Sara Zerilli is a first year Master’s student at New England Conservatory, in the studio of MaryAnn McCormick. She received an Encouragement Award in the 2024 Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont District Competition. Sara completed her Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance at Manhattan School of Music studying with Mignon Dunn and Shirley Close. Performance highlights include Viardot’s Cendrillon (Armelinde) with MSM, Suor Angelica (La Principessa) with Operallora, L’incoronazione di Poppea (Fortuna/Famigliari) with MSM, and L’incoronazione di Poppea (Ottavia) with Saluzzo Opera Academy. Sara is looking forward to her upcoming performances of NEC’s Later the Same Evening (Estelle) in November and Così fan tutte (Dorabella) in February.