BIOGRAPHY

Irish Soprano Sarah Shine was most recently heard at the Bregenzer Festspiele in August 2023 as Sophie in Werther directed by Jana Vetten with musical direction by Claire Levacher. She made her debut in the same role with Irish National Opera in May 2023 in Dublin, followed by a national tour. In June, she was seen on stage once again with the Académie Opéra National de Paris  in Looking for Bernstein directed by Victoria Sitja.

In the 2021/2022 season, she collaborated with composer Donnacha Dennehy and writer Enda Walsh to sing the role of Karen in The First Child, the final opera in a trilogy produced by Irish National Opera and Landmark productions with a nationwide tour and performances at the Galway International Arts Festival. In July 2021 and October 2021, she was soprano soloist in Mozart’sMass in C Minor with the Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn under the direction of conductor Faycal Karoui in Pau, France. At the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, she was heard in Elsewhere a new opera by Michael Gallen with french ensemble Miroirs Etendus.

In 2020, she appeared at the Wexford Festival Opera as Nannetta in Falstaff and performed in Irish National Opera’s 20 Shots of Opera in the mini-opera Glaoch composed by Linda Buckley with a text by Doireann Ní Ghríofa and directed by Hugh O Conor.

At the Salzburg Festspiele in 2019, she performed the role of Angelika in Der Gesang der Zauberinsel a newly commissioned children’s opera by Marius Felix Lange, performed in Masterclass with Helmut Deutsch and sang a final concert with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg.

From 2017-2019, Sarah was an artist in residence at Opéra National de Paris, where she participated in concerts of the Académie at the Amphitheatre Bastille and Palais Garnier and sang the role of Adele in Die Fledermaus presented at the MC93 before a tour of several French cities. She made her debut in Paris as Leocadia in Reigen by Phillippe Boesmans conducted by Jean Deroyer, and performed in concert with the Philharmonic Radio Orchestra, Bucharest for the Beirut Chants Festival 2017. After a performance at Palais Garnier in 2018, Sarah was awarded the Siemens Opera Award of €10,000.

Sarah graduated with a B.A in Music Performance and a Recital Artist Diploma from the Royal Irish Academy of Music where she studied with Dr. Veronica Dunne. Sarah has been a grateful recipient of support from Siemens, The Arts Council of Ireland, Limerick City Arts Council and the Christopher Lynch Operatic Bursary and The McNaughton Family.