Sarah Lawrence

Sarah Lawrence enjoys a widely varied career as a singing actor in opera, musical theatre, and in concert, singing everything from Baroque to Broadway. 

Sarah has performed with the symphonies of Augusta, Omaha, Madison, Milwaukee, Boise, the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, the San Luis Obispo Symphony Orchestra, Music St. Croix, Oratorio Society of Minnesota, and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, singing repertoire including Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Bach’s B Minor Mass, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, and Prokofiev’s Ugly Duckling.  A frequent pops soloist, Sarah has sung concerts of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, and Bernstein, and was a guest soloist with Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis with Omaha Symphony.

Equally comfortable on the stage, Ms. Lawrence has performed more than 30 roles in opera and musical theatre, including Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Frasquita and Micaela in Carmen, and Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte. She has appeared with Madison Opera, Skylark Opera, Light Opera Oklahoma, Opera Omaha, and the Guthrie Theater. With Lyric Opera of the North she has appeared in the title role in Handel’s Semele, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Norina in Don Pasquale, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, and Gilda in Rigoletto. With Colder By the Lake, she created the roles of Missy in Les Uncomfortables by Tyler Kaiser, and Pristine in Phantom of the NorShor. A fan of Gilbert & Sullivan’s operettas, Sarah has appeared as Rose Maybud in Ruddigore, Angelina in Trial by Jury, Yum-Yum in The Mikado, and Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance.  Musical theatre roles include Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and Lily in The Secret Garden (The Duluth Playhouse), Ivey Smith in On the Town, Eileen in Wonderful Town, and Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella (Skylark Opera), and Julie Jordan in Carousel (Minnesota Orchestra). Ms. Lawrence appeared as Christine Daaé as a member of the Third National Tour of The Phantom of the Opera and in Phantom: The Vegas Spectacular.   

The 2024-25 season also includes engagements with Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Borealis Chamber Artists, Augusta Symphony, and the Randy Lee Jazz Orchestra. Sarah makes her home in Duluth with her husband, Calland Metts and daughter Giulia. For more information about Sarah Lawrence, please visit sarahelawrence.com.

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