Cast Biographies

Sarah-Nicole Ruddy-Carter (Contess Ceprano), a San Diego native, received her Master’s Degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2008, where she was also the recipient of the Dorothy Steinmetz Vocal Scholarship. This summer she will be a young artist at Utah Festival Opera, covering Mama Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana. Recent operatic performances have included Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro and Mme. Pernelle in Tartuffe with BASOTI, Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus with Pacific Union Presents as well as Volupia and 3rd Ore in Cavalli’s L’Egisto, Second Lady in The Magic Flute, The Squirrel and White Cat in L’enfant et les Sortileges, Despina in Cosi Fan Tutte, Amastre in Serse, and Hansel in Hansel and Gretel at the Conservatory.