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Praised as “sizzling,” “riveting and passionate” and possessing a voice of “warm, organic liquidity,” mezzo-soprano Sarah Larsen looks forward to returning to The Metropolitan Opera for their 2021/22 season as the 2nd Lady in _Die Zauberflöte_. Other upcoming engagements include concerts with St. Croix Valley Opera and Music of Remembrance, as well as her role debut as Laurene Powell Jobs in _The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs_ with Austin Opera, The Atlanta Opera and The Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

Since making her debut at The Metropolitan Opera in 2017 as Käthchen in _Werther_, Ms. Larsen has also been featured onstage as Flora Bervoix in _La traviata_ and the 2nd Esquire in _Parsifal_. She also joined the company in recent seasons for their productions of _Der Ring des Nibelungen_, _Le nozze di Figaro_, _The Merry Widow_, _Rusalka_, _Cendrillon_, and _Les contes d’Hoffmann_. 

Other recent engagements have included Donna Elvira in _Don Giovanni_ for Virginia Opera and Arizona Opera, Jan Arnold in _Everest_ with Calgary Opera and The Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Dorabella in _Così fan tutte_ for Mill City Summer Opera, Prince Orlofsky in _Die Fledermaus_ with Des Moines Metro Opera, Mercédès in _Carmen_ with The Santa Fe Opera, and her debut with The Tanglewood Festival and The Ravinia Festival as Paquette in _Candide_. Ms. Larsen also made her Italian debut in a staging of Vivaldi’s _La Gloria e Imeneo_ with the famed I Solisti Veneti.

An alumna of the Seattle Opera Young Artist Program, Ms. Larsen enjoys a long relationship with the company. She has been featured as the Stewardess in Flight, the Komponist in _Ariadne auf Naxos_, Hänsel in _Hänsel und Gretel_, Suzuki in _Madama Butterfly_, Maddalena in _Rigoletto_ and the Secretary in _The Consul_, among others. In 2015 and 2016, Ms. Larsen was in residence as a Filene Young Artist with Wolf Trap Opera, where she performed Bianca in _Rape of Lucretia_ and Susanna in _The Ghosts of Versailles_. Previously with Wolf Trap, she created and recorded the role of Sarelda in John Musto and Mark Campbell’s comic opera _The Inspector_.

Other engagements include Suzuki in _Madama Butterfly_ with The Berkshire Opera Festival, Stéphano in _Roméo et Juliette_ with Des Moines Metro Opera, and Neris in _Medea_ with The Glimmerglass Festival. On the concert stage, she has been heard in performances of Bach’s B Minor Mass and _St John Passion_, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, Handel’s _Messiah_, and Duruflé’s _Requiem_.

March 2013 marked her debut with the New York Festival of Song with Song of the Midnight Sun, a concert celebrating Scandinavian art song.  Additionally, Ms. Larsen, along with Caitlyn Lynch and Morgan Smith, created the song cycle _Farewell, Auschwitz_, by Jake Heggie and Gene Sheer with Music of Remembrance, which was recorded by Naxos.

Ms. Larsen is from Roseville, MN and is a graduate of Simpson College and Rice University. She continued her training with residencies at the Aspen Opera Theater Center, Sarasota Opera, Virginia Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, The Santa Fe Opera and Seattle Opera. Ms. Larsen is the recipient of awards and career grants from 4Culture, The Santa Fe Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Seattle Opera Guild, Houston Grand Opera and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She currently resides in Seattle, WA.