Libby Sokolowski

Soprano
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Biography

Praised for her “rich, excellent instrument and considerable artistry” (Opera News), Ms. Sokolowski captivates audiences as she takes on some of opera’s most demanding roles.


In the upcoming 2024-2025 season, she makes role debuts as Fata Morgana in Prokofiev's Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen, Gertrude in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, Lady Macbeth in Verdi's Macbeth, and the title role of Puccini's Tosca at the Theater St. Gallen. She has also performed in St. Gallen to great acclaim as Elvira (Verdi: Ernani), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Sieglinde (Die Walküre, “Der Ring an einem Abend”), and the soprano soloist in a scenic production of Verdi's Messa da Requiem, for which she was praised for her "full, broad, dramatic soprano" (Online Merker).


In the summer of 2021, Ms. Sokolowski was invited to perform with the Tiroler Festspiele Erl in a Gala concert of opera arias and scenes with the Orchester der Tiroler Festspiele Erl, presenting operatic works by Tchaikovsky and Verdi. The same summer she was a participant of the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie in Germany where she performed scenes from Puccini's La rondine. Later in the 2021-2022 season, Ms. Sokolowski made her European debut as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and was also invited to join the Académie de la voix at the Fondation des Treilles, exploring scenes from Donizetti's Anna Bolena and Verdi's Il corsaro with soprano Patrizia Ciofi. During her studies at The Juilliard School, Ms. Sokolowski performed in Lincoln Center’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater and Alice Tully Hall in leading roles of Handel’s Teseo, Handel's Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno with Juilliard415 led by William Christie, Nicolai's Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, and in concert with the AXIOM ensemble in a performance of Stravinksy's Three Japanese Lyrics.


She completed her Bachelor studies at The Juilliard School where she was a full scholarship recipient under the generous support of the Kovner Foundation.

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Repertoire

Composer Work Role
     
BARTOK  Blaubart’s Burg  Judith
BEETHOVEN Fidelio Leonore
BOITO Mefistofele Margherita
CHERUBINI Medée Medée*
CILEA Adriana Lecouvreur Principessa di Bouillon*
DVORAK Rusalka Foreign Princess*
GIORDANO Andrea Chénier Maddalena*
GLUCK Alceste Alceste*
MASCAGNI  Cavalleria Rusticana Santuzza*
MASSENET  Werther Charlotte*
PROKOFIEV Liebe zu den drei Orangen Fata Morgana
PUCCINI  Tosca Tosca
PUCCINI  Manon Lescaut Manon Lescaut*
PUCCINI  Il tabarro Giorgetta*
STRAUSS, J. Die Fledermaus Rosalinde
R.STRAUSS Ariadne auf Naxos  Ariadne
R.STRAUSS Salome Salome*
TCHAIKOVSKY Pique Dame  Lisa*
VERDI Ernani Elvira
VERDI Messa di Requiem Sopran
VERDI Macbeth Lady Macbeth
VERDI Aida Amneris*
VERDI Don Carlo  Eboli*
WAGNER  Die Walküre  Sieglinde
WAGNER  Götterdämmerung  Gutrune*
WAGNER  Lohengrin Ortrud*
WAGNER  Parsifal   Kundry*
     
    *in preparation

 

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