Mullingar soprano back home for NCO date
Mullingar soprano Sarah Brady, considered a rising star in classical music – and, being equally adept in opera, concert and song – is having a busy 2025.
In concert, Sarah will appear as Micaëla in a performance of Carmen at the National Concert Hall with the National Symphony Orchestra on Friday of this week, October 10.
She will also appear in concert with the Bern Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven 9, and, in the 25/26 season, makes a US debut as Merab in a staged concert of Saul at the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston, later appearing in the same role in Barrie Kosky’s production at Oper Köln.
She continues the season by making her Salzburg Easter Festival debut as Freia in a new production of Das Rheingold with the Berlin Philharmonic.
Sarah will also continue her relationship with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, appearing as Queen Tye in a staged performance of Akhnaten at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
Highlights of the 24/25 season included Sarah’s role and house debut as Woglinde in Tobias Kratzer’s new production of Das Rheingold at the Bayerische Staatsoper, and her Royal Opera House, Covent Garden debut as the Sandman and cover Gretel in Hansel and Gretel.
She also made her Komische Oper Berlin debut as Queen Tye in Echnaton before joining the company of the Glyndebourne Festival for her role debut as Merab in Barrie Kosky’s acclaimed production of Handel’s Saul, with Jonathan Cohen conducting.
In concert, Sarah returned to the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic for Brahms’ Requiem.
A former member of the prestigious young artist programme OperAvenir at Theater Basel, Sarah subsequently joined the ensemble, and was nominated as Upcoming Artist of the Year by Opernwelt for her achievements during this year.
From 2020-2023, Sarah was a member of the ensemble of Staatsoper Hannover. In 2022 Sarah’s debut album Matters of the Heart, a CD of Lieder by Robert Schumann and Richard Strauss, was released on Prospero Classical.
Speaking to the Westmeath Examiner in November 2021, Sarah said: “I also really miss singing in Ireland – there’s nothing really like singing at home for the people you know, who support you and cheer you on. I hope that I will return very soon to sing at home!”