Sarah Connolly

Personal Info

Birthday

June 13, 1963

(62 years old)

Place of Birth

England

Sarah Connolly

Biography

Sarah Patricia Connolly CBE (born 13 June 1963) is an English mezzo-soprano. Although best known for her baroque and classical roles, Connolly has a wide-ranging repertoire which has included works by Wagner as well as various 20th-century composers. Connolly was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.

Known For

Giulio Cesare

The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio

Glyndebourne: Hamlet

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

L'incoronazione di Poppea

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 (Riccardo Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)

The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold

Filmography

2018
Royal Opera House Live: La Valquiria
as Fricka
Glyndebourne: Hamlet
as Gertrude
Ariodante - Wiener Staatsoper
as Ariodante
2016
The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie
as Fricka
The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold
as Fricka
2014
Hippolyte and Aricie (Paris National Opera)
as Phédre
Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie
as Phedre
2013
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
as Lucretia
2012
L'incoronazione di Poppea
as Nerone
2011
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 (Riccardo Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)
as Soloist
The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio
as Clairon
2010
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
as Self (archive footage)
Hippolyte and Aricie
as Phaedra
2009
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
as Dido
2005
Giulio Cesare
as Giulio Cesare
1997
Manon Lescaut
as A Musician