Sophie Bevan
Soprano Sophie Bevan has become a fixture of operatic stages in the late 2010s, in Britain and beyond, and it is no wonder. Her vocal expertise is unusually wide, encompassing both Mozart and Wagner and running from Monteverdi to contemporary works.
Sophie Anna Magdalena Bevan was born in 1983 in London. Her family was not simply musical but famous as such: her grandfather, a music teacher, had 14 children and founded the Bevan Family Choir, which toured and made recordings. Soprano Mary Bevan is her sister. Sophie joined the Berkshire Youth Choir, where she was singing solos by 13, and went on to the Benjamin Britten International Opera School at the Royal College of Music, taking home the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Rose Bowl Award there. Her teacher was Lillian Watson. Soon after finishing her studies, Bevan was finding major roles at English houses, including the English National Opera and the Welsh National Opera; at the latter, she performed the title role in Leos Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen.
In the early 2010s, major awards -- the 2010 Critics' Circle Award for Exceptional Young Talent, the Times Breakthrough Award in 2012, and the Young Singer Award at the 2013 International Opera Awards -- propelled her career forward. Bevan has appeared under many of the top English and continental opera conductors, including Antonio Pappano, Ryan Wigglesworth, and Charles Mackerras, and she has sung in operas as diverse as Così fan tutte and Boris Godunov. In 2017, she appeared at London's Covent Garden as her namesake Sophie in Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier. She is also an enthusiastic recitalist who has sung works from Schubert to the present, often with accompanist Sebastian Wybrew; she made her debut at London's Wigmore Hall in 2011 with a program of songs by Schubert, Strauss, Mendelssohn, Debussy, and Poulenc. Her concert appearances have included music from Handel to contemporary composer James MacMillan.
In addition to operatic appearances, Bevan has made several recordings under her name; she was among several singers on 2018's Schubert: Swansong, which featured a rare English-language version of the song cycle Schwanengesang, D. 957. In 2019, she played Euridice in a live performance of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice that was recorded and released on the PentaTone label.
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Handel: La Resurrezione
The English Concert, Harry Bicket, Sophie Bevan
Klassiek - Released by Linn Records on 8 apr. 2022
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On This Shining Night
James Gilchrist, Sophie Bevan, Roderick Williams, Coull Quartet
Klassiek - Released by SOMM Recordings on 17 jun. 2022
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 [Live]
La Nuova Musica, Iestyn Davies, David Bates, Rebecca Bottone, Sophie Bevan
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on 1 okt. 2019
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Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 3
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Benjamin Hulett, Mary Bevan, Edward Gardner, Sophie Bevan
Symfonische muziek - Released by Chandos on 1 feb. 2015
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Schubert: Swansong
John Tomlinson, Sophie Bevan, Christopher Glynn
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Signum Records on 12 okt. 2018
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Handel in Italy, Vol. 1
Sophie Bevan, Mary Bevan, Benjamin Bevan
Klassiek - Released by Signum Records on 29 jun. 2015
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Perfido!
Ian Page, Classical Opera / The Mozartists, Sophie Bevan
Opera - Released by Signum Records on 21 apr. 2017
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Songs of Vain Glory - Wigmore Hall Live
Sophie Bevan, Sebastian Wybrew
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Wigmore Hall Live on 19 jan. 2018
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Handel: Alexander's Feast
Sophie Bevan, William Berger, Ed Lyon
Klassiek - Released by Delphian Records on 28 feb. 2011
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Reger: Songs
Sophie Bevan, Malcolm Martineau
Klassiek - Released by Hyperion on 1 jul. 2016
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Carr: Requiem for an Angel
Sophie Bevan, Mark Stone, Chorus Angelorum, Bath Philharmonia, Gavin Carr
Koormuziek - Released by Stone Records on 12 jul. 2011
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David W. Bowerman: Unto the Hills
Sacconi Quartet, Sophie Bevan, Choir of St Patrick's Church, London
Klassiek - Released by Champs Hill Records on 30 sep. 2013
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
David Bates, La Nuova Musica, Iestyn Davies, Sophie Bevan, Rebecca Bottone
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on 1 okt. 2019
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Haydn and the Earl of a Abingdon
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 1 mei 2008
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Ludwig Thuille: Songs
Sophie Bevan, Mary Bevan, Jennifer Johnston
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Champs Hill Records on 2 sep. 2013
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Reger: Songs
Sophie Bevan, Malcolm Martineau
Klassiek - Released by Hyperion on 1 jul. 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo