Sara Jakubiak

American soprano Sara Jakubiak has been praised by the New York Times for her "plush-voiced, impressive soprano" and by Opera News as a “talented, highly musical singer.” She continues as a member of the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt for the 2016 – 2017 season where she will be seen in two new productions: Tatyana in of “Eugene Onegin” conducted by Sebastian Weigle and as Marie in Krenek’s “Der Diktator”. She will also be seen in Harry Kupfer’s production of “The Gambler” conducted by Weigle. Ms. Jakubiak returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper to reprise performances as Eva in “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” under music director Kirill Petrenko and the Hamburg Opera for her role debut in Christoph Loy’s new production of Strauss’s “Daphne”.

In recent seasons Ms. Jakubiak made many significant debuts: Bayersiche Staatsoper as Eva in a new production of “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” with Kirill Petrenko, Semperoper Dresden as Rosalinde in “Die Fledermanus“ and Agathe in a new production of “Der Freischütz” conducted by music director Christian Thielemann which was released commercially on DVD by Unitel, the Hamburg Opera as Marie in “Die tote Stadt”, the Dutch National Opera in Andrea Breth’s new production of Prokofiev’s The Gambler as Polina under Marc Albrecht, Oper Graz as Elsa von Brabant in “Lohengrin” in a new production by Johannes Erath and costumes by Christian Lacroix, and at the English National Opera to great critical acclaim as Marie in “Wozzeck” conducted by Edward Gardner. In Frankfurt, she has been seen as Lina in a new production of “Stiffelio”, Marie/Marietta in “Die tote Stadt”, Alice Ford in Falstaff, Prima Donna/Ariadne in “Ariadne auf Naxos”, The Goose Girl in Humperdinck’s “Königskinder”, and created a sensation as Marta in a new production of Weinberg’s “Die Passagierin”, both in Frankfurt and in Vienna at the Wiener Festwochen.

Sara Jakubiak's concert performances include her Israel Philharmonic debut with Zubin Mehta as Rosalinde in “Die Fledermaus”, as Emma in Schubert’s “Fierrabras” and Schumann's "Scenes from Goethe's Faust" with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Governess in Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, with the Colorado Symphony in Mozart concert arias, and in concert performances of Howard Hanson’s lyrical opera “Merry Mount” with the Rochester Philharmonic under Michael Christie at Carnegie Hall, originally commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. She has also performed Penderecki’s “Polish Requiem” conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki with Orquesta Sinfónica de la Juventud Venezolana Simón Bolívar in Caracas, and Fiora in a concert version of Montemezzi's “L'amore dei tre re” with Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw under the baton of Lucasz Borowitcz, which was recently released on CD. Ms. Jakubiak is featured on the Naxos label's eight-volume collection of Charles Ives songs in the series "American Classics".

Other recent engagements have seen her debut at New York City Opera as Dede in a new, ground-breaking production of Bernstein's “A Quiet Place” by Christopher Alden, her debut with Minnesota Opera as Catherine Earnshaw in Herrmann's “Wuthering Heights”, Beatrice in Jake Heggie's “Three Decembers” alongside celebrated mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade at Chicago Opera Theater, and Countess Almaviva in “Le nozze di Figaro” at the Seoul Arts Center in Korea.

Ms. Jakubiak holds master's degrees from both Yale University and the Cleveland Institute of Music. She was a Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and was also the recipient of the Judith Raskin Memorial Award from Santa Fe Opera.