Sarah Mehnert

Sarah Mehnert sang with the Sofia National Opera on 8 October 2023, in a cast that brought her together with Miyoung Lee, Erica Cortese, Donghyun Kim and Norma Sereni. Mehnert was born in Prien am Chiemsee and came to singing from the violin, taking a master's degree at the Hochschule fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt with Thomas Heyer after first lessons from the soprano Alma de Lon; master classes with Helmut Deutsch, Franz Hawlata, Raina Kabaivanska and Markus Kupferblum followed, and scholarships from the Zerweck-Cassella, Da Ponte and Giovanni Omodeo foundations and from the Richard Wagner association in Frankfurt. The Sofia evening belonged to the International Masterclass of Raina Kabaivanska 2023. From 2019 to 2021 she sang in the ensemble of Konzert Theater Bern - Emilia, Orlofsky, Ludmila, Suzuki - and since the 2024/25 season she has been a member of the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, where her parts include Lisa in The Passenger, Gertrud and Haensel, the Third Lady, Annina, Tisbe and Mary.