South Korean soprano Sarah Yang was born in Wuppertal, Germany. She completed her first degree at the Korea National University of Arts, before going on to study for her Masters in Opera and Lied at the Stuttgart Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst.
Sarah is currently a member of the ensemble at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, where her roles in 26-27 will include Antonia Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Musetta La Bohème and Leïla Les Pêcheurs de perles. During her two first seasons in Wiesbaden, she sang, among others, her first Violetta La traviata and Pamina Die Zauberflöte, Luigia Scannagalli in Donizetti’s Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali and both Sand- und Taumännchen Hänsel und Gretel, as well as Susanna Le nozze di Figaro.
Alongside her fest commitments with Wiesbaden, Sarah just made her role debut as Micaëla Carmen at the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Antwerp.
Sarah is a multiple prize-winner in international competitions, including 2nd prize at the Montserrat Caballé International Singing Competition in 2021, plus special prizes for opera and song at the DEBUT Singing Competition 2022, and the Mozart Prize at the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition.
Prior to her time in Wiesbaden, Sarah was a member of the Young Ensemble at the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Antwerp, where she performed as Servilia La clemenza di Tito and Leila Les pêcheurs de perles. Her other roles include Zerlina Don Giovanni, Despina Così fan tutte and Anna Reich Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, as well as Elvira L'italiana in Algeri and Contessa di Ceprano Rigoletto (both at the Bregenz Festival).
In concert, she has sung Servilia La clemenza di Tito at the Wiener Festwochen, and appeared as soprano soloist in the Hadyn Harmoniemesse in both Ghent and Antwerp; in recital, she has performed at the Margot Müller Forum in Würzburg.
