Sarai Burgos is a mezzo-soprano from Fairfax, Virginia. She received her Masters of Music at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Sarai made her IU Opera Theater debut as Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus. She returned to the mainstage as L’enfant in L’enfant et les sortilèges and appeared in the opera chorus of Cendrillon. Under the direction of Carol Vaness and Dr. Zachary Coates, she portrayed Concepcion in Ravel’s L’heure Espagnole in an Opera Workshop. Sarai received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. With the LU Opera Theater, Sarai performed the roles of Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro and Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus. She won the 2024 Concerto/ Aria Competition and performed as a soloist with the LU Symphony Orchestra. Sarai spent 3 years as a Young Artist with Opera Roanoke where she performed the role of Hansel in Hansel and Gretel and Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief. In 2023, she portrayed Nerone in Chicago Summer Opera’s production of Agrippina. In 2022, Sarai was part of Opera Lucca and performed scenes from composers such as Mozart, Rossini, and Handel in the Tuscan countryside.
