Miss Gartland returns to Utah Opera as Curley's Wife in May 2012!
A native of St. Paul Minnesota, Sara Gartland earned favorable notices this season as a second year Adler Fellow with San Francisco Opera for which San Francisco Classical Voice exclaimed, “Gartland is a star through and through….she was stunning, both vocally and physically, in Massenet’s “Me voilà seule….Dis-moi que je suis belle” from Thaïs. Beautifully floating some of her softer notes, and setting her highs afire, Gartland was sensational.” And for her portrayal as Micaëla in San Francisco Opera’s production of Carmen, Broadway world said “Fortunately, there are a few supporting characters to help the production along. Sara Gartland (who sings the role of Micaela, a young woman from Don José's homeland) has a strong, stunning voice that commands attention, yet portrays the purity and innocence of the character. As a second-year Adler Fellow, Gartland is in the beginning stages of a career bound to take her to many more of the world's famous opera houses.”
Other engagements with San Francisco Opera include Pat/Ann in the world premiere of Heart of a Soldier, Barbarina in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Gerhilde in Die Walkure, Merola Opera Program as Suzel in Pietro Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz, Utah Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera as Alexandra in Regina, Opera Iowa as Norina in Don Pasquale, The Ohio Light Opera as Elisabeth Bennet in the world premiere of Pride and Prejudice, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, and as Marianne in The New Moon.
She has appeared on the concert stage with the Elmhurst Symphony in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Cheyenne Symphony in Carmina Burana, Central City Opera, and Colorado University’s Boulder Wind Symphony in Four Maryland Songs.
Ms. Gartland earned a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Colorado Boulder and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Wisconsin Madison. In 2008, she was a Finalist in the Eastern Region at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Other engagements with San Francisco Opera include Pat/Ann in the world premiere of Heart of a Soldier, Barbarina in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Gerhilde in Die Walkure, Merola Opera Program as Suzel in Pietro Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz, Utah Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera as Alexandra in Regina, Opera Iowa as Norina in Don Pasquale, The Ohio Light Opera as Elisabeth Bennet in the world premiere of Pride and Prejudice, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, and as Marianne in The New Moon.
She has appeared on the concert stage with the Elmhurst Symphony in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Cheyenne Symphony in Carmina Burana, Central City Opera, and Colorado University’s Boulder Wind Symphony in Four Maryland Songs.
Ms. Gartland earned a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Colorado Boulder and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Wisconsin Madison. In 2008, she was a Finalist in the Eastern Region at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.