A native of St. Paul Minnesota, Sara Gartland earned favorable notices this summer as Suzel in Pietro Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz with the Merola Opera Program for which San Francisco Classical Voice exclaimed “the evening’s standout was soprano Sara Gartland, whose Suzel was a model of fresh, attractive tone and musical intelligence” and, “give me Sara Gartland's Suzel any time — the soprano from St. Paul gave her considerable all: a soaring, warm voice; great legato; fine diction; and utter sincerity in delivery." Ms. Gartland will return to San Francisco Opera in January, 2010 as a member of the prestigious Adler Fellow Program.
Other recent engagements include performances with 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 and at the University of Colorado (Boulder) as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, and the title role of Semele.
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 recent engagements include performances with 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 and at the University of Colorado (Boulder) as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, and the title role of Semele.
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.