Sara Jakubiak has earned renown for her ability to bring complex characters to life, blending musical understanding with dramatic instincts. A sought-after performer of rare distinction, she commands the stage with interpretations of both classic and contemporary works that have mesmerized critics and audiences alike, her vocal mastery and bold reimagining of operatic tradition setting her apart as a true force in the world of opera.

Her 2025-26 season is a season of firsts. She makes her La Scala debut as Katerina Ismailova in the opening night production of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk with Maestro Riccardo Chailly on the podium. She also sings her first Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) with Anthony Pappano and the London Symphony. Ms.Jakubiak also opens the season at the Norwegian National Opera with her role debut as Rusalka (Gardner). Other highlights include a reprise of her title role in the critically acclaimed production of Francesca di Rimini at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Elsa in the Konwitschny production of Lohengrin at the Hamburg State Opera. She makes her debut with the Danish Symphony Orchestra singing her first Wesendonk Lieder with Fabio Luisi.

Critically acclaimed roles in the last few years have included Katerina in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Liceu Barcelona); Chrysothemis in Strauss’s Elektra, (Convent Garden, Palais des Arts, Valencia, Washington National Opera) and Arabella.  ABC Cultura wrote “Jakubiak is the perfect Arabella. Hers is a voice full of colors and precious metals, the voice of a bird of paradise...” She also made role debuts as the Kaiserin in Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten with Opéra de Lyon (Rustioni/Trelinski); Sieglinde in a concert performances of Die Walküre with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Luisi) ; and Katerina in the award-winning Salzburg Festival production of The Greek Passion (Pascal/Stone). 

As with her operatic repertoire, her concert repertoire is also diverse. A sampling of her performances with orchestra includes Strauss’s Vier Letzte Lieder (Rustioni/Lyon), Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass (Gardner/London Philharmonic Orchestra.), Britten’s War Requiem for the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Dresden (Runnicles/Dresden Philharmoniker ), Schoenberg’s Erwartung (Wigglesworth/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) Korngold’s Sechs einfache Lieder, Dvôrak’s Gypsy Songs (arr. Black) and Schrecker’s Vom ewigen Leben (Wilson/Sinfonia of London).   

Ms Jakubiak has a significant opera discography including the 2020 Opus Klassik Award winning production of Das Wunder der Heliane (Loy/Abrecht)Naxos; Agathe in Der Freischütz (Thielemann/Kohler) Unitel Classica; The Greek Passion (Pascal/Stone); Francesca da Rimini (Rizzi/Loy) Naxos; Arabella (Runicles/Krätzer) Naxos and Fiora in Montemezzi’s L’amore dei tre Re with the Polish Radio Symphony, Lukasz Borowicz conducting (MP3). She has also recorded Schoenberg’s Erwartung and the Grammy nominated Glagolitic Mass by Janáček with Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic on Chandos.

Sara hails from Bay City Michigan where growing up, her first starring role was on a fast-pitch softball team.  She received her university training at Yale and the Cleveland Institute of Music after which she was on fest at the Frankfurt Oper.