Anna Sterrett is quickly distinguishing herself as a consummate singing actress. She is characterized by her uniquely warm timbre, fearless coloratura, and charismatic stage presence. These gifts combine to make her particularly suited for the roles of Bellini, Donizetti, Mozart, and Richard Strauss.
Ms. Sterrett is equally at home on the concert stage where she has performed the works of Bach, Handel, Haydn, Gonoud, and Ravel to critical acclaim. She has also garnered respect as an interpreter of new music having premiered the role of Corrie in Ernst Bacon’s A Tree on the Plains at the Lexington Opera House in Kentucky and James Lego’s Two Songs of the Sea at the University of North Carolina's 2013 New Music Festival.
Recent appearances of Ms. Sterrett include Misa Azteca composed by Joseph Julian Gonzalez, Blonde in Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio (Opera Roanoke), the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera della Riva), Papagena in Die Zauberflöte (Tuscia Opera Festival, Opera Roanoke), Antonia in The Man of La Mancha (Virginia Musical Theater), Luisa in The
Fantasticks (Franktown Players), Olympia in Les Contes
d’Hoffmann (Franktown Opera), and Gretel in Hansel and
Gretel (Franktown Opera).
Ms. Sterrett is equally at home on the concert stage where she has performed the works of Bach, Handel, Haydn, Gonoud, and Ravel to critical acclaim. She has also garnered respect as an interpreter of new music having premiered the role of Corrie in Ernst Bacon’s A Tree on the Plains at the Lexington Opera House in Kentucky and James Lego’s Two Songs of the Sea at the University of North Carolina's 2013 New Music Festival.
Recent appearances of Ms. Sterrett include Misa Azteca composed by Joseph Julian Gonzalez, Blonde in Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio (Opera Roanoke), the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera della Riva), Papagena in Die Zauberflöte (Tuscia Opera Festival, Opera Roanoke), Antonia in The Man of La Mancha (Virginia Musical Theater), Luisa in The
Fantasticks (Franktown Players), Olympia in Les Contes
d’Hoffmann (Franktown Opera), and Gretel in Hansel and
Gretel (Franktown Opera).