SOPRANO
SArAH Joyce Cooper
Sarah Joyce Cooper is an award winning soprano known for her “passionate power” (Parterre Box) and “meltingly beautiful” (Opera News) singing. Recent highlights include her debut with Seattle Opera as Minnie Tate in the world premiere of Tazewell Thompson’s Jubilee; Carnegie Hall appearances as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem and Vesperae solennes de confessore with the New England Symphonic Ensemble; and the title role in James Kallembach’s American Jezebel:The Trial of Anne Hutchinson, a world premiere performance commissioned by Harvard University that tells the story of theologian, midwife, and co-founder of Rhode Island, Anne Hutchinson.
“Sarah Joyce Cooper Was The Showstopper.”
Quietside Journal
Performances for the 2025-26 season include a return to Rochester Oratorio Society as the soloist in the highly anticipated Rochester premiere of Will Todd’s Mass in Blue, her debut with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra as the soloist in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, an appearance with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra as a soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and a soloist appearance in the world premiere performance of Mark Hayes’s Psalmos at Carnegie Hall.
Other recent performances include soloist appearances at Carnegie Hall in Poulenc’s Gloria, John Rutter’s Magnificat, and Margaret Bonds’ The Ballad of the Brown King with the New England Symphonic Ensemble; the roles of Eva and Gabriel in Haydn’s The Creation with the MIT Concert Choir and Handel and Haydn Society Chamber Choir; and her debut with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra in Strauss’s Vier letzte Lieder. Operatic credits include Adina in L’Elisir d’amore (Geneva Light Opera), Juliette in Roméo et Juliette (Opera Western Reserve), Violetta in La Traviata (MassOpera), Clorinda in La Cenerentola (Syracuse Opera), La Charmeuse in Thaïs (Maryland Lyric Opera), Mimì in La Bohème (Boston Opera Collaborative), Micaëla in Carmen (Prelude to Performance), Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Boston Opera Collaborative), and Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro (Savannah Voice Festival). Ms. Cooper has also appeared as a soloist with the Bar Harbor Music Festival Orchestra, the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus, the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Oratorio Society, and the Radcliffe Choral Society at Harvard University in classic and contemporary works such as Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Will Todd’s Mass in Blue, Margaret Bonds’s Credo, and Nathaniel Dett’s The Ordering of Moses. In 2019, she was invited to perform as a soloist with the Du Bois Orchestra in the historic world premiere of Florence Price’s long-lost cantata, Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight.
In addition to performing, Ms. Cooper volunteers extensively with Help!ComeHome!, a nonprofit dedicated to meeting the needs of under-served communities throughout the US in Jesus’ Name. Ms. Cooper is a regular volunteer with the organization, offering both her musical and administrative skills to further its mission.