SARA LEMESH | AMERICAN SOPRANO
“Sara LeMesh was a mesmerizing Bess. The soprano projected the character’s anguish, fervency and increasingly fragile emotional state in an urgent, tonally secure and affectingly plangent vocal performance.”
OPERA NEWS 2019
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Ms. LeMesh's 2019-2020 performance season includes an appearance in recital with Old First Concerts, followed by the role of Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Pocket Opera.
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JANUARY 24 / 2020
Old First Concerts
IN RECITAL
DON GIOVANNI
Zerlina
Pocket Opera
MARCH1,8,14 / 2020
View video footage of Ms. LeMesh's performances as well as production and press photo galleries.
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WATCH MS. LeMESH
View video footage of selections from Breaking the Waves and other contemporary works by Ligeti, Crumb, and Bacewicz.
Ms. LeMesh was featured in the San Francisco Classical Voice and highlighted as a favorite among critics in 2019.
News
Interview with San Francisco Classical Voice
July 2019
Ms. LeMesh was featured during an in-depth interview with the San Francisco Classical Voice. The publication cited her "exceptional high-register clarity, dramatic breadth, and fearless command in roles offering unpredictable vulnerability" and noted that the young soprano is "in demand."
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Favorited by Critics in 2019 Roundups
The Bay Area News Reporter highlighted Ms. LeMesh in their annual roundup of 2019 performances, citing her "tour de force performance" in Breaking The Waves. Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco Chronicle called Ms. LeMesh "virtuosic and fearless."
