Biography

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

Beth most recently performed the role of Yniold in a semi-staged production of Pelléas et Mélisande at the Aldeburgh Festival alongside the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of 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; Tweedle Dum, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

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. Also with the BBC SSO, Beth performed the role of Yniold in two concert performances of Pelléas et Mélisande. Other concert engagements include Mozart’s Coronation Mass; Mendelssohn’s Elijah; Mozart’s Mass in C Minor; Mozart’s Solemn Vespers; Bach’s St. John Passion and 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.

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 Carmina Burana; Mozart’s Requiem; Beethoven’s Mass in C and Handel’s Messiah.