Sarah Laulan is an award-winner at the Queen Elisabeth Competition and the Geneva Competition. Before embracing a career as a contralto, she was trained in drama theatre. She achieved her tuition at the Queen Elizabeth Chapel,  with such artists as José Van Dam, Helmut Deutsch, Larissa Gergieva, Waltraud Meier, Bernard Fink, Ewa Podles. She follows the guidance of Jocelyne Dienst, Marianne Pousseur, Janina Baechle et Brigitte Fassbaender.

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She sang at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Toulouse, Liege, Strasbourg, Avignon, Marseille, Montpellier, Massy, Metz, Rouen... such roles as Maddalena (Rigoletto), Carmen, Olga (Evgeny Onegin), Dryade (Ariadne auf Naxos), La Maestra delle Novizie and La Suora Zelatrice (Suor Angelica), Suor Pazienza (Mese Mariano by Giordano), Mrs Quickly (Falstaff), Federica (Luisa Miller), L’Opinion Publique (Orphée aux Enfers), La Périchole, Totoche (Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde), Mistress Bentson (Lakmé), Gertrude (Roméo et Juliette), The Innkeeper (Boris Godunov).

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In the contemporary field, she toured with the Berlin-based ensemble "Nico and the Navigators" and also performed original works by Martin Matalon, Matteo Franceschini, Michaël Levinas, Marc Bleuse, Dai Fujikura, at the Paris Philharmonie, Hamburg and Berlin. She took part in the world premiere of Offering by Benoît Mernier (for contralto and orchestra) with the ensemble Sturm und Klang in Brussels.

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She took part in stagings by John Turturro, Eric Ruf, Michel Fau, Olivier Py, Jorge Lavelli, etc. and sang with such conductors as Daniel Oren, Kirill Petrenko, Patrick Fournillier, Giampaolo Bisanti, Paolo Arrivabeni...

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From the Capitole in Toulouse to the Concertgebouw in Brugge, she regularly sings recitals (with piano and chamber music ensembles). She sang a Christmas program at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.

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After her first recording Les Blasphèmes with pianist Maciej Pikulski and Hermès Quartet (label Fuga Libera), she recorded the Zwei Gesänge by Brahms with Lise Berthaud and Eric Lesage and took part in Le Diable à Paris with Les Frivolités Parisiennes (both for label B Records) and an Art-Song disc named SANGS with Elodie Vignon (label Cyprès).

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A complete artist always aiming at reaching new audiences, she also sings chanson and jazz recitals, she writes and performs her own music-theatre pieces together with with Rémy Poulakis (recorded for the label Chante et tais-toi), she regularly gives masterclasses of theatrical interpretation for singers (Brussels Royal Conservatoire) and since 2021, she is a member of the jury for the Bell'arte International Competition. Besides, Sarah writes poetry and is published by La Tête à l'Envers.

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During season 2024-2025, she sings the Queen of Hearts from Alice by Matteo Franceschini in Avignon, she takes part in several concerts (El Amor Brujo and Siete Canciones Populares by De Falla, the Alto Rhapsody by Brahms, Les Nuits d'Eté by Berlioz, and Tramonto by Respighi). She sings a solo recital with orchestra in Marmande and takes part in two world premieres: Pilgrims by Fabian Fiorini in Belgium and the Netherlands and records Offerings by Benoît Mernier with the ensemble Sturm und Klang. She keeps touring throughout France with her young-audience musical-theater piece Contes Défaits.

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