Sarabeth Belón

Sarabeth Belón is a Los Angeles-based mezzo-soprano and voice educator whose work spans opera, concert, and oratorio repertoire. An active concert soloist, she has recently appeared as alto soloist in Bach’s B Minor Mass with the Conejo Valley Choral Society, Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the San Diego State University Symphony Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with Opera Laguna, and Mozart’s Requiem with the Conejo Valley Choral Society.

Sarabeth performs regularly with the Los Angeles Opera Chorus and has also appeared as an alto soloist with the company. Her work with LA Opera includes Akhnaten, Romeo and Juliet, Turandot, Highway 1, USA, Der Zwerg, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, Otello, Le nozze di Figaro, Aida, and St. Matthew Passion. Her operatic roles include Guadalupe Ponti in El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, Older Woman in Flight, Olga in Eugene Onegin, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, Armindo in Partenope, and Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos. She has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and LA Master Chorale in Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder.

Alongside her performing career, Sarabeth is an Adjunct Lecturer in Voice at USC’s School of Dramatic Arts, where she teaches private voice to BFA Musical Theatre students. Her teaching is centered on science-informed vocal technique, with an emphasis on healthy vocal function, efficient coordination, and sustainable technique that can adapt to the stylistic demands of the individual singer. She also maintains a private studio working with musical theatre and classical singers.

Sarabeth holds a Master of Music in Vocal Arts Performance from the USC Thornton School of Music and a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance from UCLA. Her continued study of vocal pedagogy includes training through the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute, New York Vocal Coaching’s Voice Teacher Training program, and the Westminster Vocal Pedagogy Institute. She has a particular interest in voice science and its practical application to vocal pedagogy, continually integrating current knowledge of vocal function into her work with singers. She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.