Sarah Connolly

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sarah Connolly
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Jun 13, 1963(1963-06-13)
Age	61
Birthplace	County Durham
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Sarah Connolly Biography

Sarah Connolly is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on June 13, 1963 in County Durham, England, United Kingdom. Dame Sarah Patricia Connolly DBE (born 13 June 1963) is an English mezzo-soprano from England. While most people are familiar with her classical and baroque role, Connolly has a wide-ranging repertoire, which includes works composed by Wagner as well as other 20th century composers. She was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours and a Lady Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to music.

On September 9, 2009 Connolly was the first guest vocalist for The Last Night of the Proms performing Rule, Britannia! in the reproduction Royal Navy uniform of Lord Nelson.

During the 2011 Gustav Mahler celebrations, Connolly performed all of his vocal works in the UK and abroad with the Philharmonia and Maazel, the LPO and Jurowski and Nezet Séguin, the LSO with Alsop, the OAE with Rattle and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Chailly. She sang in the opening concert of the BBC Promenade Concerts of 2012, televised from the Royal Albert Hall, also performing Tippett’s A Child of our Time later in the series. She is committed to promoting new music; her performances include Sir John Tavener’s Tribute to Cavafy at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham and his film music to Children of Men.

Connolly won the Silver Lyre 2012 from the Royal Philharmonic Society for Best Solo Singer and was nominated in the Best Female Singer category in the inaugural International Opera Awards held in London in 2013, and she was the recipient of the 2013 Most Outstanding Achievement in a Main Role for WhatsOnStage Opera Poll as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier with English National Opera.

The year 2005 was the time she performed the role of the title for Handel’s Giulio Cesare, a production of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. This DVD show, which was directed by David McVicar received an Gramophone Award. As the singer in Sesto for McVicar’s performance La Clemenza di Tito for English National Opera in 2006, Connolly was nominated for an Olivier Award. Her debut performance in the Metropolitan Opera was in the same opera but she was singing the part of Annio.

Sarah Connolly Net Worth

Sarah Connolly is one of the richest Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sarah Connolly 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Connolly’s passion for the opera world and her desire to pursue a full-time job in classical music began when she quit The BBC Singers. She began her career in opera as Annina (Der Rosenkavalier) in 1994. Her most memorable role was Xerxes during The 1998 English National Opera performance of Händel’s Serse (Xerxes) with a direction by Nicholas Hytner.

Connolly created her first recording commercially of Mark Anthony The Turnage’s Twice Through the Heart with Marin Alsop and the London Philharmonic Orchestra performing previously performances of the Belgian as well as Dutch premier performances of the piece in collaboration with The Schoenberg Ensemble conducted by Oliver Knussen. Connolly sang the part in the role of Susie in the world premiere performance of the opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage The Silver Tassie at English National Opera in the year 2000.

In 2009, she sang (in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas) at Teatro alla Scala and made her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Dido in the same opera. In 2010, she made her role debut of “Der Komponist” in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Metropolitan Opera. She was awarded the 2011 Distinguished Musician Award from the Incorporated Society of Musicians. For her recital at Alice Tully Hall in New York, Connolly received a rave review in The New York Times.

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Facts & Trivia

Sarah Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Sarah Connolly celebrates birthday on June 13 of every year.

Where does Dame Sarah Connolly live?

Connolly lives with her husband and their daughter in Gloucestershire.

How old is Sarah Connolly?

58 years (June 13, 1963)

What is a mezzo in singing?

The mezzo-soprano or mezzo is the second highest female voice type. In a large choir, a mezzo-soprano will usually sing along with the sopranos, not the altos, with the vocal part ‘Soprano II’ or ‘Soprano 2’.

What is the rarest voice type?

A countertenor is a male singer who can sing as high as a soprano or mezzo-soprano. The countertenor is the rarest of all voice types.

Is Taylor Swift A mezzo-soprano?

Taylor Swift is undoubtedly a soprano, either a light lyric soprano or a soubrette. Because her voice is not very agile nor large, and she has a relatively low tessitura for a soprano, Swift should likely be considered a soubrette.