British soprano Sarah Tynan is much sought after on both the opera and concert platforms. A versatile performer, she is renowned for her performances of the Baroque, Classical and contemporary repertoire and appears regularly with leading orchestras and ensembles.
Her recent operatic highlights include Cleopatra Giulio Cesare and Carrie Pipperidge Carousel at Opera North, Sharon Disney in the world premiere of Philip Glass The Perfect American at Teatro Real, Madrid and English National Opera, Adina L'elisir d'amore at Opera Holland Park, Susanna Le nozze di Figaro at Cincinnati Opera, Iris Semele at La Monnaie, Dalinda Ariodante at Opera de Oviedo, Servilia La Clemenza di Tito with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and Luigi Nono's Al gran sole carico d'amore at the Salzburg Festival. At the ENO, she has sung Adina The Elixir of Love, Sophie Der Rosenkavalier, Ilia Idomeneo, Zerlina Don Giovanni, Susanna The Marriage of Figaro, and Tytania A Midsummer Night's Dream. Praised by critics for her convincing portrayal of characters, she works regularly with directors such as David Alden, Katie Mitchell, Phyllida Lloyd, David McVicar and Jonathan Miller.
On the concert platform, Sarah Tynan recently stepped in at very short notice to sing Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream in Glyndebourne's Vlamdimir Jurowski Celebration Concert. Other recent highlights include Valencienne The Merry Widow with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Carmina Burana with London Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Campra's Le Carnaval de Venise with Le Concert Spirituel and Herve Niquet on an extensive tour to France and the Netherlands, Haydn's Creation with Indianapolis Symphony under Douglas Boyd, Vaughan Williams' Dona nobis pacem with Bergen Philharmonic, Messiah with Bournemouth Symphony and Early Opera Company, and Viennese Gala with Royal Scottish National Orchestra. She has worked with distinguished conductors including Lorin Maazel, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Andrew Davis, Gianandrea Noseda, Ingo Metzmacher, Christophe Rousset, Thierry Fischer, Richard Hickox, Paul McCreesh, Edward Gardner, Jaap van Zweden, Ilan Volkov and Andrew Litton.
Sarah Tynan is also in great demand in contemporary repertoire. She has sung Dallapiccola's Partita with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Unsuk Chin's Kala with BBC Symphony Orchestra, Megan in James MacMillan's The Sacrifice at Welsh National Opera, Monique in Elizabeth Maconchy's The Sofa for Independent Opera and Pretty Polly in Birtwistle's Punch and Judy at Casa de Musica.
Highlights in 2013/14 season include Marzelline in Calixto Bieito's production of Fidelio at ENO, Manon Lescaut in Henze's Boulevard Solitude at Welsh National Opera, Roggiero Tancredi at Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris and Mahler's Symphony No.8 'Symphony of a Thousand' with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In the future seasons, she will also sing in the world premiere of Dai Fujikura's new opera Solaris in France and Switzerland.
Tynan studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music where she was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Excellence. She was invited to join the English National Opera Young Singers Programme, and later became an ENO Company Principal, a position she held until 2006/7. She can be heard in recordings of The Italian Girl, Hansel and Gretel, The Marriage of Figaro, and The Carmelites by Chandos Records.
Sarah Tynan is represented by Julia Maynard Intermusica.
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