Bio
Boston Soprano, Sara DeLong is an actress and classically trained vocalist with a particular penchant for contemporary works and modern interpretations of the classics. Harboring a heart for people and a hunger for storytelling, Sara performs musical theatre, operetta, and opera with a “clear legato” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), and “booming presence” (The Rochester Voice), offering audiences “a bearing and a voice that shine” (Davis Enterprise).
Sara was a 2025 semifinalist in Ann Arbor, MI’s Harold Haugh Light Opera Vocal Contest, and was nominated for a 2024 Distinguished Achievement and Special Honors (DASH) Award for her role as Lady Blanche in The Sudbury Savoyards’ production of Princess Ida. Recently she was nominated as part of the ensemble of Titanic at North Shore Music Theatre for a 2025 Elliot Norton Award.
Past musical theatre credits include Mother Abbess (Sound of Music) with The Rochester Opera House, Charlotte Cardoza (Titanic) with North Shore Music Theatre, and Jack's Mother (Into the Woods) with the Firehouse Center for the Arts. Favorite operetta roles include Mabel (Pirates of Penzance) with The Light Opera Theatre of Sacramento, Phoebe (Yeomen of the Guard) with The Sudbury Savoyards, and Phyllis (Iolanthe) with Arlington Friends of the Drama. Previous opera roles include La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi) at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Barcarolle (The Bremen Town Musicians) with Sacramento Opera, and La Suora Infermiera (Suor Angelica) with MassOpera.
With access to a lower vocal range than your typical soprano, and an acting style committed to the truth of each moment on stage, Sara is an adaptable and “standout” performer. This versatility is seen in her gender swapped renditions of Thomas Jefferson (1776) with MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Alexis (The Sorcerer) with The Harvard Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players and “Syliva” (Sylvester: Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters) at Contemporary Theater Company.
Originally from Northern California, Sara now lives in Arlington, Massachusetts with her husband, two step-teens, great pyrenees and his cat. She proudly serves on the Board of Trustees for The Sudbury Savoyards, chairs the organization’s Communications Committee and serves on the Fundraising Committee. When not on stage (or in meetings) Sara can be found producing, overplanning her summer veggie garden, or emailing the day away as an arts administrator.