Una voce poco fa - Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia
Am I in your light - Adams' Doctor Atomic
Deh per questo istante solo - Mozart's La clemenza di Tito
Sarah
Coit
Mezzo-Soprano
Mezzo-soprano Sarah Coit returned to the Seattle Opera in 2023 as Fariba and Wife #3 in the world premiere of Sheila Silver and Stephen Kitsakos’ A Thousand Splendid Suns, sang Mercedes in Carmen with the Reno Philharmonic, and reprised the role of Laurene Powell Jobs in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs with Utah Opera. She offered her first Nero in L’Incoronazione di Poppea with West Edge Opera, sang Angelina in Cenerentola with Toledo Opera, and in 2024, joined the San Francisco Opera for Partenope and The Magic Flute. The busy mezzo also created the role of Polly Thompson in the world premiere of Touch with Opera Birmingham and sang Hansel in Hansel and Gretel with Opera Tampa and Rosina in Il barbieri di Siviglia with Syracuse and Tri-Cities Operas. She makes a role and company debut as Diana in Cruzar la Cara de la Luna with San Antonio Opera, and workshops Peggy & Jackson, a new opera about the life of American painter Jackson Pollack. Sarah finishes the year as the alto soloist in Messiah with Portland Baroque. In 2025 Utah Opera welcome her back as Hansel in Hansel and Gretel.
Other recent engagements include Juno in Handel’s Semele with Opera Santa Barbara, Stephano in Romeo et Juliette with San Diego Opera, Sesto in Giulio Cesare with West Edge Opera, Daniel in Handel’s Belshazzar with American Bach Soloists, concerts with Sag Harbor Song Festival and The Neave Trio in Boston, and a role debut as Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos with Arizona Opera.
Sarah enjoyed an exciting year of operatic and symphonic debuts in 2021. She sang Varvara in Katya Kabanova with West Edge Opera and starred as Addison Moore in the film premiere of The Copper Queen by Clint Borzoni with Arizona Opera. In Utah Opera’s production of Il barbiere di Siviglia, Utah Arts Review stated “As Rosina, Sarah Coit was captivating. Her opening aria “Una voce poco fa” displayed a clear, natural tone and her phrasing was exquisite.” Sarah was the alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah with appearances at Symphoria, Winston-Salem Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and the American Bach Soloists.
In previous seasons she performed Mercédès in Carmen with Opera Tampa, sang Nancy in Albert Herring, Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking, and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Adonis in the world premiere of Dan Visconti and Cerise Jacobs' ‘Interactive video game opera’ PermaDeath with White Snake Projects in Boston, the title role in Giulio Cesare, and the Waitress in the world premiere of Michael Ching’s Speed Dating Tonight. She made her Seattle Opera debut as Mercédès in Carmen, performed at the Ravinia Festival as a soloist in Bernstein’s Songfest, joined West Edge Opera as Jenny Diver in The Threepenny Opera, sang her first Olga in Eugene Onegin with Livermore Valley Opera, as well as the Vivaldi Gloria and Bach Magnificat with the Master Chorale of South Florida.
Sarah Coit was a Gerdine Young Artist with Opera Theatre of St. Louis where she covered Richard in the American premiere of Handel’s Richard the Lionheart. She spent two years as a Resident Artist with Utah Opera, where she sang the Shepherd, White Cat, and Squirrel in L’Enfant et les sortilèges with the Utah Symphony and performed the roles of Mercédès in Carmen and Zerlina in Don Giovanni on the mainstage. As an apprentice artist at the Santa Fe Opera, she covered the roles of Erika in Barber's Vanessa, and Laurene Powell Jobs in the world premiere of Mason Bates' The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. As Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor, Classical Review remarked “…mezzo-soprano Sarah Coit distinguished herself as Alisa, especially in the gorgeous sextet.”
A 2017 National Semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, she has received prizes from the George London Foundation and the Handel Aria Competition.