Praised as “sizzling,” “masterful,” and “riveting,” mezzo-soprano Sarah Larsen is based in Seattle, WA and performs regularly with The Metropolitan Opera and Seattle Opera. Recent engagements with The Metropolitan Opera include the 2nd Ancella in Medea, Flora Bervoix in La traviata and the Zweite Dame in Julie Taymor’s celebrated holiday production of Die Zauberflöte. 

Ms. Larsen recently made her Houston Grand Opera debut; creating the role of Cassandra Smith in the world premiere of Another City - Jeremy Howard Beck & Stephanie Fleischmann’s new work which centers the stories of people experiencing homelessness. 

Career highlights include touring with Austin Opera, The Atlanta Opera, and The Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Laurene Powell Jobs in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, as well as interpreting the role of Jan Arnold in Everest with Calgary Opera and The Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Ms. Larsen created the role of Sarelda in John Musto & Mark Campbell’s The Inspector with the Wolf Trap Foundation, and was also featured by Music of Remembrance in the world premiere of Farewell, Aushwitz by Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer. 

Concert appearances included Mozart’s Requiem with The Florida Orchestra, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with The Charlotte Symphony, as well as Bach’s B Minor Mass, Mozart’s realization of Handel’s Messiah and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Fresno Philharmonic. In Seattle, Sarah has been heard with the Seattle Symphony in Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Messiah & Debussy’s La Damoiselle élue, and with Orchestra Seattle in Bach’s St John Passion, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Handel’s Messiah, and Duruflé’s Requiem. 

An alumna of the Seattle Opera Young Artist Program, Ms. Larsen enjoys a long relationship with the company. She has been featured as Flosshilde in Das Rheingold, the Stewardess in Flight, the Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Maddalena in Rigoletto and the Secretary in The Consul, among others.

Since making her debut at The Metropolitan Opera in 2017 as Käthchen in Werther, Ms. Larsen has also been featured onstage as the Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Flora Bervoix in La traviata and the 2nd Esquire in Parsifal. She also joined the company in recent seasons for their productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Le nozze di Figaro, The Merry Widow, Rusalka, Cendrillon, and Les contes d’Hoffmann. 

Other engagements include Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni for Virginia Opera and Arizona Opera, Dorabella in Così fan tutte for Mill City Summer Opera, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus with Des Moines Metro Opera, Mercédès in Carmen with The Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera and the Pacific Symphony, and her debuts with The Tanglewood Festival and The Ravinia Festival as Paquette in Candide. Ms. Larsen made her Italian debut in a staging of Vivaldi’s La Gloria e Imeneo with the famed I Solisti Veneti at the historic Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza.

Ms. Larsen is from Roseville, MN and is a graduate of Simpson College and Rice University. She continued her training with residencies at the Aspen Opera Theater Center, Sarasota Opera, Virginia Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, The Santa Fe Opera and Seattle Opera. Ms. Larsen is the recipient of awards and career grants from 4Culture, The Santa Fe Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, the Seattle Opera Guild, Houston Grand Opera and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She currently resides in Seattle, WA and holds advanced certifications from The Court of Master Sommeliers and The Wine & Spirit Education Trust.