Sarah Nalty

Soprano Sarah Nalty is a passionate performer whose varied and international repertoire ranges from American to Mandarin to Ukrainian. This past season, Sarah completed her studies at Bard Conservatory's Graduate Vocal Arts Program, where she appeared as Rosa in Rumshinsky’s Yiddish operetta Shir Hashirim with YIVO Institute in NYC, as Minerve in Orphée aux enfers, and Saariaho at Bard’s annual Kurtág Festival. Her summer season includes Britten's Les illuminations at Bard, and Stella (cover) in Viardot's Le dernier sorcier with Bard Music Festival. She will open her Fall 2024 season in American Terror, a work-in-progress opera by Jeffrey Lependorf presented at Hudson Hall. Previous highlights include Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at Bard, Mozart and Fanny Mendelssohn with period instruments at the BB Chamber Music Collective Festival, and Elle in La voix humaine with New England Conservatory. A frequent recitalist, she has performed in numerous Liederabende in the Hudson Valley, Boston, and Graz, Austria, and often programs under-performed repertoire from the Eastern European canon. While attending the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS), she was recognized with the Harold Heiberg Liedersänger Preis for her performances.