Soprano Chase Sanders is thrilled to be joining Virginia Opera this season. Sanders was most recently seen at Sarasota Opera as an Apprentice Artist. In 2022, she was a young artist with Opera Saratoga where she performed the role of Elder (Sky on Swings) and covered the soprano soloist in Rossini’s Petite messe Solennelle. In the summer of 2023, Chase was a Gerdine Young Artist with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. There, she covered the title role of Treemonisha. She returned as a GYA this summer to sing the role of Berta/A Notary (The Barber of Seville) and cover Musetta (La bohème).
Born and raised in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Chase is an alumnae of West Chester University (B.M.) and Indiana University (M.M. and PD). At Indiana University, she performed the roles of Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Mary (Highway 1, USA), and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni). Sanders has also been a recipient of two Laffont Competition encouragement awards at the Michigan and Idaho-Montana Districts.
At Virginia Opera, Chase will be singing the role of Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Frasquita (Carmen), role studying Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), and will cover Mildred Jeter Loving (Loving v. Virginia).