Praised for her “pure, lustrous voice” and “Lucille Ball-like energy,” soprano Sarah Callinan has performed a wide variety of operatic and musical theatre roles in theatres across the U.S. Some favorites include Despina (Cosi Fan Tutte) with Opera Carolina, Blondchen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) with Arizona Opera, Frasquita (Carmen) with both Michigan Opera Theater and Opera New Jersey, the title role in La Fille du Régiment with Connecticut Concert Opera, Gilda (Rigoletto) with Salt Marsh Opera, and Valencienne (The Merry Widow) with Cape Cod Opera. She sang the role of Blondie in the “Star Trek” production of The Abduction from the Seraglio, and the role of Helen de Vazquez in Victor Herbert’s Orange Blossoms with Light Opera of New York (Albany Records).
Among her many concert performances, she has performed as soprano soloist in the Verdi Requiem, Haydn’s Creation, Handel’s Messiah, and Rutter’s Mass; Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Vesperae Solennes de Confessore as well as Faure’s Requiem with the Farmington Valley Chorale; and several concerts with the Hartford Symphony.
Ms. Callinan has also performed with Dan Gabel and The Abletones, an authentic 18-piece Big Band, as well as The High Society Orchestra, a 1920s hot jazz orchestra. Ms. Callinan was also the leader of the new Moon Maids, a vintage vocal group that was originally founded in 1945 and performed with Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra.
A native of Worcester, MA, Ms. Callinan attended the Hartt School of Music, and graduated Magna cum laude from the University of Connecticut with a BA in Music and a Performer’s Certificate in Voice.