Slovenian mezzo-soprano Sara Šetar is a member of the ensemble at Staatstheater Nürnberg from season 2024/2025.
The 2026/2027 season brings several exciting additions to her repertoire, including two role debuts: Rosina in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia and Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto. She also returns to roles that have become an integral part of her repertoire, appearing as Tisbe in La Cenerentola, Jenny in Weil’s Dreigroschen, Flora in La Traviata and Rosi in Ein Fall für Figaro.
Previous seasons as an ensemble member have brought many exciting debuts such as Ramiro in La finta giardiniera, Olga (Eugene Onegin), Bradamante (Alcina) as well as Zweite Dame (Die Zauberflöte.
In her two seasons as a member of the International Opera Studio at Staatstheater Nürnberg, she was seen also as Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Mercédès (Carmen), Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Blumenmädchen (Parsifal) and Eine Stimme von Oben (Die Frau ohne Schatten) and Edelknabe (Lohengrin).
Her concert work includes singing the alt solo in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, conducted by Joanna Mallwitz as well as diverse symphonic concerts in the Meistersingerhalle.
She is an alumna of the American institute of musical studies (AIMS) and a recipient of the Schlösserstraße Scholarship, awarded by Mr. Thomas Hampson. In the summer of 2021, she took part in the Internationale Opernwerkstatt Waiblingen, where she performed with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker.
Born in 1998 in Maribor, Slovenia, Sara Šetar started her singing journey at the Conservatory of music and ballet Maribor under the guidance of professor Biserka Petković. She has recently graduated with honors at the University of music and performing arts Graz in the class of prof. Tara Venditti and completed her Masters diploma at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg in the class of prof. Susanne Kelling.