Cindy Sadler

Cindy Sadler's eclectic operatic career represents the benchmark of entrepreneurial artistry. As a singer, the mezzo-soprano is heralded for her rich, satiny voice as much as her impeccable characterizations; but she is also well-known throughout the classical community as a teacher, writer, career consultant, artistic administrator and stage director. A busy professional singer and frequent lecturer on the business of singing, Ms. Sadler has appeared on the stages of Chicago Lyric Opera, Atlanta Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Pacific, Arizona Opera, Sarasota Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, the Princeton Festival, San Antonio Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Kentucky Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Portland Opera, Austin Opera, Opera Idaho, New Orleans Opera, Odyssey Opera, Mill City Summer Opera, the Jacksonville Symphony, Austin Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, and the Hollywood Bowl, among many others. She has published over 120 articles in Classical Singer Magazine and is widely recognized for her Ask Erda advice column and her Mezzo With Character blog. She travels the US to consult with singers and lecture on singing careers via her Business of Singing consultancy, most recently to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Des Moines Metro Opera Young Artists Program, Sieur Du Luth Summer Opera Training Program, UCLA, the CoOPERAtive program at Westminster College of the Arts, Portland State University, and the Classical Singer Convention. She has served as Executive Director of the Astoria Music Academy in Oregon, and is the founder and Executive Director of Spotlight on Opera, an artistic entrepreneurship program for singers based in Austin, TX. In 2017 she was appointed Artist in Residence at the Hurley School of Music, Centenary College of Louisiana.