After engagements at the Landestheater Coburg, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Staatstheater Braunschweig, the German-Ethiopian mezzo-soprano Sarah Ferede, who grew up in Hamburg, has been an ensemble member of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein since 2012. She was previously engaged at the Staatstheater Braunschweig from 2008 onwards. She has won several prizes at renowned singing competitions. Guest engagements have taken her to the Hanover State Opera, the Komische Oper Berlin, the Theater Bonn and the Nationaltheater Mannheim, and others.
As part of her busy international concert schedule, she has worked with conductors such as Adam Fischer, Enoch zu Guttenberg, Ulf Schirmer, Charles Dutoit, Kent Nagano and Stefan Soltesz. On the complete recording of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" with the Duisburger Philharmoniker conducted by Axel Kober, she can be heard as Sieglinde and Waltraute ("Götterdämmerung").
At the Deutsche Oper am Rhein she made her debut as Adalgisa (Bellini "Norma"), Charlotte (Massenet "Werther") and Eboli (Verdi "Don Carlos"), among others. She has also appeared as Hänsel and Gertrud (Humperdinck "Hänsel und Gretel"), Sieglinde (Wagner "Die Walküre"), Waltraute and 2nd Norn (Wagner "Götterdämmerung"), 2. Dame (Mozart "Die Zauberflöte"), Prince Orlofsky (J. Strauss Sohn "Die Fledermaus"), Donna Elvira (Mozart "Don Giovanni") , Hippolita (Schreier "Schade, dass sie eine Hure war") and Vitellia (Mozart "La clemenza di Tito"). In the 2023/24 season Sarah Ferede will interpret the roles of the 2nd Lady, Santuzza (Mascagni "Cavalleria rusticana"),Mère Marie (Poulenc "Dialogues des Carmélites").
With her role debut as Kundry in Michael Thalheimer's new production of "Parsifal" at the Rheinoper in Düsseldorf, and Waltraute in Andreas Homoki's new production of "Götterdämmerung" at the Zurich Opera House, the 2023/24 season has two exciting Wagner premieres in store for Sarah Ferede.
D’Albert | Tiefland | Antonia |
V. Bellini | Norma | Adalgisa |
I puritani | Enriquetta di Francia | |
G. Bizet | Carmen | Carmen |
B. Britten | A Midsummer Night´s Dream | Hermia, Hypolita |
G. Donizetti | Maria Stuarda | Elisabetta |
F. v. Flotow | Martha | Nancy |
J. Haydn | Orlando Paladino | Alcina |
E. Humperdinck | Hansel and Gretel | Gertrud, Hänsel |
K. Lang | der einfluss des menschen auf den mond (WP) | Astronaut |
P. Mascagni | Cavalleria rusticana | Santuzza |
J. Massenet | Werther | Charlotte |
W.A. Mozart | The Magic Flute | 2nd Lady |
Le nozze di Figaro | Cherubino | |
La clemenza di Tito | Vitellia | |
Don Giovanni | Donna Elvira | |
J. Offenbach | Bluebeard | Boulotte |
G. Puccini | Manon Lescaut | Musician |
Madama Butterfly | Suzuki | |
Suor Angelica | Badessa | |
Il tabarro | Frugola | |
Gianni Schicchi | La Ciesa | |
G. Rossini | Il barbiere di Siviglia | Rosina |
D. Shostakovich | Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk | Sonjetka |
A. Schreier | Schade, dass sie eine Hure war (WP) | Hippolita |
J. Strauß | Die Fledermaus / The Bat | Orlowsky |
R. Strauss | Elektra | 1. and 2. Maid |
Salome | Page | |
Ariadne auf Naxos | Composer | |
I. Stravinsky | A Rake´s Progress | Baba the Turk |
P. Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin | Larina, Olga |
G. Verdi | Don Carlo | Eboli |
Falstaff | Meg Page | |
Luisa Miller | Federica | |
Rigoletto | Maddalena | |
Otello | Emilia | |
R. Wagner | The Valkyrie | Sieglinde |
Götterdämmerung | Waltraute, 2. Norn | |
The Flying Dutchman | Mary | |
Tristan und Isolde | Brangäne | |
Parsifal | Kundry |
L. Bacalov | Missa Tango |
J.S. Bach | Christmas Oratorio |
St. Matthew Passion | |
L. v. Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 |
H. Berlioz | Les nuits d´été |
W. Braunfels | Das Spiel von der Auferstehung des Herrn op. 72 (3. Angel, 1. Soul, Maria Jakobäa) |
A. Bruckner | Te Deum |
P. Cornelius | Weihnachtslieder/Christmas Songs |
J. Dove | Tobia and the Angel |
E. Elgar | Dream of Gerontius |
Sea Pictures | |
M. De Falla | Siete canciones populares españolas |
J. Haydn | Missa in Tempore Belli (Kettledrum Mass) |
A. Mahler | Sieben Lieder mit Orchester |
G. Mahler | Symphony No. 2 |
Symphony No. 3 | |
Rückert-Lieder | |
Des Knaben Wunderhorn | |
F. Martin | Golgotha |
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | Elijah |
St. Paul | |
Midsummer Night’s Dream op. 61 | |
W. A. Mozart | Requiem |
G. B. Pergolesi | Stabat Mater |
G. Rossini | Petite Messe solenelle |
R. Schumann | Frauenliebe und -leben |
I. Stravinsky | Pulcinella |
G. Verdi | Requiem |
R. Wagner | Wesendonck – Lieder |
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