Sarah Beaty

Mezzo-soprano Sarah Beaty has been hailed as “the model of bel canto clarity and brilliance” (Cleveland Classical). Sarah is “mesmerizing” and “sings with a purity of sound that filled the room with an array of colors” (Cleveland Classical). Her “warm musicality” and “vitality” (The New Yorker) captivates audiences across the country in her adventurous performances.

Sarah has been a frequent soloist with the LA Philharmonic, including in a landmark new production of Meredith Monk’s Atlas directed by Yuval Sharon, John Cage’s Europeras 1 & 2, Hindemith’s Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Louis Andriessen’s De Staat, conducted by John Adams. Highlights of the 2021-22 season included Sarah’s debut with Eugene Opera as Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte, her debut with Long Beach Opera in Philip Glass’s Les Enfant Terribles, Bach cantatas with Portland Baroque Orchestra, and the commercial release of an album on the Naxos label featuring Margaret Brouwer’s 12-tone song cycle Declaration. In 2023, she debuted as Presendia in Nico Muhly's Dark Sisters with Orpheus PDX and premiered Star Choir, an interstellar chamber opera with The Industry LA. In 2024, she was the soloist in Haydn’s Theresienmesse with Portland Baroque Orchestra conducted by Gabriel Crouch and sang the role of Hansel in Eugene Opera’s Hansel and Gretel. Sarah is delighted to be returning to Eugene Opera to reprise her role of Presendia, and looks forward to upcoming performances with Portland Baroque Orchestra in 2026.

Since moving to Portland in 2021, she has been a soloist with Cappella Romana, In Mulieribus, Resonance Ensemble, and the Eugene Symphony. Although her specialty is contemporary opera, Sarah is also passionate about early music. Her interpretation of Hildegard’s songs and hymns were praised as “sung with blinding luminosity” (LA Times). She is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and teaches at Reed College as well as maintains a private voice studio. www.sarahbeaty.com