Sara Barkouras Soprano
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About Sara

Sara Barkouras, soprano.

Sara Barkouras is a soprano with a bright, agile voice and a love for music that crosses every line: opera, art song, sacred music, and musical theatre.

Based in Dallas-Fort Worth, she is a legally blind crossover artist who sings in thirteen languages. She performs with opera companies, festival choruses, and churches across North Texas, and teaches the next generation of singers.

Voice
Lyric coloratura soprano
Home
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
Languages
13, from Italian to Māori
Training
Southern Methodist University

The voice

Light, bright, and always reaching up

Sara's voice has grown from a light lyric soprano into a lyric coloratura, and the top of her range is where she feels most at home. That shift has opened the door to the sparkling, high-flying repertoire she loves, from Mozart and Handel to Gounod's "Je veux vivre."

She has sung in English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Hungarian, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, and Māori. See her repertoire

On stage

From Mozart to Broadway

Sara recently returned to Opera Arlington as Third Spirit in The Magic Flute, after appearing in the company's Don Giovanni and Masquerade Soirée.

Other recent credits include Edith in The Pirates of Penzance with Wedgwood Arts, the ensemble of The Prince of Egypt with the Grand Prairie Arts Council, and solo appearances with Music Ministry Conservatory and DFW Opera Underground. All performances

In community

Singing with others

Some of Sara's favorite music happens in a group. She sings first soprano in Lumina Vocum with Music Ministry Conservatory, second soprano in the Wedgwood Chamber Singers, and serves as a chorister and section leader in churches across the metroplex.

Sacred music is close to her heart. Her faith is the reason she sings, and it shapes how she approaches every performance.

The teacher

Building confident singers

Offstage, Sara teaches private voice at Euless Trinity High School and coaches students preparing for TMEA All-State. Through her virtual studio, she works with singers wherever they are.

She is passionate about helping students trust their voices and about making the arts a place where everyone belongs. Study with Sara

Training

Where it started

Sara holds dual Bachelor of Arts degrees from Southern Methodist University, in Music (Voice) and in Corporate Communication and Public Affairs with a focus on Nonprofit and Arts Leadership.

She trained at the Brancaleoni International Music Festival in Piobbico, Italy, and studied classical voice at the Orange County School of the Arts.

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