SARA KNIGHT

Sara is a Pakistani and English soprano studying towards the MMUS programme at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. Here she was awarded the Kathleen Roberts Vocal Scholarship. She has previously studied at Leeds College of Music. 

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She has performed roles with Barefoot Opera, Northern Opera and Leeds Youth Opera and has taken part in workshops with several companies such as National Opera Studio, British Youth Opera and Barefoot Opera. Most recently she has performed as Elizabeth in Libby Larsen's Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus at Blackheath Halls. She has also performed in opera scenes as Musetta in Puccini's La Boheme at Trinity Laban. She has also recently performed in Handel's Isreal in Egypt  as a soloist with London Forest Choir conducted by Jonathan Rathbone. With Leeds Youth Opera she has performed as Susanna in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, the Sand Fairy in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Oscar in Verdi’s Masked Ball and Flora in Britten’s Turn of the Screw. With Northern Opera she has played The Fairy Godmother in Viardot’s Cinderella and has performed in Barefoot Opera’s production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas as 2nd Woman and Chorus.

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In West Yorkshire she has as a peripatetic singing teacher in various schools and privately and is now teaching in London. 

Other than music Sara has qualifications in counselling and supports the importance of expression in adults and children in a supported environment. Sara is working towards becoming a trained Gestalt Counsellor and is working as a Trainee Counsellor.