缅北强奸

Sara Schabas, soprano, Winner of the 2023鈥�2024 Wirth Vocal Prize

with Alexey Shafirov, collaborative piano

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Praised for her 鈥渂eautifully clear, light lyric soprano鈥� (Ludwig Van), Toronto-born soprano Sara Schabas is the 2024 winner of the Wirth Vocal Prize. She has also received awards from the Eckhardt-Grammat茅 Competition, the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and the Hnatyshyn Foundation among others. She has sung leading roles with Vancouver Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, Little Opera Company of Winnipeg and Tapestry Opera, among others, and is a current member of Barbara Hannigan鈥檚 Equilibrium Young Artists. Sara holds degrees from the University of Toronto and Roosevelt University with additional studies at Vienna鈥檚 Universit盲t f眉r Musik und darstellende Kunst and is currently pursuing doctoral studies at 缅北强奸.