"The outstanding Scots soprano sang the role of Lady Hamilton with breathtaking beauty holding the audience in absolute thrall"
Sarah-Jane Dale was born in Glasgow and left a successful banking career to study music at Napier Polytechnic, Edinburgh. A scholarship then enabled her to continue her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Laura Sarti.
Whilst at the Guildhall she won many prizes and graduated with Distinction. She studied at The Britten-Pears School with Ileana Cotrubas, Phyllis Curtin and Phyllis Bryn-Julson, and in Russia at the Tver Philharmonic.
"The most sheerly beautiful singing of the evening came from Sarah-Jane Dale"
She recently represented Britain in the Rimsky-Korsakov Competition in St. Petersburg where she reached the semi-finals. Sarah-Jane has given many premieres and enjoys working with composers on their own music.
Since graduating, Sarah-Jane has been following a successful career in Opera, Oratorio, Recital and Concert work. Engagements have included singing at The Royal Albert Hall, British Museum , Wexford Opera Festival, Dartington International Festival and with The Royal Scottish Orchestra.
Sarah-Jane sings with a number of different combinations and at the moment performs with:
She enjoys creating innovative programmes and has a number of themed concerts on offer including A Night at the Opera, A Victorian Evening, Love, Passion and Romance and A Taste of Italy.
She also runs her own company, Melisma, with her husband, the tenor Andrew Morris, providing music for all occasions. They specialise in Recitals and Concerts, themed events, weddings and banquets, corporate entertainment and fund-raising events and can provide a range of instrumentalists and singers.
"Miss Dale has the precious gift of singing for the sheer love of it, and it showed."
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 |
| Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem |
| Bruckner | Te Deum |
| Dvorak | Stabat Mater |
| Elgar | The Kingdom |
| Handel | The Messiah |
| Haydn | The Creation |
| Haydn | Nelson Mass |
| Janacek | Glagolithic Mass |
| Mendelssohn | Elijah |
| Mozart | Mass in C Minor (2nd sop) Mass in C Requiem |
| Rossini | Stabat Mater Petite Messe Solenelle |
| Schubert | Mass in G |
| Vivaldi | Cloria (1st sop) |
| Amahl & the Night Visitors | Amahl's Mother |
| Carmen | Micaela & Frasquita |
| Orpheus & Euridice | Euridice |
| Le Nozze di Figaro | Contessa |
| Die Zauberflote | Pamina & 1st Lady |
| Turandot | Liu |
| Tosca | Tosca |
An extensive list - German, French, Spanish ,Russian, English, Italian and Scottish, from 17th Century to Contemporary.
"...her solo pieces are the highlight of the show"
The following sound clip is presented in RealAudio format.
"Eriskay Love Lilt" (arr. Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser)
Performed by Sarah-Jane Dale (soprano) and Richard Black (piano).
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