SARAh.benzinger
Soprano
ABOUT
ME!
Sarah Benzinger, soprano, is recognized for her expressive voice and dynamic stage presence. She is steadily building a diverse career that spans both classical and contemporary repertoire in opera, orchestral, and recital settings.
Based in New York City and Northwest Arkansas, Sarah has performed in the U.S. and abroad, with engagements at New Music Theater Project NYC, West Bay Opera, Ozarks Lyric Opera, Opera Modesto, MiOpera, Opera Tijuana in Mexico, Opera Nova in Costa Rica. Her performance experience includes appearances with the Oregon Bach Collegium, Lyric Opera of San Jose, Cascadia Concert Opera, Astoria Music Festival, and at the Historic Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado, among others.
Sarah is looking forward to performing the roles of Eurydice in Gluck's Orfeé et Eurydice and Fanny in Rossini’s La Cambiale di Matrimonio in the spring of 2025. These performances mark a new chapter in her expanding operatic repertoire.
Sarah’s engagement with new works is equally notable; she covered the role of Jane Bennett in the world premiere recording of Kirke Mechem’s Pride and Prejudice and has appeared in numerous concert and recital performances. Her repertoire also includes Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and Fiordiligi in Cosí fan tutte.
Sarah’s vocal abilities have been recognized in various competitions, including as a Regional Finalist in the Northwest Metropolitan National Council Auditions and as a District Winner and District Encouragement Winner in the MONC Auditions. She won first place in the Music International Grand Prix in New York City. She was a Finalist in the Opera Ithica Competition as well as a semifinalist in the Brava! Opera and James M. Collier Young Artist Competition.
With a voice that combines agility and warmth, Sarah continues to develop her craft and looks forward to further opportunities to share her work with audiences.
Events
Sun, May 04St John Lutheran Church
Date and time is TBDNew York
"Splendidly notable is the third soprano who helps carry the night, Sarah Benzinger as the country maiden, Zerlina, with hair of ribbon-wrapped braids topped with a tierra of fresh flowers. Her vocals are pleasantly, lightly, even sweetly delivered, often coupled with a grin and air of coquettishness and strong hints of a natural naivite."
"Sarah Benzinger employs a full register of notes both playful in their flirting and remorseful in their begging of forgiveness in a duet that is a mixture of pouting, tickling, and kissing as Zerlina tries to convince Masetto that she still loves him even after being lured into Giovanni’s arms."
"Later, Maria Kaganskaya returns with Sarah Benzinger to draw one of the night’s biggest rounds of applause as they play Shepherd Milovzor and Shepherdess Prilepa, respectively, singing in robust melodies a playlet that – with the able help of Kiril Havezov (also Count Tomsky) – reflects the storyline of the greater opera in terms of a young girl turning away sure riches for the love of a more common man."