In 2018, Mezzo-soprano Sarah Coit was a Vocal Fellow with Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute and made several important role and house debuts. Opera News praised her performance as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with Michigan Opera Theatre: “Sarah Coit’s burnished mezzo-soprano gave her Cherubino a seductive tinge. Her pure, lovely “Voi che sapete” confirmed her bright future, made all the more likely by her undeniable aptitude for physical comedy.”
In the 2020-21 season, Sarah performed Mercédès in Carmen with Opera Tampa. The roles of Rosina in The Barber of Seville with Utah Opera, Rosmira in Handel’s Partenope with San Francisco Opera, Varvara in Katya Kabanova with West Edge Opera, Addison Moore in the world premiere of Clint Borzoni and John de los Santos’ The Copper Queen with Arizona Opera, plus concert engagements as mezzo soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the New West Symphony and Messiah with American Bach Soloists were all canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2021, Sarah makes a house debut with San Diego Opera as Stephano in Romeo et Juliette.
In 2018-19 Sarah sang the role of Adonis in the world premiere of Dan Visconti and Cerise Jacobs’ ‘Interactive video game opera’ PermaDeath with White Snake Projects in Boston. She made her Seattle Opera debut as Mercédès in Carmen, was a soloist at the Ravinia Festival in Bernstein’s Songfest, joined West Edge Opera as Jenny Diver in Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, and 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. She was heard in a special New Year’s Eve concert with American Bach Soloists joined by Hadleigh Adams.
Other roles in her repertoire include Nancy in Albert Herring, Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking, the title role in Giulio Cesare, and the Waitress in the world premiere of Michael Ching’s Speed Dating Tonight.
In 2015, Sarah 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.”
Sarah was a 2017 National Semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and has received prizes from the George London Foundation and the Handel Aria Competition.
A native of Spring Hill, FL, Sarah holds degrees in Music Studies and Theatre Performance from the University of South Florida and a Masters degree from the University of Michigan.
“Mezzo-soprano Sarah Coit was a very fine Olga, faithfully delivering her character’s insouciant attitude towards life.” – James Roy MacBean, The Berkeley Daily Planet
“Jenny Diver, performed by Sarah Coit, offered another layer of these, as well as a taste of melancholy, again, sonorous but unsentimental, strong but neither wayward nor affected. Her upper register soared at times – the lower sometimes disappeared into her chest – and her beauty coupled with genuine eros pinged the stage with genuine sensuality. She had something to say, in both words, music and performance: that was a pleasure.” – Lois Silverstein, Operawire
“Sarah Coit was a splendid presence as the prostitute Jenny Diver, singing with a robustness that matched the character’s fearlessness.” – Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle
“Two performers who got it just right were Madison Leonard and Sarah Coit. As Frasquita and Mercédès they were a perfect pair, musically well-blended yet able to shine in their solo moments. They sang well, moved fluently, looked terrific, and had just the right world-weary yet upbeat attitude. – John Carroll, Operawire
“As Carmen’s girl group back-up singers are Madison Leonard (Frasquita) and Sarah Coit (Mercédès). They both play off of each other well and add some much needed levity to the rather bleak second act. – Molly Cassidy, Drama in the Hood
“Sarah Coit, as Adonis, projected a bold stage and vocal presence.” – Aaron Keebaugh, Boston Classical Review
“Sarah Coit’s light but strong soprano imbued Adonis with a naïve bluster.” –Opera News
“Sarah Coit’s burnished mezzo-soprano gave her Cherubino a seductive tinge. Her pure, lovely “Voi che sapete” confirmed her bright future, made all the more likely by her undeniable aptitude for physical comedy.” – Jennifer Goltz, Opera News
“Sarah Coit as Cherubino is a star. Her glorious vibrato is richly delicious to the ears. She is also very funny as the young man — her physical comedy and youthful gait are the comedic heartbeat of the production.” – Sam White, Oakland Press
“Kudos are also in order for one of Michigan’s own – mezzo-soprano Sarah Coit, a U of M graduate – who is delightful in the trouser role of the page, Cherubino.” – David Kiley, Encore Michigan
“Apprentice singers filled out the rest of the cast, with mezzo-soprano Sarah Coit distinguishing herself as Alisa, especially in the gorgeous sextet.” – Charles T. Downey, The Classical Review
“Sarah Coit was a clear-toned Alisa” – Ilana Walder-Biesanz, Bachtrack
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