Long Island Mezzo-Soprano, Sabatina Mauro, is praised for he exceedingly flexible vocal range that brings music “vividly to life” (The Dallas Morning News). This season, Sabatina will premiere the role of Marie Schiele in Schwartz’s Schiele in Prison, make her soloist debut with the Coppell Chamber Singers in Elgar’s The Music Makers and the Fort Worth Chorale for Palmeri’s Misatango, and will make her company debut as a Resident Artist at Teatro Nuovo, covering Verdi’s Lady Macbeth. Ms. Mauro has previously been seen at The Dallas Opera as an education and outreach artist for various concerts and engagements, and recently made her soloist debut in Carmina Burana with the Flower Mound Symphony Orchestra. Sabatina has performed a variety of roles, including Schwartz’s PVS in the world premiere of Gerard Noir, Ježibaba (Rusalka), Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Asha in Goble’s premiere of Meow & Forever, Madame de la Haltière (Cendrillon), Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti), Orfeo (Orfeo ed Euridice), the title role in Blitzstein’s Regina, Sorceress (Dido and Aeneas), Háta (The Bartered Bride), Estelle Oglethorpe (Later the Same Evening), the titular role of Rossini’s La Cenerentola, and appeared as Portman’s The Little Prince. Sabatina is an alumna of Adelphi University, where she received her bachelor’s degrees in Music and Psychology, and the University of North Texas, where she received her MM and GAC in Vocal Performance and Opera, respectively, under the tutelage of Dr. Stephen Austin. Sabatina has made her mark originating and debuting powerful female roles, and is lauded for creating “women to be reckoned with” in modern musical literature (BroadwayBaby).