Sara Nealley, soprano, is a native of Ardmore, Pennsylvania. She completed her undergraduate studies in Vocal Performance at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and her graduate studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. Sara is currently pursuing a GPD at the Peabody Institute where she studies with Randall Scarlata. Her previous roles include: Rusalka (Rusalka), LAH-SOW; Vitellia (La clemenza di Tito), Peabody Opera Theatre; Gianetta (The Gondoliers), Ohio Light Opera; Violetta (La Traviata), Mediterranean Opera Studio and Festival; Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Opera in the Ozarks; Hanna Glawari (The Merry Widow), College Light Opera Company.

Sara was a finalist in the Elgar/Spedding Memorial Lieder Competition and the Ye Cronies Opera Award at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is the recipient of an Encouragement Award in Arkansas District of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.