LANCASTER, Pa. (March 19, 2026) – The Trust Performing Arts Center will host soprano Sarah Fleiss at 7:30 p.m. April 11. Presented by the Curtis Institute of Music, Fleiss has been described as “bright” and “stylish” by Opera News.

Tickets for the performance at 37 N. Market St. in downtown Lancaster are on sale now at lancastertrust.com and lbc.edu/events.

Fleiss is currently a member of the exclusive international Baroque touring ensemble, Le Jardin des Voix of Les Arts Florissants for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 season productions, where she performs in “Les arts florissants” and “La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers” by Charpentier under William Christie and in “Il giardino di rose” by Scarlatti under Paul Agnew.

In the summer of 2025, she attended the Georg Solti Bel Canto Accademia in Tuscany. Fleiss is also touring Latin America with Curtis on Tour during the 2025–26 season. In 2024–25, she performed the roles of Susanna in “Le nozze di Figaro” under the baton of Nicholas McGegan with Curtis Opera Theatre, the soprano soloist role in Handel’s “Messiah” with Hudson Baroque and the soprano soloist role in Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem” with the Dalton Chorale in New York City.

Previous role highlights include the title role in Janáček’s “The Cunning Little Vixen,” Ginevra in Handel’s “Ariodante,” and she was a featured soloist in a staged production of Handel’s “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.” In concert, she performed as the soprano soloist in the “Fauré Requiem” with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and Poulenc’s “Gloria” and Dvořák’s “Te Deum” with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra.

In 2024, Fleiss was a Renée Fleming Arist at the Aspen Music Festival, covering Susanna in “Le nozze di Figaro” under conductor Nicholas McGegan. She is the 2025 winner of the Arthur W. Foote Award from the Harvard Musical Association and completed her Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees at Curtis Institute of Music. Prior to Curtis, Fleiss attended Columbia University and its Juilliard exchange program.

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In 1912, the Lancaster Trust Company finished its new headquarters—a Beaux Arts masterpiece from the imagination of Lancaster’s leading architect, C. Emlen Urban. A century later, Lancaster Bible College reimagined it into The Trust Performing Arts Center—a stunning venue for arts and culture in the heart of Lancaster. The Trust has a mission to honor God by encouraging excellence in the work of student and professional artists and by enriching the community through inspiring, challenging and redemptive experiences.

Founded in 1933, Lancaster Bible College provides an accredited university-level education for multiple careers with a focus on the Bible and a biblical worldview, Christ and Christian character. LBC’s mission is to educate Christian students to think and live a biblical worldview and to proclaim Christ by serving Him in the Church and society. In 2025, LBC introduced its new tagline, “Experience Different,” which highlights the college’s four key differentiators – biblical integration, authentic community, relational education and exceptional location.

Accredited through the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and the Association for Biblical Higher Education Commission on Accreditation, LBC is also approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Association of Christian Schools International. Specialized accreditations are also in the areas of: Social Work (Council on Social Work Education), Music, Worship & Performing Arts (National Association of Schools of Music) and Sport Management (Commission on Sport Management Accreditation).