Soloists

Beth Taylor

Lauded by The Guardian for her “dark and focused” voice, “sensational coloratura” and “spectacular singing”, and by The Times for her “fierce, indeed terrifying, cane-swishing” characterisations, Beth Taylor is one of today’s most electrifying young mezzo-sopranos. In the 2025/26 season, Beth performs with many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors: the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel, the Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle, the Munich Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceuin Barcelona, and Bergen Philharmonic. She also appears in recital at Wigmore Hall, and tours as Cornelia in Giulio Cesare with Il Pomo d’Oro on a tour through Europe. Past highlights include Cornelia and Bradamante (Alcina) at Glyndebourne; Arsace (Semiramide) and Erda (Das Rheingold) for Deutsche Oper Berlin; Giuliano Gordio (Eliogabalo) at Opernhaus Zurich; Falliero (Bianca e Falliero) and Dardano (Amadigi di Gaula) in Frankfurt; Anna (Les Troyens) at the Salzburg Festival and BBC Proms; Cornelia (Giulio Cesare)at Carnegie Hall and Barbican Hall; and Sorceress (Dido and Aeneas) in Madrid, Hamburg and Paris. Beth Taylor is a grand finalist of the 2023 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, the winner of the 2022 Elizabeth Connell Award, 3rd prize winner of the 2019 Wigmore Hall Competition and winner of the 2018 Gianni Bergamo Classical Music Awards