sara stejskal

Soprano Sara Stejskal has sung throughout the world in wide-ranging repertoire although she feels a particular connection to the operas of Strauss, Wagner and Verdi. She has been called “a voice of beautiful lyric line and dramatic power” (Shoreline Enterprise)

Ms. Stejskal was most recently seen as the soprano soloist for Sun Valley Idaho's Palm Sunday performance of Pergelosi's Stabat Mater. She can be heard at an upcoming recital featuring Hoiby's The Shining Place in Seattle Washington.

During her graduate work at Temple University in Philadelphia, Ms. Stejskal performed Arminda (la finta giardiniera) and Knusperhexe (Hänsel und Gretel) under the baton of Valery Ryvkin. While a young artist at Hawaii Opera Theater, she participated in the school outreach performances of the Mikado, participated in masterclasses with Frederica von Stade and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, covered Liu in Turandot and played Miss Pinkerton in the live HPR broadcast of Old Maid and the Thief.

During her training, Ms. Stejskal studied privately with renowned pedagogue Barbara Honn.

International roles include Contessa Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) at Lyric Opera Studio Weimar and Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) with Music Festival Bavaria. Other notable roles include Brünnhilde, Sieglinde and Helmwige (Die Walküre), Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde), Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), and many more. Her concert works include Strauss’ Vier Letzten Lieder in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder in Honolulu, Hawaii, Finzi’s In Terra Pax and Verdi’s Requiem(cover) with Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble and Théodore Dubois’ The Seven Last Words of Christ at St. John’s Cathedral in Boise, Idaho in honor of their Centennial.

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