Sophie Bevan
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Sophie Bevan is a British
soprano
appearing in concert
s, recital
s, and opera
.
Her concert repertoire ranges from Handel's 'Samson' to James Macmillan's 'Parthenogenesis' and she has worked with conductors including Nicholas Cleobury
, Martin Andre and Sir Charles Mackerras
. In opera she has worked for English National Opera
, Welsh National Opera
, Garsington Opera
, Opera de Baugé and the Classical Opera Company for whom she was an Associate Artist.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
appearing in concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
s, recital
Recital
A recital is a musical performance. It can highlight a single performer, sometimes accompanied by piano, or a performance of the works of a single composer.The invention of the solo piano recital has been attributed to Franz Liszt....
s, and opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
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Biography
Sophie Bevan studied as a Karaviotis Scholar with Lillian Watson at the Benjamin Britten International Opera School where she was awarded the Queen Mother Rose Bowl for excelling in music.Her concert repertoire ranges from Handel's 'Samson' to James Macmillan's 'Parthenogenesis' and she has worked with conductors including Nicholas Cleobury
Nicholas Cleobury
Nicholas Cleobury is an English conductor.He was organ scholar at Worcester College, Oxford, conductor of Schola Cantorum of Oxford and held assistant organist posts at Chichester Cathedral and Christ Church, Oxford before turning to orchestral and operatic work...
, Martin Andre and Sir Charles Mackerras
Charles Mackerras
Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras, AC, CH, CBE was an Australian conductor. He was an authority on the operas of Janáček and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan...
. In opera she has worked for English National Opera
English National Opera
English National Opera is an opera company based in London, resident at the London Coliseum in St. Martin's Lane. It is one of the two principal opera companies in London, along with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden...
, Welsh National Opera
Welsh National Opera
Welsh National Opera is an opera company founded in Cardiff, Wales in 1943. The WNO tours Wales, the United Kingdom and the rest of the world extensively. Annually, it gives more than 120 performances of eight main stage operas to a combined audience of around 150,000 people...
, Garsington Opera
Garsington Opera
Garsington Opera is an annual open air summer opera festival founded in 1989 by Leonard Ingrams. For twenty one years it was held in the gardens of Leonard Ingrams' home at Garsington Manor in Oxfordshire. Since 2011 the festival is now held in Wormsley Park, the home of the Getty family near High...
, Opera de Baugé and the Classical Opera Company for whom she was an Associate Artist.
Operatic repertoire
- Gluck: La clemenza di TitoLa clemenza di TitoLa clemenza di Tito , K. 621, is an opera seria in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Caterino Mazzolà, after Metastasio...
(Publio) - HandelHANDELHANDEL was the code-name for the UK's National Attack Warning System in the Cold War. It consisted of a small console consisting of two microphones, lights and gauges. The reason behind this was to provide a back-up if anything failed....
: Riccardo I (Costanza) - Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di PoppeaL'incoronazione di PoppeaL'incoronazione di Poppea is an Italian baroque opera comprising a prologue and three acts, first performed in Venice during the 1642–43 carnival season. The music, attributed to Claudio Monteverdi, is a setting of a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello...
(Poppea/Amor) - Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna/Barbarina); Don GiovanniDon GiovanniDon Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
(Zerlina);Così fan tutteCosì fan tutteCosì fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti K. 588, is an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed in 1790. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte....
(Despina); Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots (Worldly Spirit) - Vivaldi: L'Incoronazione di Dario (Alinda)
Discography
- Paul CarrPaul Carr (composer)Paul Carr is an English classical music composer. Born in Cornwall, he has been writing music since the age of 15. He studied voice at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and worked in opera stage management before concentrating on composing...
: Requiem For An Angel (with Mark StoneMark Stone (opera singer)- Biography :Born in London 12 June 1969, he studied at Wilson's School, Wallington before going up to King's College, Cambridge to read Mathematics. After graduating in 1990 he worked as a Chartered Accountant and an investment banker before studying singing at the Guildhall School of Music and...
- baritone, Chorus Angelorum, the Bath PhilharmoniaBath PhilharmoniaThe Bath Philharmonia is an orchestra based in Bath.Jason Thornton is the orchestra's Artistic Director, Peter Donohoe the Principal Guest Conductor and Gavin Carr the Associate Conductor.-Background:...
, Gavin CarrGavin CarrGavin Carr is a British baritone working in opera, concert and recital, and a conductor, particularly known for his choral work.- Biography :Carr is Music Director of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Wexford Festival Opera Chorus, Chorus Angelorum, Bath Minerva Choir, and Chorus Master of the South...
- conductor), Stone RecordsStone RecordsStone Records is a British, independent, classical record label, founded in 2008 by opera singer Mark Stone. It started by producing recordings of English song but has since widened its repertoire to include instrumental, choral and orchestral works....
(2010)