Isolde in Oldenburg

"Sarah Johannsen is an Isolde absolutely worth hearing , who also doesn't need to be shy for international comparisons. It was moving how she stood with an entranced smile before the dead Tristan and sang with enormous vocal carrying power the intoxicating ecstasy of the Liebestod"

Die Welt / September 2000

Ariadne in Lübeck

"Sarah Johannsen as Ariadne drew a picture of great suffering, always vocally and expressively at the peak"

Lübecker Nachrichten / April 2004

Die Walküre/Brünnhilde in Braunschweig

"...this Brünnhilde stunned the audience with a huge yet warm sorpano brimming with emotion"

Opera News / March 1999

"Her Brünnhilde impresses you through the pure tireless power of the sound"

Opernwelt / December 1998

Götterdämmerung/Brünnhilde in Oldenburg

"With Sarah Johannsen as Brünnhilde every scene wins a high dramatic intensity and carrying power, but also, and not less moving, moments of quiet composure, lyrical expression, and cantabile beauty"

Oper und Tanz /
December 1998/January 1999

Elektra in Oldenburg

"Sarah Johannsen, who as Elektra with shimmering vocal volume tirelessly shined over the orchestra"

ORPHEUS / March 1997

Elektra in Bremerhaven

"Powerful in the opening Monologue, crowned with a 'kingly' high C, differentiating and precise in the diction in the dialogue with the Sister and Mother, totally intense and breathtaking piani also in the high register in the Recognition Scene,full of energy and unbroken vocal precence until the end of the soaring Finale - a singing accomplishment for which one may congratulate Bremerhaven"

Weser Kurier / December 1996

Senta in Hof

"There [in Hof] is the first rate Senta of Sarah Johannsen, who knows the perfect interpretation of the Ballade"

Opern Welt / June 1995

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Fidelio in Sarasota

"[As Fidelio] Sarah Johannsen proved to be a striking vocalist."

Opera / July 1995

Turandot in Schwerin

"Sarah Johannsen is a powerfully radiating Turandot, full of heroic determination and drama, great in the passionate outbursts"

Nordwest Zeitung / September 1999

Turandot in Oldenburg

Abigaille in Bremerhaven

"Sarah Johannsen, who as Abilgaille presented throughout an agreeably timbered dramatic soprano"

Das Opernglas / November 1996

Sieglinde in Kansas City

"[As Sieglinde] superb singing..."

Opera News / July 1989