Biography
British soprano Sarah-Jane Lewis is a Link Artist associated with the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme during the 2017/18 Season.
Lewis trained at the Royal College of Music, the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio, supported by the Nicholas John Trust and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. She also attended the Georg Solti Accademia, where she performed for Angela Gheorghiu, Dennis O’Neill and Richard Bonynge, among others. She is a Samling Artist. Awards and competition successes include the Kathleen Ferrier Society Bursary for Young Singers, Leith Hill Award, Jackdaws Great Elm Vocal Awards, Essex Young Musician of the Year, Major Van Sommeren Prize, Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks Award, first prize at the Ludmilla Andrew Russian Song Competition and Hampshire Singing Competition, third prize and Art Song Prize in the Mozart Singing Competition and second prize at the Kathleen Ferrier Competition.
Lewis has performed as a soloist at the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, and the National Portrait Gallery in the UK and at the Mitsunaka Hall in Japan. She has appeared several times on BBC Radio 3 and features in Kenneth Branagh’s film The Magic Flute.
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David Gowland and Sarah-Jane Lewis, Meet the Young Artists Lunchtime Recital
Atkins as Scaramuccio, Kim as Brighella, Lee as Zerbinetta, Lewis as Ariadne, Sedgwick as Harlekin, Shibambu as Truffaldino in Adriane auf Naxos, Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance 2018, The Royal Opera
Haegee Lee, Aigul Akhmetshina and Sarah-Jane Lewis, Meet the Young Artists Dukebox
Sarah-Jane Lewis
Jacquelyn Stucker as Naiad, Sarah-Jane Lewis as Ariadne, Francesca Chiejina as Echo, Aigul Akhmetshina as Dryad in Ariadne auf Naxos, Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance 2018, The Royal Opera
Shibambu as Truffaldino, Sedgwick as Harlekin, Lee as Zerbinetta, Lewis as Ariadne, Atkins as Scaramuccio, Kim as Brighella in Adriane auf Naxos, Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance 2018, The Royal Opera
Sarah-Jane Lewis as Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos, Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance 2018, The Royal Opera
Gyula Nagy, David Gowland, Nick Fletcher, James Hendry, Jacquelyn Stucker, Francesca Chiejina, Haegee Lee, Angela Simkin, Aigul Akhmetshina, Sarah-Jane Lewis and Konu Kim
James Hendry, Nick Fletcher and Sarah-Jane Lewis, Meet the Young Artists Dukebox
David Gowland, James Hendry, Nick Fletcher, Haegee Lee, Aigul Akhmetshina, Sarah-Jane Lewis, Jacquelyn Stucker, Francesca Chiejina, Angela Simkin, Simon Shibambu, Konu Kim and Dominic Sedgwick. Dukebox
