Lydia Saylor
Lydia Saylor (soprano) has been a soloist for operatic and concert repertoire in her native NYC and abroad. Operatic roles include Gretel (Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel), Zweite Dame (Mozart Die Zauberflöte), Morgana (Handel Alcina), Hypsipyle (Cavalli Il Giasone), and Spring and Fairy (Purcell Fairy Queen).
As a soloist with orchestra she has performed Fauré Requiem, Mendelssohn Elijah, Vaughan Williams Magnificat, Bach Cantata 51 (Jauchzet Gott) and A Festival of Psalms by Kerensa and David Briggs (world premiere). As an ensemble soloist in festivals she has performed works by Holly Herndon in Singapore and Evelyn Saylor in London, The Hague, and Vienna. Lydia loves performing contemporary music and has performed songs and chamber music by Steve Reich, Lukas Foss, Frederic Rzewski, Joel Mandelbaum, Mathew Rosenblum, and her father Bruce Saylor.
She received her Master of Music from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. Lydia is a soprano section leader at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, where she also teaches and conducts their youngest choristers.