Sari Gruber

Hailed as “nothing short of sensational” by Opera magazine, Sari Gruber has appeared with Lyric Opera of Chicago, NYCO, Los Angeles Opera, Netherlands Opera, Maggio Musicale di Firenze, Saito Kinen Festival, Seiji Ozawa’s Ongaku-Juku, Opera Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Opera, Florida Grand, Opera Pacific, OTSL, Boston Lyric, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Portland Opera, Connecticut Opera, Austin Lyric, Arizona Opera, performing her signature roles of Susanna/Le nozze di Figaro, Despina/Così fan tutte, and Musetta/La Bohème, in addition to Pamina/Zauberflöte, Norina/Don Pasquale, Adina/L’elisir d’amore, Gretel/Hänsel und Gretel, Gilda/Rigoletto, Juliette/Roméo et Juliette, Anne/Rake’s Progress, Vixen/Cunning Little Vixen, Rose/Street Scene, Alexandra/Regina, Nannetta/Falstaff, Aricie/Hippolyte et Aricie, Poppea/Agrippina, Carolina/Matrimonio Segreto, Marzelline/Fidelio, Fiordiligi/Così fan tutte, Zerlina/Don Giovanni, Adele/Fledermaus, Beth/Little Women, Lisette/Rondine, Miss Hedgehog/Fantastic Mr. Fox(World Premiere), and Helena/Midsummer Night’s Dream.

An acclaimed recitalist and 2005 Naumburg Competition winner, Ms. Gruber has sung numerous solo recitals at Alice Tully and Carnegie Halls, and many noted recital venues throughout the US, including BSO’s Shakespeare Festival and NY Philharmonic’s Copland Festival, and numerous appearances with NYFOS. Symphonic credits include Symphony Orchestras of Pittsburgh, Boston, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, North Carolina, Richmond, Savannah, Omaha, Winston-Salem, Jacksonville, and Columbus, the Philharmonics of Buffalo, Erie, and Florida, as well as Philharmonia Baroque, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Boston Baroque, Portland Baroque, ProMusica Chamber Ensemble, Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, Berkshire Choral Festival, Skaneateles Festival, performing solo repertoire including B Minor Mass, Messiah, Silete Venti, The Creation, Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Egmontand Symphony No. 9, Bruckner’s Te Deum, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 and 4, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1916, Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Seven Deadly Sins, and Songfest.

Recent performances include Messiah with Indianapolis Symphony, Four Last Songs with Symphoria, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Pittsburgh Symphony, and recitals with NYFOS, BluffSeries and CMU’s Chamber Music Series.