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| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland

'''Beth Taylor'''<ref name="Neue Stimmen" /> is a Scottish operatic [[mezzo-soprano]], who has performed mainly in Europe. At the [[Oper Frankfurt]], she performed a title role in Rossini's ''[[Bianca e Falliero]]''.

Taylor appeared as Arnalta in Monteverdi's ''[[L’incoronazione di Poppea]]'' with the [[Longborough Festival Opera]] in 2018,<ref name="Neue Stimmen" /><ref name="Longborough" /> as Marcellina in Mozart's ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'' at the New Generation Festival in Florence<ref name="Frankfurt" /> in 2019,<ref name="Neue Stimmen" /> and in the [[Breeches role|trouser role]] ofas Bradamante in Handel's [[Alcina]] at the [[Opéra de Dijon]] and the [[Opéra national de Lorraine]] in Nancy in 2020.<ref name="Neue Stimmen" /><ref name="Frankfurt" /> Taylor appeared at the [[Oper Frankfurt]] first in 2021 as Dardano in Handel's ''[[Amadigi di Gaula|Amadigi]]''.<ref name="Molke Amadigi" /> Her mezzo-soprano was the only lower voice, and a reviewer notedsaid that she portrayed her character with fine vocal lines and remarkable [[coloratura]]s.<ref name="Rosén" /> She returned in 2022 as Falliero in Rossini's ''[[Bianca e Falliero]]'', directed by {{ill|[[Tilmann Köhler|de}}]] and conducted by Giuliano Carella. The work had been planned for 2020, and in collaboration with the Tirol Festival in [[Erl]], to conclude a focus of Rossini's works.<ref name="Dippel" /><ref name="Fuhrmann" /> A reviewer noted her full voice, with volume in the middle register, precise and flexible coloraturas, and dramatic outbursts, portraying the fall of the character from a victor in battle to giving himself up, in duets of great harmony with [[Heather Phillips]] as Bianca.<ref name="Molke" />