SASHA COOKE

UNITED STATES

MEZZO-SOPRANO

About:

Previously with HGO, Sasha Cooke performed in Verdi’s Requiem (2017) and as Magnolia Hawks in Show Boat (2013); she also gave a Live from The Cullen recital with Kirill Kuzmin for HGO Digital in 2021. 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 70 symphony orchestras worldwide. In the 2021-2022 season, Cooke returned to the Metropolitan Opera for her role debut as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro. On the concert stage, she joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra first for performances of Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass, and then again as Margret in Wozzeck, both in Boston and on tour at Carnegie Hall. Other engagements last season include the Minnesota Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Houston Symphony, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Festival de la Côte Saint-André, and many other companies. Also last season, Cooke’s new CD, entitled how do I find you, was released on the Pentatone label. As a dedicated recitalist, Cooke was presented by Young Concert Artists in her widely acclaimed New York and Washington debuts at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and the Kennedy Center. She has also appeared in recital at Alice Tully Hall, The Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the 92nd St Y. She has a bachelor’s degree from Rice University and a master’s degree from the Juilliard School.