Sarah-Jane Brandon

The South African soprano Sarah-Jane Brandon was born in Johannesburg and studied singing at the Royal College of Music in London. In 2009 she won the First Prize at the Kathleen Ferrier Vocal Competition in London.

During her time at the Royal College of Music, Sarah-Jane Brandon already sang the role of Mozart’s Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Sandrina (La finta giardiniera) and Marenka in Smetana’s Bartered Bride. At the London Handel Festival, she sang the role of Lisaura in Handel’s Alessandro. During the 2010-11 season, she made her English National Opera debut.

On the concert podium, Sarah-Jane Brandon has performed in Mendelssohn’s Elias with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur, in Mozart’s Requiem with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons and in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko.

As a song recitalist, Sarah-Jane Brandon has appeared at London’s Wigmore Hall, at the Crush Bar at the Royal Opera House, at the Chester Festivals, Buxton Festival as well as the Oxford and Leeds Lieder Festivals.

Among her future projects is her debut at this year’s Edinburgh Festival as Crobyle in Massenet’s Thaïs with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis, performances in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the London Symphony Orchestra under Bernard Haitink, Aminta in Mozart’s Il re pastore with the Classical Opera Company under Ian Page, Haydn’s Nelson Mass with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sylvain Cambreling.