Biography
From 2023 until 2025, she successfully performed Wagner’s Ring cycle at Theater Basel, portraying Gerhilde and Dritte Norn as well as being the cover of Brünnhilde. 2025 will mark the release of Sarah Marie’s debut CD of Wagner and Strauss orchestral Lieder with the Dresden Chamber Soloists from the Staatskapelle Dresden.
Sarah Marie Kramer is fast establishing herself as a formidable talent on the operatic stage, specifically, as one of the up and coming young, highly dramatic sopranos. Strauss and Wagner are the composers who have continued to play a major role in her continuing artistic development. In May 2024, Sarah Marie made her Wiener Konzerthaus debut as Magna Peccatrix in Mahler's Symphonie No.8.
In 2023, she was invited to sing Helmwige (Die Walküre) by the Semperoper Dresden in the revival of Willy Decker’s Ring Cycle, under the baton of the world’s preeminent Wagner conductor Christian Thielemann. Sarah Marie made her concert debut of Richard Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder at the Richard Strauss Tage 2023 with Remy Ballot in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. This select invitation came from the Richard Strauss Institute led by the Strauss Family. Since November 2023, Sarah Marie is generously supported by The Olga Forrai Foundation for Emerging Dramatic Voices of New York City. In 2021, she celebrated her debut as Sieglinde at Longborough Festival Opera which marked her entry into the dramatic Fach.
She is a singer notable for „‘luxuriant vocal delivery’ and a stage presence that was ‘Standout‘ ...Sarah Marie Kramer blew me away with the passion of her Sieglinde".
Sarah Marie has appeared under the direction of Christian Thielemann, Jonathan Nott, Leo McFall, Elias Grandy, Richard Egarr, Masaaki Suzuki, Reinbert de Leeuw, Anthony Negus, Friedemann Layer and Thomas Rösner among others. Her international festival appearances include the Richard Strauss Tage, Longborough Festival Opera, Aldeburgh Festival and the Oxford Lieder Festival. In 2020, Sarah Marie debuted at Vienna’s Schönberg Centre. At the Bayreuth Festival, she was one of four singers chosen as a Meisterkurs singer. The artist earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag, the Netherlands. She is a graduate of the DNOA Amsterdam’s Opera Certificate. She was a finalist in the prestigious Lauritz Melchior International Singing Competition for young Wagnerians, and Munich’s International Richard Strauss Wettbewerb. Sarah Marie makes her home in Vienna, Austria.
Repertoire
Opera/Operetta
Composer, Work
Composer
Opera/Operetta
Part
L.v. Beethoven, Fidelio
L.v. Beethoven
Fidelio
Leonore (concert)
A. Dvořák, Rusalka
A. Dvořák
Rusalka
Fremde Fürstin
R. Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos
R. Strauss
Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne (cover)
R. Wagner, Die Walküre
R. Wagner
Die Walküre
Sieglinde
R. Wagner, Die Walküre
R. Wagner
Die Walküre
Helmwige
R. Wagner, Die Walküre
R. Wagner
Die Walküre
Gerhilde
R. Wagner, Die Walküre
R. Wagner
Die Walküre
Brünnhilde (cover)
R.Wagner, Siegfried
R.Wagner
Siegfried
Brünnhilde (cover)
R. Wagner, Götterdämmerung
R. Wagner
Götterdämmerung
3. Norn
R. Wagner, Götterdämmerung
R. Wagner
Götterdämmerung
Brünnhilde (cover)
R. Wagner, Götterdämmerung
R. Wagner
Götterdämmerung
Gutrune (cover)
R. Wagner, Tristan und Isolde
R. Wagner
Tristan und Isolde
Isolde (concert)
A. Berg, Wozzeck
A. Berg
Wozzeck
Marie*
E. Korngold, Die tote Stadt
E. Korngold
Die tote Stadt
Marie/Marietta*
W.A. Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro
W.A. Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro
Contessa
W.A. Mozart, La clemenza di Tito
W.A. Mozart
La clemenza di Tito
Vitellia*
G. Puccini, Suor Angelica
G. Puccini
Suor Angelica
Suor Angelica
G. Puccini, Turandot
G. Puccini
Turandot
Turandot*
G. Puccini, Tosca
G. Puccini
Tosca
Tosca*
G. Puccini, Manon Lescaut
G. Puccini
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut*
R. Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten
R. Strauss
Die Frau ohne Schatten
Die Kaiserin*
R. Strauss, Elektra
R. Strauss
Elektra
Chrysothemis*
R. Strauss, Rosenkavalier
R. Strauss
Rosenkavalier
Marschallin*
G. Verdi, Don Carlo
G. Verdi
Don Carlo
Elisabetta*
G. Verdi, Un ballo in maschera
G. Verdi
Un ballo in maschera
Amelia*
R. Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
R. Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Eva*
R. Wagner, Lohengrin
R. Wagner
Lohengrin
Elsa*
R. Wagner, Das Rheingold
R. Wagner
Das Rheingold
Freya*
R. Wagner, Tannhäuser
R. Wagner
Tannhäuser
Elisabeth*
*not yet performed on stage
Concert and Lied
Composer, Work
Composer
Work
L.v. Beethoven, Ah, Perfido!
L.v. Beethoven
Ah, Perfido!
L.v. Beethoven, Missa Solemnis
L.v. Beethoven
Missa Solemnis
L.v. Beethoven, 9th Symphony
L.v. Beethoven
9th Symphony
A. Berg, 7 frühe Lieder
A. Berg
7 frühe Lieder
J. Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem
J. Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem
B. Britten, War Requiem
B. Britten
War Requiem
A. Dvořák, Zigeunermelodien
A. Dvořák
Zigeunermelodien
A. Dvořák, Messe D-Dur
A. Dvořák
Messe D-Dur
J. Haydn, Arianna a Naxos
J. Haydn
Arianna a Naxos
J. Haydn, Scena di Berenice
J. Haydn
Scena di Berenice
J. Haydn, Lord Nelson Mass
J. Haydn
Lord Nelson Mass
G. Mahler, Symphony No. 4
G. Mahler
Symphony No. 4
G. Mahler, Symphony No. 8
G. Mahler
Symphony No. 8
G. Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn
G. Mahler
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
G. Mahler, Rückert Lieder
G. Mahler
Rückert Lieder
R. Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder
R. Strauss
Vier letzte Lieder
R. Strauss, Orchestral Songs
R. Strauss
Orchestral Songs
G. Verdi, Requiem
G. Verdi
Requiem
R. Wagner, Wesendonck-Lieder
R. Wagner
Wesendonck-Lieder
R. Wagner, Liebestod
R. Wagner
Liebestod
R.Wagner, Immulations Szene
R.Wagner
Immulations Szene
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