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Bethan Langford

Mezzo-soprano

Bethan Langford is a graduate of the Guildhall School Opera Course and the National Opera Studio, and is a former Scottish Opera Emerging Artist. A versatile performer, her repertoire spans opera, art song, contemporary music and experimental music.

 

Career Highlights

Highlights include her ROH debut in Maxwell’s The Lost Thing; Second Lady The Magic Flute (Scottish Opera, directed by Thomas Allen); Angel II Written on Skin (Melos Sinfonia, Mariinsky Theatre); Dorabella Così fan tutte (Bury Court Opera); Third Maid Elektra (Esa-Pekka Salonen/Verbier Festival); Noble Orphan Der Rosenkavalier (Glyndebourne and BBC Proms); and title role in the award-winning Rape of Lucretia (Grimeborn).

She is excited to be playing the title role in Errollyn Wallen’s The Paradis Files, a ground-breaking tour of Graeae Theatre Company’s first-ever opera.

A keen recitalist, she has performed at many leading concert venues around Europe, including Wigmore Hall, Heidelberger Frühling Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Buxton International Festival, Ryedale Festival, the International Lied Festival Zeist and regularly at the Oxford Lieder Festival.

She is a Samling Artist and a Yeoman of the Musicians’ Company. She is a proud past recipient of the Elizabeth Eagle-Bott award for partially sighted and blind musicians.

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Last updated: 26th July 2023