Sara Barkouras

Soprano, crossover artist, and voice teacher

A legally blind soprano with a bright, sparkling voice. At home in Mozart, sacred music, and musical theatre, in more than a dozen languages. Based in Dallas-Fort Worth.

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Sara Barkouras smiling, with long blonde hair, a white ruffled blouse, and a small gold cross necklace.

Nov 1Sunday, 4:00 PM

Next up: soprano soloist, Requiem

Voices of Memory: A Memorial Concert. Michael John Trotta's Requiem with the Wedgwood Festival Chorus at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Fort Worth.

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On the stage

Third Spirit in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Arlington. Edith in The Pirates of Penzance.

In the studio

Private voice teacher at Euless Trinity High School. All-State coach. Virtual lessons.

In sacred music

Soloist and church musician across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

Beyond this list, Sara has also performed in Spanish, Russian, Czech, Hungarian, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, and Māori.

English
Title	Source	Composer
Art Is Calling for Me	The Enchantress	Victor Herbert
Fair Robin I Love	Tartuffe	Kirke Mechem
I carry your heart	Poem by E. E. Cummings	John Duke
If I	Four Dickinson Songs	Lori Laitman
Let Us Dance, Let Us Sing	Dioclesian	Henry Purcell
Love's Philosophy	Three Songs, Op. 3	Roger Quilter
My Life's Delight	Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, Op. 12	Roger Quilter
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal	Three Songs, Op. 3	Roger Quilter
Oh, had I Jubal's lyre	Joshua	George Frideric Handel
She Never Told Her Love	Six Original Canzonettas, Set 2	Joseph Haydn
Sweeter Than Roses	Pausanias, the Betrayer of His Country	Henry Purcell
The Little Horses	Old American Songs, Set 2	Aaron Copland
The Lord's Prayer	Sacred song, Matthew 6:9–13	Albert Hay Malotte
When I bring to you colour'd toys	Gitanjali (Song Offerings)	John Alden Carpenter

French
Title	Source	Composer
C'est l'extase langoureuse	Ariettes oubliées	Claude Debussy
Comme autrefois	Les pêcheurs de perles	Georges Bizet
Frère! voyez!	Werther	Jules Massenet
Il pleure dans mon cœur	Ariettes oubliées	Claude Debussy
Je veux vivre	Roméo et Juliette	Charles Gounod
L'amour de moi	Canzone scordate	arr. Arne Dørumsgaard
Le secret	Trois mélodies, Op. 23	Gabriel Fauré
Lydia	Deux mélodies, Op. 4	Gabriel Fauré
Mandoline	Poem by Paul Verlaine	Claude Debussy
Mandoline	Cinq mélodies "de Venise", Op. 58	Gabriel Fauré
Ouvre ton cœur	Poem by Louis Delâtre	Georges Bizet
Psyché	Poem by Pierre Corneille	Émile Paladilhe
Rêve d'amour	Trois mélodies, Op. 5	Gabriel Fauré
Si mes vers avaient des ailes	Poem by Victor Hugo	Reynaldo Hahn
Si tu le veux	Cinq mélodies, Op. 5	Charles Koechlin

German
Title	Source	Composer
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges	Sechs Gesänge, Op. 34	Felix Mendelssohn
Dein blaues Auge	Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 59	Johannes Brahms
Du bist die Ruh	D. 776, poem by Friedrich Rückert	Franz Schubert
Du meines Herzens Krönelein	Schlichte Weisen, Op. 21	Richard Strauss
Freudvoll und leidvoll	Poem from Goethe's Egmont	Franz Liszt
In der Fremde	Liederkreis, Op. 39	Robert Schumann
Liebe schwärmt auf allen Wegen	Claudine von Villa Bella, D. 239	Franz Schubert
O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn	Die Zauberflöte	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wie Melodien zieht es mir	Fünf Lieder, Op. 105	Johannes Brahms

Italian
Title	Source	Composer
Almen se non poss'io	Sei ariette	Vincenzo Bellini
Bel piacere	Agrippina	George Frideric Handel
Intorno all'idol mio	Orontea	Antonio Cesti
Nel cor più non mi sento	La molinara	Giovanni Paisiello
O mio babbino caro	Gianni Schicchi	Giacomo Puccini
S'altro che lacrime	La clemenza di Tito	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Spirate pur, spirate	36 Arie di stile antico	Stefano Donaudy
Stizzoso, mio stizzoso	La serva padrona	Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Tornami a vagheggiar	Alcina	George Frideric Handel
Un moto di gioia	Le nozze di Figaro	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Una donna a quindici anni	Così fan tutte	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Va godendo	Serse	George Frideric Handel

Musical theatre
Title	Source	Composer
Alto's Lament	Cabaret song	Goldrich/Heisler
Burn	Hamilton	Lin-Manuel Miranda
By Strauss	The Show Is On	George Gershwin
Green Finch and Linnet Bird	Sweeney Todd	Stephen Sondheim
I Feel Pretty	West Side Story	Leonard Bernstein
In My Own Little Corner	Cinderella	Rodgers/Hammerstein
Lover, Come Back to Me	The New Moon	Romberg/Hammerstein
My Favorite Things	The Sound of Music	Rodgers/Hammerstein
On the Steps of the Palace	Into the Woods	Stephen Sondheim
Once Upon a December	Anastasia	Flaherty/Ahrens
Poor Wand'ring One	The Pirates of Penzance	Gilbert/Sullivan
Show Off	The Drowsy Chaperone	Lambert/Morrison
Soon	A Little Night Music	Stephen Sondheim
Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well	H.M.S. Pinafore	Gilbert/Sullivan
Taylor, the Latte Boy	Cabaret song	Goldrich/Heisler
The Beauty Is	The Light in the Piazza	Adam Guettel
Think of Me	The Phantom of the Opera	Andrew Lloyd Webber
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again	The Phantom of the Opera	Andrew Lloyd Webber

Ensembles
Title	Source	Composer
All I Ask of You	The Phantom of the Opera	Andrew Lloyd Webber
Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkünden	The Magic Flute	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen	The Magic Flute	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
By Sunset	The Queen of Spades	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Divo amore	Orfeo ed Euridice	Christoph Willibald Gluck
Matchmaker	Fiddler on the Roof	Jerry Bock
So Long, Farewell	The Sound of Music	Rodgers/Hammerstein

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Sara Barkouras, Soprano

Grapevine, TX. (949) 441-8909. sbarkouras@gmail.com

Upcoming
Role	Work	Company	Date
Soprano Soloist	Requiem (Trotta)	Wedgwood Festival Chorus	Nov 2026
Chorus	La Bohème	OperaOn75	Nov 2026
Soprano Soloist	Joy to the World	Music Ministry Conservatory	Dec 2026

Opera
Role	Work	Company	Year
Third Spirit	Die Zauberflöte	Opera Arlington	2026
Edith	The Pirates of Penzance	Wedgwood Arts	2025
Chorus	Don Giovanni	Opera Arlington	2025
Chorus	L'Enfant et les sortilèges	SMU Lyric Theatre	2024
Suor Osmina	Suor Angelica	SMU Lyric Theatre	2024
Chorus	Le nozze di Figaro	Brancaleoni International Music Festival	2023
2nd Stepsister (cover)	The True Story of Cinderella	SMU Lyric Theatre	2022

Partial roles
Role	Work	Company	Year
Pamina	Die Zauberflöte	Music Ministry Conservatory	2025
Amor	Orfeo ed Euridice	SMU Lyric Theatre	2024
Maria	West Side Story	Brancaleoni International Music Festival	2023
First Spirit	Die Zauberflöte	Brancaleoni International Music Festival	2023
Chava	Fiddler on the Roof	SMU Lyric Theatre	2022
Cinderella	Cinderella	SMU Lyric Theatre	2021

Musical theatre
Role	Work	Company	Year
Ensemble	Prince of Egypt: The Musical	Grand Prairie Arts Council	2026
Barbara	Beetlejuice: The Virtual Musical	Wilmoth Productions	2021

Concert
Role	Work	Company	Year
Chorus	Fairytale Masquerade Gala	Opera Arlington	2026
Soprano Soloist	The Road Home	Music Ministry Conservatory	2025
Soloist	The Lord's Prayer	Opera on Tap, DFW Chapter	2025
Chorus	Masquerade Soirée Gala	Opera Arlington	2025
Soprano Soloist	Only in Sleep	Hilltop Singers, SMU	2024

Ensembles and positions
Position	Organization	Years
Private Voice Teacher	Trinity High School	2025–present
Soprano I, Lumina Vocum	Music Ministry Conservatory	2026–present
Soprano II, Wedgwood Chamber Singers	Wedgwood Arts	2026–present
Soprano Chorister	King of Glory Lutheran Church	2025–2026
Asst. Children's Choir Director	Highland Park Presbyterian Church	2025
Soprano II, Hilltop Singers	Southern Methodist University	2023–2024

Training and education
Program	Institution	Year
B.A., Music (Voice)	Southern Methodist University	2025
B.A., Corporate Communication	Southern Methodist University	2025
Brancaleoni International Music Festival	Piobbico, Italy	2023
High School Diploma, Classical Voice	Orange County School of the Arts	2021

Skills

Languages sung: English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Hungarian, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, and Māori. Piano. Ballroom dance since 2020. Sight reading.

Voice teachers

Dale Dietert
Moira Greyland
Camille King
Milena Kitic
Ryan Reithmeier

Directors

Jeffrey Buchman
Eliza Escalante
Hank Hammett
Garrett Hollowell
Christy Lee
Sienna Riehle
Michael Scarola

Conductors

Anton Armstrong
Tucker Bilodeau
Adam Frame
Pamela Elrod Huffman
Christopher Leach
William Lumpkin
Christopher Widomski
Margaret Winchell

Composers

William Averitt
Theodore Morris
Brandon Morrison
Lilian Rivas

Voice Studio

Healthy technique. Real repertoire. A teacher who listens closely.

Sara teaches classical, musical theatre, and sacred singing to high school students and adults. Lessons build breath, resonance, and freedom in the voice, then put that technique to work in music the student loves.

Every student learns differently. As a legally blind musician, Sara knows this firsthand. Lessons adapt to how each singer hears, reads, and moves.

What lessons cover

Vocal technique and warmups built for your voice
Sight reading and musicianship
Classical, musical theatre, and sacred repertoire
TMEA All-State audition preparation
College and program prescreen preparation
Lyric diction in Italian, German, French, and Latin

Ways to study

Virtual studio. Online lessons for singers anywhere.

Virtual lesson rates
Virtual lesson	Rate
30 minutes	$50
45 minutes	$65
60 minutes	$75

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Sara Barkouras

Next up: soprano soloist, Requiem

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Voices of Memory: A Memorial Concert

La Bohème

Joy to the World

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Die Zauberflöte

Fairytale Masquerade Gala

The Prince of Egypt

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