Biography
British mezzo-soprano Sarah Rose Taylor is rapidly becoming recognized for her refreshingly warm and full toned ‘Germanic’ voice.
As a recitalist, she has appeared in France, Italy and the United States, and this season appears in New York City’s Lincoln Center parish church of Christ & Saint Stephen’s to perform Elgar’s Sea Pictures and Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder.
On the operatic stage, Sarah Rose Taylor has sung the roles of Marcellina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro as part of the 2009 Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy; Third Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with the Queens College Opera Studio and Sally in Barber’s A Hand of Bridge with the Hunter College Opera workshop (both in New York City); as well as Wendla in the premier recording of Frühlings Erwachen – a contemporary atonal German opera by George Woodbridge. Sarah recently sang withChelsea Opera in a concert honouring operatic star, Mark Rucker. In August 2011, she will be performing with Dell'arte opera in their production of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.
Now based in Manhattan, Sarah Rose Taylor is in increasing demand for her versatile voice and compelling musicianship. Her wide ranging repertoire has included solo role performances of oratorios such as Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Mass in Time of War and Sarah recently performed the Mezzo-Soprano evangelist solo role in the Dessoff Choirs’ performance of Arvo Pärt’s Passio at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin at Times Square, New York City.
Having previously lived in France, Ms. Taylor was a soloist with several ensembles, including the Wells Consort and the Choir of the American Cathedral in Paris. She has degrees in French Studies from the British Institute in Paris and a Maîtrise in French Language Teaching from La Sorbonne. She is presently completing graduate study in Vocal Performance at The Aaron Copland School of Music with Dr. Sherry Overholt. Ms. Taylor has performed at the Westchester Summer Vocal Institute program, and her coaches include Steven Crawford, John Mario Dicostanzo and Bruce Norris.
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