French-Cypriot soprano Sarah Aristidou was a member of the International Opera Studio of Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden through the 2018/19 season, with roles including Première Servante de Dircé in Cherubini’s ›Médée‹ under Daniel Barenboim and Grande Prêtresse de Diane/Une Matelote in Rameau’s ›Hippolyte et Aricie‹ under Sir Simon Rattle.
Her professional début came in 2016 as Offenbach’s Eurydice (›Orphée aux enfers) at the Angers Nantes Opéra, where she was immediately reinvited as part of Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier’s new production of ›L’incoronazione di Poppea‹ under Gianluca Capuano.
Sarah created the role of Shoko in the world premiere of Thomas Larcher’s ›Das Jagdgewehr‹ at the Bregenzer Festspiele, followed by performances at Aldeburgh Festival, to unanimous critical acclaim, »captur[ing] the adolescent rage of Shoko while mastering Larcher’s virtuosic demands.« (Financial Times, August 2018).
Recent performance highlights include a début with the Berliner Philharmoniker (›A Late Night‹ with Edgard Varèse, conducted by François-Xavier Roth), Maïma (Offenbach’s ›Barkouf‹) at Oper Köln, La Vierge in Honneger’s ›Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher‹ with NOSPR, her London debut with Classical Opera in a festival exploring Mozart and his contemporaries and St. John’s Passion, also with François-Xavier Roth, at Kölner Philharmonie with the Gürzenich Orchestra.