Voice Faculty
BETH MACLEOD, mezz-soprano
Multifaceted mezzo-soprano Beth MacLeod is a successful and highly regarded singer, director, teacher and opera producer. She has sung with numerous opera companies both here and abroad including the Des Moines Metro Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, the Glimmerglass Opera Company, Cape Cod Opera and the Pittsburgh Opera company.
A most remarkable engagement included her performing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera over 970 times in Hamburg, Germany.
Her many roles include Carmen (Carmen), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Dorabella (Cosi fan tutte ), Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) along with numerous Gilbert and Sullivan “maids of all work”. Equally at home on the concert stage, she has recently performed with the Masterworks chorale (Durafle’s Requiem) and the Plymouth Philharmonic (Mozart’s Requiem) as well as numerous concerts with Opera by the Bay and Cape Cod Opera.
Ms. MacLeod is currently Director of Performance at South Shore Conservatory. She is also Artistic Director of Opera by the Bay where she was last seen singing the title role in their riveting production of Carmen last summer. Summer 2008 she produces, directs and sings the role of Prince Orlofsky in Johann Strauss’ masterpiece, Die Fledermaus. Ms. MacLeod holds a Bachelor of Vocal performance from the New England Conservatory, a Masters of Opera Performance from the Curtis Institute of Music, and a diploma from the Opera Center of the Juilliard School of Music.
