Sad death of young US soprano

The US opera community has been shocked by the death announcement for Sarah Payne, a busy soprano recently working at Florida Grand Opera in her home state.

We have no further details at present.

Here is a tally of her career roles:

Mimì, La Bohème- Mannes Opera 2020
Lady Billows (cover), Albert Herring- Utopia Opera 2019
Arabella (scenes), Arabella- Florida Grand Opera 2017
Donna Anna (scenes), Don Giovanni- Florida Grand Opera 2017
Magda (scenes), La Rondine- Florida Grand Opera 2017
Amelia (cover), Un Ballo in Maschera -Florida Grand Opera 2017
The Moon (cover), Before Night Falls -Florida Grand Opera 2017
Tatyana (cover), Eugene Onegin- Florida Grand Opera 2017
Micäela (cover), Carmen- Florida Grand Opera 2016
Governess, The Turn of the Screw- Miami Music Festival 2016
Helmwige (cover), Die Walküre- Miami Music Festival 2016
Marta (cover), The Passenger- Florida Grand Opera 2016
Marschallin (scenes), Der Rosenkavalier- Florida Grand Opera 2016
Antonia (scenes), Les Contesd’Hoffmann- Florida Grand Opera 2016
Clotilda, Norma- Florida Grand Opera 2016
Norma (cover), Norma- Florida Grand Opera 2016
Contessa Almaviva, Le Nozze di Figaro- Miami Music Festival 2014
Anna Maurrant, Street Scene- FIU Opera Theater 2014
Erste Dame, Die Zauberflöte- Music Academy International 2013
Poppea, Agrippina- FIU Opera Theater 2013​

UPDATE:

Celebration of life in loving memory of Sarah Joellen Payne-Hernandez

Sunday August 8^th 2021

2:00pm

FIU Wertheim Performing Arts Center, Concert Hall

10910 SW 17h St, Miami, FL 33172