Praised for her dynamic stage presence and warmly expressive vocalism, Sara Womble is a Jane and Steven Akin Emerging Artist at Boston Lyric Opera, where she recently made her mainstage debut as Barbarina/Susanna cover in Le nozze di Figaro. She is thrilled to return to Odyssey Opera, where she sang Lady Ella in Patience last spring. Most recently, she sang the Shepherdess in BLO’s Tosca, Countess Ceprano in North Carolina Opera’s Rigoletto, and Susanna in Point Loma Opera Theater’s Figaro, and Lady Ella in Odyssey Opera’s Patience. Upcoming engagements include Gretel in BLO’s educational production of Hansel and Gretel, Ilia in Opera NEO’s Idomeneo, and the leading role in BLO’s 2018 world premier of Tod Machover’s Schoenberg in Hollywood.