Admired by the New York Times for her “plush-voiced, impressive soprano,” Sara Jakubiak has captivated audiences with her rich chameleon voice and committed performances.
Ms. Jakubiak is a 2020 Opus Klassik Award winner for the role of Heliane in Chrisof Loy’s universally hailed production of Das Wunder der Heliane at Deutsche Oper Berlin, conducted by Marc Albrecht. Other recent highlights include Chrysothemis in Robert Carsen’s Elektra with Marc Albrecht conducting, Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg under Kirill Petrenko at Bavarian State Opera and also under Christian Thielemann at Dresden Semperoper, Agathe in Der Freischütz with Christian Thielemann at Semperoper Dresden and portrayals of Tatiana in Eugene Onegin and Marta in The Passenger in new productions at Oper Frankfurt. Other roles have included the title role in Daphne with Hamburg State Opera, Marie in Wozzeck at English National Opera, Polina in The Gambler at Dutch National Opera, Marietta in Die tote Stadt in four different productions at Hamburg State Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Komische Opera and Bard summer festival, Elsa in Johannes Erath’s production of Lohengrin with costumes by Christian Lacroix at Graz Oper and Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus with Zubin Mehta and the Israeli Philharmonic.
Ms. Jakubiak completed her studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music and at Yale University. In the first years of her career, Jakubiak appeared at the Minnesota Opera as Cathy in Bernard Hermann’s Wuthering Heights and made her debut with the New York City Opera as Dede in Bernstein’s A Quiet Place.
Sara Jakubiak is of Polish and German decent and originally hails from Bay City, Michigan. She was a star fast pitch softball player, competing in tournaments throughout the United States and won two State Championships. Sara holds master degrees from Yale University and the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Visit her website at www.sarajakubiak.com.