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SARAHANN DUFFY

MEZZO-SOPRANO

ABOUT

Praised for her "liquid gold" mezzo (Opera Today) American Mezzo-Soprano, SarahAnn Duffy, is quickly establishing herself as an exciting communicator of repertoire spanning the baroque to the present day, and is garnering attention on stages across the country.

Upcoming performances of the 2026  season include the premiere of Ida by Lamplight as the title role, with Chautauqua Opera. There she will also sing the role of Alfred in Garfein's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and join the Chautauqua Orchestra as a soloist in their Opera and Pops concert. To close the 2025 season SarahAnn debuted in Beethoven Symphony No. 9 as the Mezzo Soloist at Carnegie Hall with the United Nations Institute of Research and Learning. Other events of the 2025 season include a return to The Glimmerglass Festival for Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George as Celeste #2/Elaine, and her debut at Carnegie Hall with Mid America Productions and the New England Symphonic Ensemble in Notareschi's Climate Mass. Recent performances include the debuts of Mercédès in Carmen and Laura in Luisa Miller, both with Sarasota Opera, and debuting the role of Endimione in Cavalli's La Calisto with The Glimmerglass Festival for a jump in performance.

Events of the 2023 season include Ms. Duffy’s role and company debut as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Opera NEO, and her debut as Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly  at Sarasota Opera. While at Sarasota Opera, she was awarded the Helen Jepson Dellera Fellowship Award for an Outstanding Studio Artist. Other recent events included joining Chautauqua Opera as a Studio Artist where she workshopped LOVE, LOSS AND THE CENTURY UPON US commissioned by Chautauqua Opera with music by Rene Orth and libretto by Jerre Dye. 

SarahAnn returns to Chautauqua Opera for the world premiere of Ida by Lamplight to sing the title role in the summer of 2026. 
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Additional roles and events at Chautauqua include 
Alfred in Herschel Garfein's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead as well as the Chautauqua Opera Orchestra Pops concert.

SarahAnn made her Carnegie Hall debut on April 6th, 2025 with Mid America Productions and the New England Symphonic Ensemble.

NEWS

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SarahAnn made her house and role debut as Endimione in Cavalli's La Calisto at The Glimmerglass Festival.
Reviews

"Mezzo-Soprano SarahAnn Duffy, stepping in for an indisposed colleague, was poignant as the lovelorn Endymion; her tenderly passionate duets with Ms. Raven were high points in the show." ​- WALL STREET JOURNAL

"SarahAnn Duffy had the larger challenge, jumping in with both feet to contribute a major accomplishment in the key role of Endymion. Ms. Duffy's mezzo was liquid gold and her well-shaped sound was even, effortless, firm, and shining from top to bottom. Her extended, deeply felt scenes, especially the meltingly delivered duet with Ms. Raven, were real high points in a uniformly first rate performance."​- OPERA TODAY

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SCHEDULE

      IDA TARBELL
    IDA BY LAMPLIGHT
         

CHAUTAUQUA OPERA

JULY 22, 2026

    ALFRED    ROSENCRANTZ

& GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD     

         CHAUTAUQUA OPERA 

AUGUST 7, 2026

BEETHOVEN

SYMPHONY

NO. 9

UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE

OF LEARNING AND RESEARCH

DECEMBER 5TH 2025

CARNEGIE HALL 

MEZZO SOLOIST

CLIMATE MASS

                MID-AMERICA PRODUCTIONS

NEW ENGLAND SYMPHONIC ENSEMBLE

APRIL 6TH, 2025

CELESTE #2

SUNDAY IN THE

PARK 

WITH GEORGE

JULY-AUGUST 2025

THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL

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