Sara Crigger

Biography

Sara Crigger has been praised for her “rich mezzo-soprano voice” and "flawless comedic timing." A few of her operatic credits include Nicklausse in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Addison Moore in the stage premier of The Copper Queen, Dorabella, and Cherubino. She has appeared as a concert soloist on works such as Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs, and Mozart’s Grand Mass in c minor.

A lover of contemporary music, Ms. Crigger works with living composers regularly. She has premiered works such as Jeffrey Wood’s Songs of Ascents, Rachel Devore Fogarty’s “As the rain hides the stars” and Darryl Nettles’ Harlem Shadows.

Beginning her career in commercial music, Sara sang and played at events such as CMA Fest and the BMI Awards after receiving her Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music in Boston. After rediscovering her love of classical music, Sara received her Master of Music from Austin Peay State University and completed Nashville Opera’s Mary Ragland Emerging Artist program.

As a teacher, Ms. Crigger has been fortunate to work with many talented students over nearly twenty years of teaching private voice. After many years of private studio teaching, she joined the voice faculty of Austin Peay State University as an adjunct professor in 2019. In 2023, Sara accepted an additional adjunct position at Belmont University.