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Sarah Gilford

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Praised for her crystal-clear voice, British soprano Sarah Gilford is a recent finalist of the Concurs Tenor Viñas 2024, Song Prize finalist at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021 and an alumnus of the prestigious Opernstudio at the Bayerische Staatsoper.

The 2023/24 season highlights include Woglinde in Wagner's Götterdämmerung at Klagenfurt Stadttheater, where Sarah will return later in the season to sing the soprano solo in Handel's Messiah. Dalinda in Handel's Ariodante with Les Arts Florissants at Le Grand Théâtre de Genève. The Governess in Isabelle Kettle's new production of Britten's The Turn of the Screw as part of the Deborah Warner Productions at the Theatre Royal, Bath. Performances of Beethoven's Symphony 9 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Barbican Centre and with Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini in Parma. Niece 1 in Britten's Peter Grimes at Staatsoper Hamburg.

The 2022/2023 season saw Sarah making her return to the Bayerische Staatsoper as Niece 2 in "Peter Grimes". She made a number of debuts including her debut as Dalinda in Handel's "Ariodante" with Il Pomo d'Oro; as a soloist for Mendelssohn's "Elias" with the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Kirill Petrenko; as Sophie in "Werther" at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden under the baton of Antonio Pappano. She also made her recital debut at Wigmore Hall with Ewa Danilewska.

In the 2021/2022 season she was a member of the ensemble of Stadttheater Klagenfurt. Here she made her debuts as Ortlinde in "Die Walküre", Susanna in "Le Nozze di Figaro", Sopran I in Rihm’s "Jakob Lenz", and Gilda in "Rigoletto". She also performed a number of recitals at the Fundación Juan Marchin Madrid, the British Embassy in Rome and as part of the Imogen Cooper Musical Trust in London.

For the seasons 2019/21, Sarah was a member of the prestigious Opernstudio at the Bayerische Staatsoper, where most notably she sang the title role in Thomas’ "Mignon" at the Cuvilliés Theatre, Giannetta in "L’Elisir d’Amore", Taumännchen in "Hansel und Gretel", and Barbarina in "Le Nozze di Figaro" among other appearances.

Sarah is very grateful to the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation, Imogen Cooper Music Trust and Samling for their continued support of her career.

Sarah Gilford is represented by Johanna Herbst Artist Management in worldwide general management.

English

The Magic Flute

Papagena

Hansel and Gretel

Sandmännchen

The Elixir of Love

Giannetta

Macbeth

Second Apparition

The Marriage of Figaro

Barbarina

Tannhäuser

Ein junger Hirt

Mignon

Taumännchen

Diary of One who Disappeared

Drei Frauenstimmen

Susanna

Rigoletto

Gilda

The Valkyrie

Ortlinde

Messiah HWV 56

Jakob Lenz

Sopran 1

Ariodante

Dalinda

Werther

Sophie

Peter Grimes

Niece II

The Twilight of the Gods

Woglinde

The Turn of the Screw

Governess

9th Symphony

Niece I

The Dead City

Juliette

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