Sally Wolf
Vocalists
— Soprano
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Manager: Elizabeth Crittenden, Damon Bristo
Management Territory: Worldwide
About
American soprano Sally Wolf is in constant demand all over Europe and North America for her brilliant dramatic coloratura and lyric repertoire. In addition to her acclaimed portrayals of Mimi, Violetta, and Lucia di Lammermoor. Ms. Wolf is currently one of America's foremost interpreters of the Mozart repertoire, which includes Donna Anna and Donna Elvira in 'Don Giovanni', Konstanze in 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail', Countess in 'Le nozze di Figaro', Elettra in 'Idomeneo', and Giunia in 'Lucio Silla'. A former interpreter of Queen of the . . . Night in 'Die Zauberfloete', she performed 192 career performances of the role in most of the world's prestigious opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House – Covent Garden, Vienna Staatsoper, Salzburg Festival, Teatro la Fenice in Venice, Deutsche Staatsoper, San Francisco Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, (Munich), Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris, Grand Théâtre du Geneve, Trieste Opera, Monte Carlo Opera, Seattle Opera, Washington Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Canadian Opera, Dallas Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, New York City Opera, and many others as well.
Recent engagements for Ms. Wolf include Helmwige in Seattle Opera’s 'Ring' cycle, as well as Alice Ford in 'Falstaff' and Berta in 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' with Seattle Opera. In recent seasons, Ms. Wolf performed Donna Anna in 'Don Giovanni' with Central City Opera and Elvira in 'L’italiana in Algeri' with Seattle Opera.
Ms. Wolf has also sang the title role in 'Norma' with the Seattle Opera and appeared with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in performances of Bruch's 'Das Lied von Der Glocke'. Other recent performances by Ms. Wolf include two major Rossini role debuts with Frankfurt Opera: the title role in 'Semiramide' and Amenaide in 'Tancredi', as well as Elettra in 'Idomeneo', Donna Elvira in 'Don Giovanni' with Los Angeles Opera and the New York City Opera, and Donna Anna in 'Don Giovanni' in Frankfurt, Seattle Opera, New York City Opera, and Austin Lyric Opera. Ms. Wolf also scored a major success at Carnegie Hall in New York singing Amalia in Verdi's 'I masnadieri' with the Opera Orchestra of New York under Eve Queler. She repeated her acclaimed Gunia in 'Lucio Silla' with the Salzburg Festival after performances in Frankfurt, San Francisco, and the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York. Ms. Wolf has also performed Mozart's Requiem with St. Paul's Church Choir in New Jersey.
Miss Wolf appeared with the Munich Festival as Donna Anna and also essayed the difficult title role in 'Norma' for Los Angeles Opera and Greater Miami Opera (now known as Florida Grand Opera). Her Konstanze in 'Die Entfûhrung aus dem Serail' has recently been heard with Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Opera North in Leeds, England, Netherlands Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Edmonton Opera, Boston Baroque, and Austin Lyric Opera. Her title role in 'Lucia di Lammermoor' has been seen with Seattle Opera, Atlanta Opera, Opera Colorado, Pacific Opera, Knoxville Opera, Spokane Symphony, and Austin Lyric Opera. Ms. Wolf has also performed Violetta in 'La traviata' with Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg as well as Utah Opera, Austin Lyric, Pacific Opera, and Grand Rapids Opera. Seattle Opera also engaged Ms. Wolf for the title role in 'The Ballad of Baby Doe', Gilda in 'Rigoletto', and Mimi in 'La boheme'. She will return to Austin Lyric Opera in 2005 in the role of the Countess in 'Le nozze di Figaro'.
Orchestral appearances by Ms. Wolf include Mozart's The Impressario with Mostly Mozart in New York, Verdi's Requiem with Richmond Symphony, The Berkshire Choral Institute, and Seattle Symphony, Mozart's Requiem with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the New York Chamber Orchestra under Gerard Schwartz, 'Messiah' with the Buffalo Philharmonic, 'Elijah' with Palm Beach Masterworks Chorale, Tchaikovsky's 'Romeo & Juliette' with the New Jersey Symphony, and appearances with the San Francisco Symphony in a program of Mozart concert arias.
A native of Ravenna, Ohio, Ms. Wolf received her training at Kent State University, Curtis Institute of Music, and Indiana University School of Music, where she was a lifelong student of the late Margaret Harshaw. Ms. Wolf is currently on the voice faculty of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton.
(Updated April 2010)
