Soprano Sarah Paige Hagstrom is rapidly becoming one of the most sought after singers of her generation on the concert stage and in opera. Her recent performances as Mary Warren in The Crucible with Indianapolis Opera received universal and enthusiastic praise. A graduate of the University of Southern California, LA, she has performed with the Bay View Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Virginia Opera, Opera North, Sarasota Opera, Accademia Italiana di Canto in Italy, International Institute of Music in Croatia and Bel Canto Northwest.

In the 2005-06 season, Ms. Hagstrom returned to Indianapolis Opera to sing her first Valencienne in Lehar's much loved Merry Widow. She made an enormously successful début with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra as featured soloist in their "Cole Porter Celebration" in October, and returns to the ISO as special guest artist in "Yuletide Celebration" at the Hilbert Circle Theatre. She will sing the leading role of Emily Webber in the premiere of Ned Rorem's new opera Our Town with Lake George Opera in July, 2006.

Ms. Hagstrom has appeared as featured soloist with the Thornton Symphony & Jazz Orchestra, the Monte Carlo Orchestra, the Bakersfield Symphony and the USC Symphony as "Outstanding Graduate of 2000."

Ms. Hagstrom has worked with many notables in classical music including Peter Mark, Dorothy Danner, Yannick Nezzisagan, Stephanie Sundine, Alan Smith, Blythe Walker, Giorgio Tozzi, Louis Burkot, James Marvel, Roger Bingaman, John Glen Paton and Valdamir Chernov.

Among her many awards and distinctions, Ms. Hagstrom was a Regional Finalist (Memphis) and District Winner (Nashville) in the Metropolitan Opera National Auditions in 2004; recipient of the Marilyn Horne Award and Scholarship in Los Angeles in 2002 and 2001; First Place Winner of the Burbank Philharmonic's Aria and Concerto Competition; a National Finalist in the Palm Springs Opera Guild and the Lotte Lenya / Kurt Weill Vocal (New York) competitions, and "Outstanding Graduate in Vocal Arts" at USC.

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