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 set to release in 2026 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. Ms. Richards has performed at the Virginia Ryan art exhibition and the 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. Other endeavors include performing newly composed works including Glenn Rudolph’s Children of the Seraphim and promoting the performance of sacred Baroque music as one of the founding members of the vocal trio Halcyon Voices . Based currently in Pittsburgh, Ms. Richards studied with Steven Rickards and Dana Marsh at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where she earned her Master’s Degree in Early Music Voice.