Mezzo-soprano

Sarah Lutrell

Madama Butterfly

Biography

Irish mezzo-soprano Sarah Luttrell made her Irish National Opera debut singing Countess Ceprano in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and is a member of the INO company chorus. A graduate of TU Dublin Conservatoire, she completed a master’s degree with first class honours at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, studying under Wilma MacDougall, and was the recipient of the RCS Trust Postgraduate Scholarship. Sarah has also performed with Lyric Opera Productions, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, Clonter Opera, NI Opera and Wexford Festival Opera. In 2022–2023, Sarah was a member of the Wexford Factory Young Artist programme where she performed the roles of Zibaldona in Alma Deutcher’s Cinderella (2022), Zita and La Ciesca in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Zulma in Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri (2023). Sarah made her German debut singing the Second Witch in Opera Collective Ireland’s production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg. Sarah is an avid recitalist and oratorio singer. Oratorios include J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle and Haydn’s Nelson Mass in venues throughout Ireland, the United Kingdom and Europe. In 2021– 22, Sarah was a scholar with the 2023 Grammy- nominated vocal group, Voces8, and in 2022–2023 she was a full-time member of Chamber Choir Ireland.

November 2025