Sara Fulgoni

ritish-Italian mezzo-soprano Sara Fulgoni is internationally acclaimed for performances of exceptional dramatic intensity, described as “as commanding as ever, her stage presence impossible to ignore” (Operascene) and praised for her “extraordinary emotive power” (The Times). Named “the Carmen of the decade” by The Daily Telegraph, she has appeared at the world’s leading opera houses and concert venues in a vast repertoire ranging from Mozart and Verdi to Wagner, Britten and contemporary opera. Highlights of recent seasons include Fricka (Die Walküre), Erda (Das Rheingold), Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde), Judith (Bluebeard’s Castle), Mistress Quickly (Falstaff), Auntie (Peter Grimes), and roles with companies such as Welsh National Opera, English National Opera, La Monnaie, Teatro La Fenice, Grange Park Opera, De Vlaamse Opera and the Canadian Opera Company. Her 2025/26 season includes Erda in Das Rheingold and Bhumi in Tavener’s Krishna for Grange Park Opera, and Fricka for Shanghai Opera.

A committed concert and recital artist, Sara has worked with conductors including Riccardo Chailly, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Riccardo Muti, Kurt Masur, Giuseppe Sinopoli and Andrew Litton, and has appeared with major orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Bergen Philharmonic. Her extensive discography includes recordings for Decca, EMI, DG and Chandos, and she created the title role in the world premiere of Tobias Picker’s Thérèse Raquin. A graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, supported by the Peter Moores Foundation, she is a prize-winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards and continues to be a regular guest with Welsh National Opera and Grange Park Opera, where she has sung many of the great mezzo-soprano roles.