© Mihaela Bodlovic
British bass baritone Mark Saberton studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he received support from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Trust.
Among his recent highlights are Antonio The Marriage of Figaro (Royal Ballet & Opera); Shoulder to Shoulder by Lenny Sayers, commissioned to highlight the Men’s Sheds organisation (Swansea City Opera); and Dick Deadeye HMS Pinafore and Sergeant of Police The Pirates of Penzance (National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company).
He has sung with companies including the Royal Ballet & Opera, English National Opera, Opera North, Raymond Gubbay, Scottish Opera, Garsington Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, Opera Holland Park, Mid Wales Opera and The Savoy Opera.
His roles include Rigoletto and Escamillo Carmen (Kentish Opera, Heritage Opera); Bottom A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Longborough Festival Opera); Figaro The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro, Scarpia Tosca, Don Giovanni and Sharpless Madame Butterfly (Heritage Opera); Ben Budge/Wat Dreary The Beggars Opera (Royal Ballet & Opera); Antonio The Marriage of Figaro (Garsington Opera at the Barbican); Narumov The Queen of Spades (Opera Holland Park); Krusina The Bartered Bride (Mid Wales Opera); and Hotel Waiter/Boatman Death in Venice (Aldeburgh Festival, Bregenz Festival).
His concert and recital repertoire includes Mendelssohn Elijah; Brahms Requiem (Birmingham Symphony Hall); Handel Messiah; Orff Carmina Burana (Liverpool Philharmonic Hall); and Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony (Rochester Cathedral). His recordings include Ben Budge The Beggars Opera with the City of London Sinfonia, conducted by Christian Curnyn (Chandos). He has also appeared several times on BBC Radio 3.
Mark works with David Owen Norris and performed Salieri in his comic radio opera Die Sober Flirter! in Norway and the UK. With Bampton Classical Opera he has helped to introduce several lesser-known classical works to UK audiences, notably Salieri’s Falstaff.
Dick Deadeye / HMS Pinafore / National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company / 2026
“…whilst Saberton is excellent as the comic villain with his classical training much to the fore: it’s hard to believe this is his festival debut.”
(Arts Review Hub)
“…a truly revolting Dick Deadeye in Mark Saberton…”
(Scottish Daily Mail)
Antonio / Le nozze di Figaro / Royal Ballet & Opera / 2026
“Secondary roles, too, are all brilliantly inhabited… Mark Saberton’s barely house-trained gardener Antonio…”
(The Stage)
Cabrioli / La princesse de Trébizonde / New Sussex Opera / 2021
“Led with laid-back flair by Mark Saberton’s amiably gruff Cabriolo.”
(Opera)
“Mark Saberton brought a delightful element of the sad clown to Cabrioli, the circus proprietor, his lively public face masking a more comic hang-dog expression.”
(Planet Hugill)
