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BIOGRAPHY

New Mexico native, Sara Litchfield, began performing on the opera stage at age fifteen with Albuquerque's Opera Southwest. Since then, Sara has performed throughout the United States with New Orleans Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Cedar Rapids Opera Theater and Opera in the Ozarks. Miss Litchfield appears extensively throughout the Chicago area including performances in leading roles with Elgin Opera, The Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company of Chicago and Opera Playhouse.

A "passionate and captivating performer", Sara Litchfield's stage repertoire encompasses a wide range of operatic roles. This season, she will be performing the role of the Mother and Witch in Opera for the Young's production of Hansel and Gretel. Other operatic roles include Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Stephano in Roméo et Juliette, Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Flora in La Traviata and La Maestra di Novizie and La Primera Cercatrice in Sour Angelica.

Miss Litchfield performed in opera scenes as Dorabella, Cherubino, Romeo (I Capuletti e i Montecchi), Erika (Vanessa), Mistress Page (The Merry Wives of Windsor) and Tisbe (La Cenerentola) as well as operetta roles such as Constance in The Sorcerer and The Duchess in The Gondoliers.

Miss Litchfield holds a Master of Music in Voice Performance from Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University and a Bachelor of Music from Loyola University New Orleans. She currently studies with renowned mezzo-soprano and Novo's Principal Artist, Tracy Watson.

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CURRENT & UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS

Mother, Witch & Sandman Hansel and Gretel Opera for the Young (on tour) Feb 13-24, 2012
Chorister Cherubini Requiem Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mar 12-17, 2012
Mother, Witch & Sandman Hansel and Gretel Opera for the Young (on tour) Mar 26-30, 2012
Mother, Witch & Sandman Hansel and Gretel Opera for the Young (on tour) Apr 23-27, 2012

AUDIO AND VIDEO SAMPLES

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

Chorister Carmina Burana Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2012
Chorister "Welcome Yule" Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2011
Mother, Witch & Sandman Hansel and Gretel Opera for the Young (on tour) 2011
Princess Margaret The Student Prince Light Opera Works 2011
Constance The Sorcerer G&S Opera Company of Chicago 2011
Hansel Hansel and Gretel Tomorrow River Opera & Opera Playhouse 2010/08
Chorus Mosé in Egitto Chicago Opera Theater 2010
Prima Sorella Cercatrice Suor Angelica Elgin Opera 2009
Cherubino Le Nozze di Figaro (Act II) CCPA Opera 2009
Linus, the brick pig Three Little Pigs Opera Playhouse 2009
The Neighbor Mavra CCPA Opera 2008
The Duchess The Gondoliers Ceder Rapids Opera 2008
Mopsa The Fairy Queen CCPA Opera 2008
Flora La Traviata Opera in the Ozarks 2006
La Ciesca Gianni Schicchi Opera in the Ozarks 2006
La Maestra di Novizie Suor Angelica Opera in the Ozarks 2006
Stephano Roméo et Juliette Loyola University Opera 2006
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Cherubino Le Nozze di Figaro OpTIC 2011
Romeo I Capuleti e I Montecchi OpTIC 2011
Mistress Page The Merry Wives of Windsor OpTIC 2011
Erika Vanessa OpTIC 2010
Cherubino Le Nozze di Figaro OpTIC 2010
    CCPA Opera 2009
    Opera in the Ozarks 2006
    CCPA Opera 2006
Tisbe La Cenerentola CCPA Opera 2007
Pitti-Sing The Mikado Opera in the Ozarks 2006

CHORUS

Chicago Symphony Chorus 2008-present
Cedar Rapids Opera Theater 2008
New Orleans Opera 2006-2007
Loyola Opera 2004-2007
Opera Southwest of Albuquerque, NM 2001-2003

EDUCATION

MM in voice performance at Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University 2007-9
BM in voice performance from Loyola University New Orleans 2003-7

OTHER TRAINING

10 years of ballet experience including point (2 years at college level)
Experience with stage combat and fencing

PRINCIPLE TEACHERS

Tracy Watson
Judith Haddon
Ellen Frohnmayer

COACHES

Dana Brown
Yasuko Oura
Paul Houghtaling
Carol Rausch
David Morelock

CONDUCTORS

Leonardo Vordoni
Robert Lyall
Linus Lerner

DIRECTORS

Andrew Eggert
Carol Rausch
Michael Butterman
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