Biography

Scottish soprano Beth Stirling is currently undertaking her Master of Performance degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Guildhall Scholar), taught by Sarah Pring. She previously earned her Bachelor of Music (Hons) at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2025, under Christopher Turner.

More recently Beth played Yniold in a semi-staged production of Pelléas et Mélisande at the Aldeburgh Festival alongside the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth and directed by Rory Kinnear.

Other opera credits include Belinda, Dido and Aeneas; Emmie, Albert Herring; Sixth Spirit, Cendrillon; Young Frog, The Cunning Little Vixen. In opera scenes roles include Zerlina, Don Giovanni; Serpetta, La Finta Giardiniera; Despina, Così fan tutte; First Maid, Daphne; Lucy, Die Dreigroschenoper; Mélisande, Pelléas et Mélisande. In 2024, Beth made her solo debut at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC SSO and NYCOS as part of the BBC Proms where she portrayed the Second Fairy in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Concert engagements include Yniold in Pelléas et Mélisande; Orff’s Carmina Burana; Mozart’s Coronation Mass; Mendelssohn’s Elijah; Mozart’s Mass in C Minor; Mozart’s Solemn Vespers; Bach’s St. John Passionand Handel’s Messiah.

Beth is also an experienced ensemble singer, having sung with Ex Cathedra, CBSO Chorus, RBC Chamber Choir and continues to sing with the National Youth Choir of Scotland with Christopher Bell. Beth is also a choral scholar at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square.

In April of 2025, Beth released her first album titled Beneath the Northern Sky alongside her colleague Sarah Potjewijd, featuring Scottish contemporary music.

Future engagements include playing First Maid, Amelia al Ballo; a lunchtime recital at Greyfriars Kirk (Edinburgh); Mozart’s Requiem; Beethoven’s Mass in C and Handel’s Messiah.