Soprano Dr. Sarah Luebke has appeared in opera, musical theater, and concert stages throughout the United States and Europe. She made her Carnegie Hall debut singing Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Martini's Domine, Ad Adjuvandum Me Festina with Mid-America Productions in 2023. Upcoming engagements include performances with the Sorel Foundation Residency of composer Jennifer Higdon, soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, and soprano soloist in Poulenc’s Gloria with the BGSU Philharmonia.
A trail-blazing interpreter of 21st century vocal repertoire, she has collaborated with and performed works of Chen Yi, Missy Mazzoli, Benjamin Moore, and James Whitbourn. Stage roles include Juno (The Tempest), Masha (Enemies: A Love Story), Isabelle Eberhardt (Songs from the Uproar), Yum-Yum (Mikado), Rose Maybud (Ruddigore), La Fée (Cendrillon), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Najade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Monica (The Medium), Serpina (La Serva Padrona), Nora (Riders to the Sea), Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Lucinda (Into the Woods), and Jane McDowell (The Stephen Foster Story). Concert work includes Messiah (Handel), Annelies (Whitbourn), St. Matthew Passion (Bach), Requiem (Fauré), Ein deutches Requiem (Brahms). She was as a young artist with Twin Cities’ Opera Guild and Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Festival.
Recognized for her studio teaching, she was selected for the distinguished 2022 NATS Intern Program. She received the 2022 NATS Mario Martinez Intern Prize and 2020 ESM Teaching Assistant Prize. Her students have been winners and finalists in the National Classical Singer Competition, Schubert Club Competition, Schmidt Vocal Competition, state, regional and national NATS auditions, and The Voice (NBC). They have been accepted into top music schools and performance programs, including The Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music, Boston Conservatory, Interlochen Summer Music Festival, and the Brevard Music Festival.
Prior to her appointment at BGSU, Dr. Luebke taught applied voice and pedagogy at the State University of New York at Fredonia and French lyric diction at the Eastman School of Music.
Dr. Luebke received the DMA in vocal performance with concentration in vocal pedagogy from the Eastman School of Music, the MM in vocal performance from the University of Kentucky, and the BM in vocal performance with minor in French from St. Olaf College. Her principal teachers include Kathryn Cowdrick, Robert McIver, and Everett McCorvey.
