"A luminous standout” - The New York Times
Praised by Opéra Magazine for her “agile, glamorous presence,” two-time GRAMMY Award-winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke has been called a “luminous standout” by the New York Timesand “equal parts poise, radiance and elegant directness” by Opera News. Ms. Cooke has sung at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, English National Opera, Seattle Opera, Opéra National de Bordeaux, and Gran Teatre del Liceu, among others, and with over ninety symphony orchestras worldwide, frequently in the works of Mahler. In 2022, she became Co-Director of the Lehrer Vocal Institute at the Music Academy of the West. Her album ‘how do I find you’ earned a 2022 GRAMMY nomination for Best Vocal Solo. The 2025/26 season sees Ms. Cooke’s role debut in the title role of Carmenat Seattle Opera and a return to Houston Grand Opera for Hansel in Hansel and Gretel. On the concert stage, she reprises much of her celebrated repertoire joining orchestras such as Boston Symphony, Wiener Symphoniker, San Francisco Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Detroit Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra. She makes debuts with Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, Sydney Symphony in Elgar’s Sea Pictures, Théâtre des Champs Elysées for Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with the Orchestra Les Ambassadeurs, Music of the Baroque in Messiah, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, singing Das Lied von der Erdeand Orquesta Sinfonica de Bilbao in Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder. Visit Sasha Cooke.