“Sarah Heltzel, vocally striking and visually appealing, walked away with the second act as Desideria"
- New York Times
past
performances
ROLES PERFORMED
Adamo
LITTLE WOMEN | Jo March
Bellini
I CAPULETI ED I MONTECCHI | Romeo
Bizet
CARMEN | Carmen
Britten
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM | Hermia
TURN OF THE SCREW | Miss Jessel
Chin
ALICE IN WONDERLAND | Ugly Duchess
Cipullo
THE PARTING | Death
Eötvös
ANGELS IN AMERICA | Trio Alto
Gordon
THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS | Olga Finzi-Contini
Jabri
SOUTHERN CROSSINGS | Caroline Herschel
Mascagni
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA | Santuzza, Lola
Menotti
THE SAINT OF BLEECKER STREET | Desideria
Mozart
DON GIOVANNI | Elvira
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO | Cherubino
COSI FAN TUTTE | Despina
Poulenc
DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES | Mére Marie
Puccini
MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Suzuki
LA BOHEME | Musetta
Ruders
THE HANDMAID'S TALE | Offred
Saint-Saëns
SAMSON ET DALILA | Dalila (c)
Sondheim
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC | Desirée, Charlotte
Strauss, J.
DIE FLEDERMAUS | Orlovsky (English)
Strauss, R.
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS | Komponist, Dryade
Susa
THE DANGEROUS LIAISONS | Marquise de Merteuil
Verdi
DON CARLO | Principessa d'Eboli
RIGOLETTO | Maddalena
IL TROVATORE | Azucena
LA TRAVIATA | Flora
Wagner
THE MINI-RING | Fricka
DAS RHEINGOLD | Flosshilde
DIE WALKURE | Siegrune
GOTTERDAMMERUNG | Zweite Norn (c)
GOTTERDAMMERUNG | Waltraute (c)
GOTTERDAMMERUNG | Flosshilde (c)
Wuorinen
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN | Saleswoman
(c) denotes cover role
SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE
Beethoven
NINTH SYMPHONY
Bernstein
SONGFEST
Dvorak
GLAGOLITIC MASS
Fagin
STRUGGLE TO FORGIVE: CONFRONTING GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA
Handel
MESSIAH
Mahler
DAS LIED VON DER ERDE
Mozart
CORONATION MASS
REQUIEM
Respighi
IL TRAMONTO
Verdi
REQUIEM
Wagner
WESENDONCK LIEDER
OPERA COMPANIES
Seattle Opera
New York City Opera
Australian Contemporary Opera Co.
Indiana Opera
Syracuse Opera
Toledo Opera
Tacoma Opera
Chautauqua Opera
Amarillo Opera
Wichita Grand Opera
Phoenicia Festival
Mississippi Opera
Washington Concert Opera
Minnesota Concert Opera
Nevada Opera
Opera in the Heights
Opera on the James
Chelsea Opera
Pacific Northwest Opera
Western Plains Opera
ORCHESTRAS
Seattle Symphony
Boston Philharmonic
Boston Chamber Music Society
Symphony Syracuse
Wichita Symphony
Norwalk Symphony
Back Bay Chorale
Brooklyn String Orchestra
Knickerbocker Orchestra, NYC
Red Rocks Music Festival
Minot Symphony Orchestra
Gordon College Symphony
Knickerbocker Orchestra
Brooklyn String Orchestra