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Cindy Sadler’s eclectic operatic career represents the benchmark of entrepreneurial artistry. As a singer, the contralto is heralded for her rich, satiny voice as much as her impeccable characterizations; but she is also well-known throughout the classical community as a teacher, writer, career consultant, artistic administrator and stage director.
Her directing credits include Susannah (Texas Concert Opera Collective); Gianni Schicchi (Opera Idaho, Mediterranean Opera Festivl); Suor Angelica (Mediterreanean Opera Festival, Spotlight on Opera); Little Red Riding Hood (Opera Syracuse); Company and Prince Orlovsky’s Ball (Centenary College of Louisiana); The Consul, The Pirates of Penzance, L’elisir d’amore, Carmen, Cavalleria rusticana, The Ballad of Baby Doe, The Crucible, Die Zauberflöte, Abu Hassan, A Rose in Winter, and The Medium (Spotlight on Opera). She has written original translations for Gianni Schicchi and dialogue for Die Zauberflöte.
A busy professional singer and frequent lecturer on the business of singing, Ms. Sadler brings current experience to her students. Most recently, she has appeared as Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music with Austin Shakespeare and Alamo City Opera and The Mother in The Consul with Dayton Opera. She will make her house debut as Marcellina in Shreveport Opera’s Le nozze di Figaro.
Ms. Sadler has appeared on the stages of Chicago Lyric Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Pacific, Arizona Opera, Sarasota Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, the Princeton Festival, San Antonio Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Kentucky Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Austin Lyric Opera, Opera Idaho, New Orleans Opera, and the Hollywood Bowl, among many others. She has published over 130 articles in Classical Singer Magazine and is widely recognized for her Ask Erda advice column and her Mezzo With Character blog. She is also the author of The Student Singer’s Starter Kit, a primer for college-aged singers available on Amazon.com. She travels the US to consult with singers and lecture on singing careers via her Business of Singing consultancy, most recently to the Des Moines Metro Opera Young Artists Program, Sieur Du Luth Summer Opera Training Program, UCLA, the CoOPERAtive program at Westminster College of the Arts, Portland State University, and the Classical Singer Convention.
After six years on the music faculty of St. Edward's University, she left to pursue her singing career fulltime. She has served as Executive Director of the Astoria Music Academy in Oregon, and is the founder and Executive Director of Spotlight on Opera, an artist development program for singers located in Austin, TX.
Résumé
2019
Susannah, Texas Concert Opera Collective
Company, Centenary College of Louisiana
The Consul, Spotlight on Opera
2018
Prince Orlovsky’s Ball, Centenary College of Louisiana
The Pirates of Penzance Spotlight on Opera
2017
La Vie de Bohème, Hurley School of Music
L’elisir d’amore Spotlight on Opera
Prince Orlovsky’s Ball Spotlight on Opera
Gianni Schicchi, Mediterranean Opera Festival, Caltagirone, Sicily
Suor Angelica, Mediterranean Opera Festival, Caltagirone, Sicily
Carmen, Spotlight on Opera
2016
2015
The Magic Flute, Spotlight on Opera
2014
Little Red Riding Hood, Syracuse Opera Resident Artists
Gianni Schicchi, Opera Idaho
The Crucible, Spotlight on Opera
2013
The Ballad of Baby Doe, Spotlight on Opera
2012
Suor Angelica, Spotlight on Opera
2011
Cavalleria rusticana, Spotlight on Opera
The Medium, Spotlight on Opera
2009
Gianni Schicchi, Spotlight on Opera
Suor Angelica, Spotlight on Opera
