About
In performance with Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Photograph taken by Kirsten McTernan (2025)
“A nine-piece chamber orchestra, led with spirit by conductor and recitative pianist Beth Fitzpatrick, sets a lively pace for the full evening.” - Wilder Gutterson, Plays to See, August 2025
“I want to highlight another star of the evening, namely the conductor Beth Fitzpatrick, who was sensational in giving clear beats to her singers and to her ensemble […] but above all communicating the various changes in energy and drive and mood. Remember her name – she is a talent to look out for.” - Philip Rham, Everything Theatre, August 2025
Beth Fitzpatrick is a British conductor currently studying at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She is the incumbent Female Conductor trainee at Opera North for the 25/26 Winter season.
Her time at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has allowed her to collaborate with the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, as well as the Musical Theatre and Opera departments. She was the Assistant Musical Director of Sweeney Todd, which allowed her to conduct the first internal performance, and conducted a performance of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro with her colleagues in the postgraduate singing course. She also conducted opera scenes in both her first and second years, with both the postgraduate singers, and the David Seligman Opera School.
She was invited to conduct Cardiff Cotswolds Opera’s revival of La Boheme in June 2025, which included touring to Bath, Stroud and Nailsworth.
Beth obtained a BA in Music at St Peter’s College, Oxford, and a Master of Studies (MSt) in Music Performance at New College, Oxford. During this time, she studied with Cayenne Ponchione-Bailey and Hilary Davan Wetton. Conducting highlights from Oxford include staged productions of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni, as well as being chorus master and assistant conductor of performances of Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony and the world premiere of Ethel Smyth’s ‘A Song of Love’ cantata.
Future performances include Britten’s Noye’s Fludde, and Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers.
Beth has taken part in masterclasses with many acclaimed conductors and pedagogues such as Sian Edwards, Alice Farnham, Toby Purser, Colin Metters, Mark Heron, Nicolás Pasquet, and Jorma Panula.