Soprano

Sarah Shine

Fledermaus

Biography

Sarah Shine is a soprano from Limerick based in Turin, Italy. In 2024 she performed title role of Handels Atalanta at the Barokkfest Festival in Norway and joined french ensemble Miroirs Étendus for the revival and nationwide tour of Michael Gallen’s Elsewhere. In May, she began the process of workshopping a new opera Lucia Joyce by New-York based composer Patrick Zimmerli. 

Sarah made her debut at the Bregenzer Festspiele in 2023 as Sophie in Massenet’s Werther after first debuting the role with Irish National Opera. In June of 2023, she was seen on stage once again with the Académie Opéra National de Paris in a staging workshop of Looking for Bernstein. Other engagements include her collaboration with composer Enda Walsh and Donnacha Dennehy’s The First Child singing the role of Karen, soprano soloist for Mozarts Mass in C Minor with the Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn, Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff with Wexford Festival Opera and her role debut as Adele in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus with the Académie Opéra National de Paris. 

During the 2018/2019 season, Sarah was a member of the prestigious Salzburg Young Singers Project and was an artist in residence for two seasons at Opera National de Paris. After a performance at Palais Garnier in 2018, Sarah was awarded the Siemens Opera Award of €10,000. 

Upcoming engagements include a concert tour in Japan in the Spring of 2025 with musicians from the Opera National de Paris and a recital tour for Music Network Ireland with french harpist Emmanuel Ceysson. 

February 2025