Norma - meet the cast - Bethan Jackson

Bethan Jackson sings the role of Clotilde, companion to Norma and keeper of her secrets!

Bethan has been with Heber Opera for about 5 years now and is having great fun singing with old and new friends. As well as using her lovely soprano voice to great effect in concerts etc Bethan can always be relied on for enthusiasm and energy in whatever she undertakes, including working hard behind the scenes to support our various fund raising events.

Originally from Swansea, South Wales, Bethan studied singing at Trinity College of Music, London and then went on to pursue a career in teaching. Whilst in London Bethan was a member of Imperial College Opera group and Imperial Opera, where she met her husband Laurie. They travelled abroad extensively for work which brought the opportunity to sing with groups in different countries. In Indonesia, Bethan was the president of the Welsh Society and sang with groups such as the Jakarta International Choir, British Women’s Association choir plus a newly formed operatic group. In Texas she joined the Gilbert and Sullivan Society and the Sweet Adelines ( a barber shop group) then in Angola ( where she taught for two years) she sang with the International School Choir and the British Embassy Choir.

Now with 3 children, the Jackson family returned to the UK to live in Berkshire, where Bethan sang with the Douai Abbey Singers, and a subsequent move to Hove brought her to Heber Opera. She now sings with two other groups in the area as well as the London based Gloriana women’s choir.

Not one to twiddle her thumbs, having retired from teaching and with the children all grown up and living independently, Bethan is now studying for a BA in Art History.