Our Team
Rebecca Sacks
Artistic Director
Mezzo Rebecca Sacks is known for her dynamic stage presence, smart musicality, and stylistic versatility. With a voice described as “powerful” and “extraordinary” (Operawire), she has recently been heard as The Witch in Opera On Tap Philadelphia’s production of Hansel and Gretel and Santuzza in Delaware Valley Opera Company’s Cavalleria Rusticana.
Also an up-and-coming stage director and administrator, Sacks’s 2023-2024 season included designing and directing a new production of Le Nozze di Figaro set in the summer of 1969 after the Stonewall Riots.
Sacks holds degrees from Stanford University and the University of Georgia, and she has received awards from the American Prize in Opera, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Orpheus Competition, Opera Connecticut, and NATSAA. She currently resides in Ardmore with her partner and beloved cat.
Elizabeth Clarkin-Breslin
Director of Marketing and Development
Elizabeth Clarkin-Breslin is a Philadelphia-based actor, writer, and singer. Although she is relatively new to the opera world, she draws upon her experience as a performer, director, and creator of original comedy to inform her unique perspective on the operatic genre.