“Mezzo-soprano SarahAnn Duffy proved an affable Rosina, although when bullied by Doctor Bartolo, she was anything but a pushover. With her creamy mezzo-soprano she soared gently through Rossini’s coloratura thickets, and her cavatina “Una voce poco fa” displayed finesse and a clear stylistic appreciation.”
- SAN DIEGO STORY
American Mezzo-Soprano, SarahAnn Duffy, is quickly establishing herself as an exciting communicator to repertoire spanning the baroque to the present day.
Upcoming performances of the 2024 season include SarahAnn's role debuts of Mercédès in Carmen and Laura in Luisa Miller with Sarasota Opera, and later in the season she will be a Young Artist at The Glimmerglass Festival.
Events of the 2022/2023 season include Ms. Duffy’s role and company debut as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Opera NEO, her return to Sarasota Opera as a Studio Artist where she covered Fidalma in Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto, and joined their winter season as Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly and Zerlina (cover) in Don Giovanni. She was additionally awarded the Helen Jepson Dellera Fellowship Award for an outstanding Studio Artist during their 2023 season. Other recent events include joining Chautauqua Opera as a Studio Artist where she covered Mrs. Lovett in Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd and workshopped LOVE, LOSS AND THE CENTURY UPON US commissioned by Chautauqua Opera with music by Rene Orth and libretto by Jerre Dye.
Ms. Duffy’s recent appearances include Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte with Northern Lights Music Festival, Nireno in Connecticut Lyric Opera’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, and Sally Rogers in Paul Salerni’s The Life and Love of Joe Coogan. The 2021 season included beginning the year being named a San Diego District Encouragement Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council competition and her return to Palm Beach Opera, having been selected to serve a second season as a Bailey Apprentice Artist where she sang the role of Second Spirit in Die Zauberflöte. She additionally covered the role of Romeo in their Discovery Series Production of I Capuleti e i Montecchi, and Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte. Ms. Duffy was awarded a contract with Piccola Opera’s 2020 competition to make her role debut as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro in 2022, which was regrettably canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ms. Duffy’s other recent appearances include Sarasota Opera’s Voices of Sarasota Orchestra Concert as Tisbe in La Cenerentola, as Smeton in Anna Bolena with dell'Arte Opera, and as Zerlina in Don Giovanni also with dell’Arte Opera.
With an equal passion for contemporary and concert repertoire, Ms. Duffy debuted at the National Sawdust in 2019 where she performed two New York premiere songs. Additional events to the 2019 season included the role of Ljubica in Svadba, Ana Sokolović’s Serbian opera composed in 2015, with the Bard College Conservatory Vocal Arts program curated by Dawn Upshaw, and she made her debut as the alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Classics on Hudson. Ms. Duffy has also held apprenticeships with Teatro Nuovo (2019) and Aspen Music Festival (2015).
Originally from Cortlandt Manor, NY, Ms. Duffy received her bachelor of music from the New England Conservatory and her master of music from the Vocal Arts Program at Bard College Conservatory.