Lydia Saylor, soprano

Born, raised, and based in NYC, Lydia enjoys a career as a soloist singing oratorio, opera, contemporary, and chamber music. Operatic roles include Gretel (Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel), Adele (J. Strauss Die Fledermaus), Morgana (Handel Alcina), and Hypsipyle (Cavalli Il Giasone). As a soloist with orchestra she has performed Bach St. John Passion, Zelenka Magnificat, Copland Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson, Fauré Requiem, Mendelssohn Elijah, Vaughan Williams Magnificat, Bach Cantata 51 (Jauchzet Gott) and A Festival of Psalms by Kerensa and David Briggs (world premiere). As an ensemble soloist abroad she has performed works by Holly Herndon in Singapore and by her sister Evelyn Saylor in London, The Hague, and Vienna. Lydia loves performing contemporary music and has performed songs and chamber music by Steve Reich, Lukas Foss, Joel Mandelbaum, Mathew Rosenblum, and her father Bruce Saylor. She received her Master of Music from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, where she studied with Dr. Sherry Overholt. She is also a member of Alegría Ensemble, an NYC-based chamber ensemble formed by Queens College alumni musicians.