Sydney Murrell

Hailing from Arizona, Sydney grew up singing with family during holidays, roadtrips,
and pretending to be on “American Idol” with her older brother. This summer, Sydney
 is joining the Charlottesville Opera chorus as a section leader for their 48th summer
season including Bizet’s Carmen and Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. On the
 heels of this performance, Sydney is thrilled to return home to sing with the Sedona
 Academy of Chamber Singers for their 15th Anniversary concert, Compos(her) under
the direction of Ryan Holder.

During the 24/25 season, Sydney performed the role of Cendrillon in Pauline Viardot’s
 Cendrillon with Nightingale Opera Theatre, The Prince in Rachel Portman’s The Little
 Prince and covered the role of Idamante in Mozart’s Idomeneo with JMU opera
theatre.

Previously, Sydney has embodied a variety of roles including Brittomara from Jake 
Heggie’s If I Were You, Jo March from Mark Adamo’s Little Women, Madame
Desrochés from Hans Bridger-Heruth’s A Certain Madness, and Cupid from John
Blow’s Venus and Adonis.

Sydney completed her bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University in 2021 in
the beautiful mountain town of Flagstaff, Arizona. There, she studied under Cynthia 
Skelley-Wohlschlager and Deborah Raymond. Sydney currently resides in the Friendly
 City, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Here, she aims to achieve her master’s degree in opera
 performance at James Madison University in the studio of Sonya Baker.