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Sarah Connolly - Mezzo-soprano

Barbican Hall, 28-Jan-2024 and 31-Jan-2024 / 19:00

Mendelssohn: Elijah (Sung in English)

Wigmore Hall, 3-Nov-2023 / 19:30

Favourite pieces

Alexander Zemlinsky's 6 Gesänge Op. 13 performed in 2019 (March) and 2017 (September).

Dowland's No 20 Come, heavy sleep (arranged by Paul Max Edlin) from The Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres of Fowre Parts performed in 2021 (June) and 2014 (May).

Duparc's L'invitation au voyage performed in 2018 (November) and 2014 (April 23).

Frank Bridge's Day after day and Speak to me my love from 3 Songs of Tagore performed in 2020 (September) and 2019 (July).

Poulenc's : Banalités performed in 2020 (September) and 2016 (September).

Rodney Bennett's A History of thé Dansant performed in 2015 (January) and 2014 (May).

Schumann's Märzveilchen Op. 40 No. 1, Muttertraum Op. 40 No. 2 and Der Soldat Op. 40 No. 3 performed in 2023 (November) and 2016 (September).

Royal Albert Hall, 9-Aug-2023 / 19:30

  • Dora Pejačević:
    • Zwei Schmetterlingslieder op. 52 (4 mins)
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel
  • BBC Philharmonic

Barbican Hall, 12-May-2023 / 19:30

  • Tippett: A Child of Our Time
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis, Ashley Riches

Wigmore Hall, 12-Jan-2023 / 13:00

  • Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis (arranged by Jake Heggie)

Wigmore Hall, 28-Sep-2022 / 19:30

  • Barber, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Ernest Chausson, Schoenberg, Berg, Weill
  • Joseph Middleton - Piano

Royal Albert Hall, 24-Aug-2022 / 19:30

Royal Festival Hall, 11-Nov-2021 / 19:30

  • Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Sarah Connolly performed as Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Early Opera Company, Mary Bevan as Belinda and first witch and Jonathan McGovern as Aeneas on the 19th of September 2021 at St John's Smith Square.

Unfortunately, Sarah Connolly's performance with Roderick Williams scheduled for the 30th of September 2020 at the Wigmore Hall was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Her performance with tenor Andrew Staples and the Aurora Orchestra scheduled for the 17th of July 2020 at the Wigmore Hall was also cancelled.

Claudia Mahnke replaced Sarah Connolly at a concert on the 30th of April 2020 at the Royal Festival Hall, a concert later cancelled due to the pandemic.

Soprano Fatma Said replaced Sarah Connolly at a concert on the 19th of March 2020 at the Wigmore Hall, a concert later cancelled due to the pandemic.

Sarah Connolly had to cancel her performance on the 13th of March 2020 at the Barbican Hall.

She unfortunately had to withdraw from a concert with Sir Antonio Pappano at the Barbican Hall on the 12th of December 2019.

Royal Albert Hall, 13-Aug-2021 / 19:30

  • Berlioz: Les nuits d'été
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins - Conductor

Wigmore Hall, 14-Jun-2021 / 13:00

Recital with Mahan Esfahani

  • Purcell, WF Bach, Martinů, Tippett

Sarah Connolly as Solomon and Sophie Bevan as Queen of Sheba performed a selection from Handel's Solomon HWV 67 and the Foundling Anthem HWV 268 with The English Concert on the 1st of October 2020 in the Great Hall at Bart’s Hospital.

Wigmore Hall, 16-Sep-2020 / 13:00

Recital with pianist Malcolm Martineau

  • Albert Roussel:
    • No. 3 Le jardin mouillé Op. 3
    • No. 3 Nuit d’automne Op. 8
    • No. 1 Le bachelier de Salamanque from Deux mélodies Op. 20
  • Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn:
    • Rheinlegendchen
  • Bob Chilcott: Cloud Language and Cloud River from Sky Pictures

Sarah Connolly performed Schumann's FrauenLiebe and -leben and Mahler's Rückert Lieder at Middle Temple Hall on the 25th of November 2019.

Royal Festival Hall, 19-Oct-2019 / 19:30

Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Resurrection)

  • London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski - Conductor, Sofia Fomina - Soprano
  • Sarah Connolly, London Philharmonic Choir, London Youth Choir

Royal Albert Hall, 29-Aug-2019 / 19:00

  • Hugh Wood: Scenes from Comus
  • Elgar: The Music Makers
  • Dame Sarah Connolly, Anthony Gregory - Tenor
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
  • Sir Andrew Davis - Conductor

Sarah Connolly performed on the 14th of August 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall. See Sir Mark Elder for more details.

Wigmore Hall, 23-July-2019 / 19:30

Wigmore Hall, 24-Apr-2019 / 19:30

An all Schumann programme

Wigmore Hall, 15-Mar-2019 / 19:30

Recital with pianist Julius Drake

Wigmore Hall, 16-Nov-2018 / 19:30

Sarah Connolly:

Royal Albert Hall, 30-Aug-2018 / 19:30

Verdi: Requiem

Sarah Connolly was made a DBE in the 2017.

Cadogan Hall, 6-Aug-2018 / 13:00

  • Stanford: A soft day
  • Parry: Weep you no more, sad fountains
  • Vaughan Williams: The House of Life – ‘Love-Sight’
  • Gurney: Thou didst delight my eyes
  • Somervell: Into my heart an air that kills
  • Bridge:
    • Come to me in my dreams
    • Journey’s End
  • Howells: Goddess of Night
  • Britten: A Sweet Lullaby (world premiere)

Kings Place, 14-Oct-2017 / 19:30

Wigmore Hall, 29-Sep-2017 / 19:30

Recital with pianist Malcolm Martineau

Kitty Whately replaced Sarah Connolly on the 10th of April 2017 at the Wigmore Hall.

Michaela Selinger replaced her on the 8th of April 2017. See Matthew Rose for more programme details.

Her performance with the Vertavo String Quartet due on the 17th of November 2016 was also cancelled.

Wigmore Hall, 9-Sep-2016 / 19:30

Song recital accompanied by Malcolm Martineau

  • Schumann:
    • Der Soldat Op. 40 No. 3
    • Der Spielmann Op. 40 No. 4
  • Mahler: Rückert Lieder
  • Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis
  • Berlioz: Les nuits d'été

Royal Albert Hall, 29-Jul-2016

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor

Sarah Connolly performed in a Wigmore Hall lunchtime concert on the 28th of May 2016 with tenor Robin Tritschler and pianist Joseph Middleton.

Royal Festival Hall, 12-Apr-2016 / 19:00

Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Resurrection)

St James's Piccadilly, 11-Nov-2015 / 19:30

Wigmore Hall, 14-Oct-2015 / 19:30

Recital with pianist Graham Johnson

Royal Albert Hall, 3-Sep-2015 / 22:15

Sarah Connolly performed Elgar's Sea Pictures and Walton's Belshazzar's Feast at the Royal Festival Hall on the 6th of May 2015 with baritone Neal Davies, The Bach Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Tadaaki Otaka.

Milton Court Concert Hall, 20-Jan-2015 / 19:30

On the 7th of February 2015 Sarah Connolly sang Mahler's Rückert-Lieder and Zwei Gesänge Op. 91 by Brahms accompanied The Nash Ensemble at the Wigmore Hall.

Barbican Hall, 4-Oct-2014 / 19:00

Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea

Kings Place, 18-Sep-2014 / 19:30

London Sinfonietta, Nicholas Collon - Conductor

Royal Albert Hall, 23-Jul-2014 / 18:30

Wigmore Hall, 14-May-2014 / 19:30

Recital with pianist Julius Drake

Sarah Connolly made her Royal Opera debut as Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas in 2009.

Wigmore Hall, 23-Apr-2014 / 19:30

An all Duparc programme with Malcolm Martineau and Baritone Henk Neven

  • Chanson triste
  • Soupir
  • Romance de Mignon
  • Sérénade
  • Le galop
  • Au pays où se fait la guerre
  • La vague et la cloche
  • La fuite
  • Elégie
  • Extase
  • Le manoir de Rosemonde
  • Sérénade florentine
  • Phidylé
  • Lamento
  • Testament
  • La vie antérieure

Barbican Hall, 12-Apr-2014 / 19:30

Elgar: The Apostles

Barbican Hall, 6-Apr-2014 / 19:30

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

Barbican Hall, 8-Feb-2014 / 19:30

Handel: Theodora

Sarah Connolly made her BBC Proms debut on the 28th of August 1988 in a performance of Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music.