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‘The exceptional Bethan Langford’ The Times
’The self possessed, noble-voiced Bethan Langford’ Opera Magazine
‘Bethan Langford, outstanding in the central role’ Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian
British 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. She is a Yeoman of the Musicians’ Company, a Samling Artist, a core member of Paraorchestra and an alumna of the Verbier Festival Academy.
Opera highlights so far include Hebe HMS Pinafore, Edith Pirates of Penzance and Leila Iolanthe for English National Opera, the title role in the world premier of Errollyn Wallen’s The Paradis Files at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and national tour for Graeae Theatre Company, Second Lady Magic Flute, Glasha Katya Kabanova and Lola Cavallier Rusticana all for Scottish Opera, Third Maid Elektra under Esa-Pekka Salonen for the Verbier Festival, Janitor The Lost Thing for the Royal Ballet and Opera Linbury Theatre, Angel II in George Benjamin's Written on Skin with the Melos Sinfonia at The Mariinsky Theatre, Dorabella Così fan tutte for Bury Court Opera, the title role in The Rape of Lucretia for Guildhall Opera and Grimeborn, Orlofsky Die Fledermaus for Clonter Opera, Olga Eugene Onegin for Cambridge Philharmonic, the Woman in Daniel Saleeb’s The Promise for Milton Keynes International Festival and Noble Orphan in Richard Jones’ Der Rosenkavalier at the Glyndebourne Festival and BBC Proms.
Concert highlights include Smyth Mass in D under Sakari Oramo at the BBC Proms, Mozart Requiem with the Hallé, Messiah with the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, De Falla El Amor Brujo with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera at Aberdeen Music Hall, Stravinsky Les Noces with New Movement Collective and Opera Holland Park at Woolwich Works and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with Paraorchestra under Charles Hazlewood at the Bristol Beacon and Southbank Centre.
Bethan has appeared in recital at the Wigmore Hall, Heidelberger Frühling Festival, Buxton International Festival, Garsington Studios, International Lied Festival Zeist and Oxford International Song Festival. She is a founding member of Schubert & Co - Oxford Songs’ resident lieder ensemble.
Outside of her singing engagements, Bethan is a passionate advocate of disabled arts: she is a panellist for the Elizabeth Eagle-Bott award from the RNIB, a reporter for BBC Radio 4’s In Tune programme and has just been appointed as Creative Advisor for the Liverpool Inclusive Sports and Culture Festival which is taking place in Summer 2027.
