Mezzo-soprano

Sarah Lutrell

Rigoletto

Biography

Irish mezzo-soprano Sarah Luttrell is a master’s graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where she gained first-class honours under the tutelage of Wilma MacDougall, with funding from the RCS Trust. A member of the Irish National Opera Company Chorus, this season she makes her INO debut as Countess Ceprano in Verdi’s Rigoletto. 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 Deutscher’s Cinderella (2022), Zita and La Ciesca in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Zulma in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri (2023). Most recently, Sarah made her German debut singing the Second Witch in Opera Collective Ireland’s production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg. Sarah is an avid recitalist and oratorio singer. Oratorios include J.S. Bach’s 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 British vocal group Voces8 and in 2022–23 she was a full time member Chamber Choir Ireland.

November 2024