FOUNDER
Beth Stewart
Respected for her creativity, candor, and integrity, Beth draws on her breadth of experience in the industry – as publicist, producer, and erstwhile performer. For the past decade, her trademark drive and infectious energy have shaped Verismo as a classical music PR firm that melds big-picture strategy with on-the-ground support, and she is proud to lead a team of powerful and culturally engaged women.
You can find Beth sprinting between television interviews in the run-up to Last Night of the Proms, debating word nuance while drafting a bilingual speech, and filming rehearsal footage of a refugee orchestra for a feature on The Today Show. In the last five years, she’s represented four different albums nominated for Classical Album of the Year at the Grammy® and Juno Awards.
Beth’s knack for connecting people and ideas has been instrumental in launching Turn The Spotlight, a non-profit program created to identify, nurture, and empower leaders – and in turn, illuminate the path to a more equitable future in the arts. Under Beth’s leadership, Turn The Spotlight offers mentorship by and for exceptional women, people of color, and members of other equity-seeking groups, with a particular interest in supporting creative professionals who are using their skills to strengthen their communities.
Beth lives in Chicago with her husband Louis, their exuberant puppy, and three mischievous cats who – he assures her – will one day be best friends.
PROJECT MANAGER
Liz Lang
Crossover Queen Liz Lang is an active performer in opera, musical theater, and jazz, and uses those world-class plate-spinning skills in her work at Verismo Communications. She first impressed Beth with her friendly unflappability while stage-managing a solo Carnegie Hall recital for longtime Verismo client Jamie Barton in 2018, and joined the Verismo team soon after. She has been Beth’s right-hand woman ever since, first as an executive assistant and now as Verismo’s project manager.
Based in New York City, Liz believes that well-rounded, versatile people make the best professionals and humans. She is a hustler who is constantly expanding her comfort zone, jetting between client performances at Lincoln Center to a new musical residency on Fire Island and a jazz fusion combo performance for Coca-Cola at the Statue of Liberty. She takes particular satisfaction in curating thematic recitals, including Prohibition, which features historically censored art song and jazz repertoire, and I’m not mad, which explores the psychology of Ophelia.
Liz earned vocal performance and musical theater degrees from Eastman School of Music and Oklahoma City University. She rocks a multi-colored jumpsuit like nobody’s business, is involved in local NYC elections and social justice activism in Washington Heights, and is known for both her culinary prowess and her fierce vinyl collection, ranging from La bohème to Nina Simone.