British Soprano Sarah Gilford, a finalist of the 2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, will made her debut at Royal Albert Hall and Wexford Opera Festival this season.
Sarah begins the 2025/26 performing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at Royal Albert Hall alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. She will make her debut as Nerea in Handel's Deidamia at Wexford Opera Festival and later in the season she revive the role at the Göttingen Handel Festival. She will be returning to Wigmore Hall for a recital as part of the Samling Academy's annual showcase and to the Royal Ballet and Opera to cover Dalinda in Handel's Ariodante. In the new year, Sarah will sing Silvera in J C Bach's Zanaida with Potsdamer Winteroper.
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SOPHIE, 2023
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
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"British soprano and Cardiff Singer of the World finalist Sarah Gilford makes her debut here as Sophie, a delightfully sweet soprano who positively enchants and entrances. Her entreaties to Werther in Act two, ‘Du gai soleil, plein de flamme’ were utterly endearing, delivered with an almost ‘Snow-White’ charm and sweetness, whilst still managing to avoid saccharinity. Her gentleness and joie de vivre are almost palpable and one is left wondering how even Werther, entrenched as he is in his misery, could decline a dance with this beauty.
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Likewise, her interactions with Charlotte in Act three after the latter has finished reading the letters from Werther, her compassion and concern for her older sister is tangible and she sings here with wonderful poignancy."
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OPERAWIRE
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© Bill Cooper
