Hailed as an “appealing high soprano…with great agility for her flights of coloratura” by the South Florida Classical Review, soprano Sarah Richards demonstrates an enviable command of multiple periods and genres.

Ms. Richards’ opera roles include Monica in Menotti’s The Medium with SERIO Opera Company (Pittsburgh), Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte as an Opern Fest Prague Vocal Fellow at Smetana Hall under the baton of Jaroslav Kyzlink, Drusilla/Virtù/Liberto in Claudio Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea at Miami Beach Classical Music Festival, and Euridice in a concert version of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice through East End Song Studio.

She has recently performed the role of Un Bergère in Brooklyn Telemann Chamber Society’s film production of Rameau’s Phèdre: Hippolyte et Aricie, and as a ChorWorks Young Artist at Duke Chapel under the direction of Dr. Philip Cave, as well as the soprano soloist in Schubert’s Mass in G, Fauré’s Requiem in D Minor, and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, and as the soprano section leader of the St. Gregory Institute of Sacred Music at the Pittsburgh Oratory of St. Philip Neri.

Contemporary classical music is also an important part of Sarah’s artistic life, especially in her work as a 2026 Cortona Sessions Performance Fellow, performing Rhian Samuel’s unaccompanied soprano solo, Yr Alarch, and premiering Beth Roche’s Song of Wandering Aengus for soprano and chamber ensemble in Ede, Netherlands. Other notable concert work includes Ruckus412’s New Music Festival, OperAffinity Concerto Lirica Gala Concert in Todi, Italy, as well as solo recitals on the Bruton Parish Candlelight Concert Series in Colonial Williamsburg, Music at Grace United Methodist Church (Hagerstown, MD), St. Vincent College Concert Series and Music at Southminster’s inaugural series to name a few. Based currently in Pittsburgh, Ms. Richards studied with at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music (Bloomington, IN) , where she earned her Master’s Degree in Early Music Voice.