The Church + SHSF: 3rd Annual Sag Harbor Song Festival w/ Six Opera Stars, 9.20 to 22nd

We are thrilled to announce the six opera stars who will comprise the roster at the Third Annual Sag Harbor Song Festival presented in partnership between The Church and The SHSF on the third weekend in September.

As you will see, the singers have already appeared at many of the world’s major opera houses and recital halls. We are incredibly excited to hear what they will be offering all of us at the 2024 Festival!

Artistic Director Brad Woolbright once again leads the Festival, working closely with Music Director Robert Tweten who will also accompany the singers at the piano.

A full repertoire for each date can be found by visiting our event page.

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2024 SAG HARBOR SONG FESTIVAL

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2024 | 6:30 PM

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2024 | 6:30 PM

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 | 12 PM

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Tickets:

Individual Concert Tickets: $75
Festival Pass (one ticket for all three concerts): $200

THE PERFORMERS

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ERIKA BAIKOFF

Russian American Soprano, Erika Baikoff, is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program during which time she performed mainstage roles as Xenia, Boris Godunov and Barbarina, Le nozze di Figaro. She has since returned to the Met as a guest artist.

Recent orchestral highlights include Bach’s B minor mass with Orchestre Métropolitain/Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Rotterdam Philharmonic’s tour of Das Rheingold with Nézet-Séguin, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Ulster Orchestra/Daniele Rustioni, with Taipei Music Academy & Festival/Kent Nagano and with Orchestre National de Lyon in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.

Erika’s opera work includes multiple appearances with Opéra National de Lyon including Le Feu/ Princesse/Rossignol in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, and, as an alumnus of the prestigious Atelier Lyrique at Verbier Festival, she sang Musetta, La bohème with James Gaffigan.

In the 2023-24 season, Erika makes her role and house debut as Zerlina, Don Giovanni at Houston Grand Opera, as the four heroines, Les Contes d’Hoffmann at Palm Beach Opera and returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper. In addition, Erika joins the London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle as Jano Jenůfa and Detroit Symphony in Les Illuminations. An acclaimed recitalist, this season includes appearances at the Teatro Zarzuela Madrid, Palau de la Música Catalana, Schubertiade Hohenems and Alice Tully Hall New York.

Erika is a multi award-winning artist including the Oratorio-Lied Prize and Schubert Prize at the Tenor Viñas Contest, Helmut Deutsch Liedwettbewerb, 10th Concours international de chant-piano Nadia et Lili Boulanger, George London Foundation Award recipient and many more.

Erika holds a Bachelor of Arts in French Studies from Princeton University and a Master of Music from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Learn more at www.erikabaikoff.com

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LYDIA GRINDATTO

A native of Tijeras, New Mexico, soprano Lydia Grindatto is a fourth-year Resident Artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) in Philadelphia, and was a 2024 Grand Finals Winner of The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition.

Lydia begins the 2024-2025 season as a soloist with the Sag Harbor Song Festival, followed by her role debut as Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust at AVA. The spring brings her company and role debut with Utah Opera as Nedda in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.

During the 2023-24 season Ms. Grindatto made house debuts with Arizona Opera as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Opera Columbus as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin. During the summer, she joined the prestigious Merola Opera Program, returning to the role of Donna Anna. Earlier that season, Lydia sang the title role in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena at AVA, and was invited to perform popular opera selections alongside featured guest star Michael Fabiano in a concert with Opera Italiana in the Air at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. She was a 2023 Apprentice Artist at the Santa Fe Opera, where she made her company debut as the Second Wood Sprite, in addition to covering the title role, in Dvořák’s Rusalka.

Her opera roles at the Academy of Vocal Arts have included Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Violetta in La Traviata, and Tatiana in Eugene Onegin. Lydia has been recently recognized as a winner in several prestigious competions, including the Opera Index Awards, The Loren L. Zachary Society Competition, the Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition, and AVA’s Giargiari Bel Canto Competition.

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SAMANTHA HANKEY

With “much elegance and youthful tone” (Financial Times), mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey is increasingly lauded for her powerful stage presence, paired with a voice admired for its “dusky focus and hypnotic allure.” (The Times).

Hankey’s 2023-2024 season marks debuts in leading roles at the Royal Opera House (Dorabella, Così fan tutte), Detroit Opera (Fox, The Cunning Little Vixen), and Lyric Opera of Kansas City (Santuzza, Cavalleria Rusticana). She performs as soloist with Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette (Met Live in HD) and Opernhaus Zürich as Dorabella in Così fan tutte.

Last season, Hankey appeared in Ainadamar at Scottish Opera, made debuts at Santa Fe Opera (Mélisande, Pelléas et Mélisande) and Chicago Lyric Opera (Hänsel, Hänsel und Gretel), performed her Carnegie Hall recital debut, and starred as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier at The Met (Live in HD). She held a Fest contract at the Bayerische Staatsoper from 2019-2021 and has performed at Den Norske Opera, The Dallas Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Bard Festival, Wigmore Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She co-developed the lead roles in David Herzberg’s The Rose Elf and The Wake World.

Hankey received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, followed by multiple prizes at the Glyndebourne Cup and Operalia Competitions, a Career Grant from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation, Grand Finals of the Metropolitan Opera National Council, Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition, and more. Learn more at www.samanthahankey.com.

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DUKE KIM

Tenor Duke Kim is a Second-Place Winner of Operalia (2022), Second-Place Winner at the inaugural Juan Pons International Singing Competition (2022), Grand Finals Winner of The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition (2021), and a recent graduate of the Cafritz Young Artist Program at the Washington National Opera.

In 2023-24 Duke makes debuts with Irish National Opera and Berkshire Opera Festival in Faust (Title Role), Pittsburgh Opera in La traviata (Alfredo), returns to Washington National Opera for Roméo et Juliette (Roméo), and Seattle Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera for Il barbiere di Siviglia (Il Conte d’Almaviva). On the concert stage he makes his South American debut at Teatro Colón in Messiah, gives a solo recital at the Korean Music Association and a duet recital with mezzo-soprano Taylor Raven at Seattle Opera. Future seasons include his debuts at The Metropolitan Opera and LA Opera in leading roles.

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A full repertoire for each date can be found by visiting our event page.

THE CHURCH (view the events calendar here) The Church was established in 2019 by artists Eric Fischl and April Gornik.

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