About

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 Operatic 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.

Additionally, she was asked 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 Albert Herring, Massenet’s Cendrillon, and Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis.

Beth has taken part in masterclasses with many acclaimed conductors and pedagogues such as Sian Edwards, Alice Farnham, Toby Purser, Colin Metters, Mark Heron, and Nicolás Pasquet.