
-Wooster Weekly News

Sara Nealley, soprano, is a native of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, USA. She completed her undergraduate studies in Vocal performance at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and her graduate studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow and at the Wales International Academy of Voice in Cardiff. She is currently pursuing a GPD at the Peabody Institute where she studies with Randall Scarlata. Her previous roles include: Gianetta, The Gondoliers, Ohio Light Opera; Violetta, La Traviata, Mediterranean Opera Studio and Festival; Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, Opera in the Ozarks; La ciesca, Gianni Schicchi, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland; Hanna Glawari, The Merry Widow, College Light Opera Company; Krystyna Zywulska, Out of Darkness, Eastman Opera Theatre.

Sara was a finalist in the Elgar/Spedding Memorial Lieder Competition and the Ye Cronies Opera Award at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is recipient of an Encouragement Award in Arkansas District of the Metropolitan Opera Competition. In concert, Sara has performed as the soloist in David Liptak’s “Folgore’s Months” with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, and in the World Premiere of Lori Laitman’s “Are Women People?” for Eastman’s Anniversary Celebration of Susan B. Anthony.

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PHOTOS

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RECORDINGS

Per pietà ben mio, perdona

from Così fan tutte​​, by W.A. Mozart
Recorded at Opera in the Ozarks, 2022, under the direction of Louis Menendez

Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante

from Carmen, by Georges Bizet
Recorded September 2024
Alan Xeusong Lin, Pianist
Contact

CONTACT

saranealleysoprano@gmail.com

+1 (610)-724-6279

If you desperately need a Fiordiligi please be in touch! I am also available for weddings, concerts, and performances of my one-woman piece, Via Letter.

 

 

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