Sophie Bevan

Sophie Bevan is recognised as one of the leading lyric sopranos of her generation; she studied at the Royal College of Music where she was awarded the prestigious Queen Mother Rose Bowl. She won the Young Singer award at the inaugural International Opera Awards in 2013 and was made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2019.

She works regularly with leading orchestras worldwide and with conductors including Sir Antonio Pappano, Daniel Harding, Andris Nelsons, Edward Gardner, Laurence Cummings, Sir Mark Elder, Ivor Bolton and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.

In the concert hall her repertoire ranges from Bach, Handel and Haydn via Richard Strauss and Fauré to Britten, Knussen and Ryan Wigglesworth.

She is an acclaimed recitalist and has appeared with pianists including Julius Drake, Malcom Martineau, Ryan Wigglesworth, Christopher Glynn and Graham Johnson at venues including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Aldeburgh Festival and Oxford Lieder Festival, as well as regular appearances at Wigmore Hall in London.

Sophie Bevan is sought after for her work in opera, and recent and future engagements include Ilia (Idomeneo), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier),Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro), Dalinda (Ariodante)and Pamina(The Magic Flute) at the Royal Opera House; Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte)for Welsh National Opera; Ellen Orford (Peter Grimes) for Rome Opera; Hermione (Ryan Wigglesworth’s The Winter’s Tale), Télaïre (Castor et Pollux)and one of the lead sopranos in The Seven Deaths of Maria Callas for ENO; Mélisande (Pelléas et Mélisande) for Dresden Semperoper; Asteria (Tamerlano) for the Grange Festival; Freia (Das Rheingold) at Teatro Real, Madrid; and Governess (The Turn of the Screw) for Garsington Opera. She made her debut at Glyndebourne Festival Opera as Michal (Saul) and at the Salzburg Festival and Metropolitan Opera as Beatriz (Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel).

Soprano

Mae Sophie Bevan yn cael ei chydnabod yn un o brif sopranos telynegol ei chenhedlaeth; astudiodd yn y Coleg Cerdd Brenhinol lle dyfarnwyd iddi wobr bwysig y Queen Mother Rose Bowl. Enillodd y wobr Canwr Ifanc yn y Gwobrau Opera Rhyngwladol cyntaf yn 2013 a chafodd ei hurddo’n MBE yn Anrhydeddau Pen-blwydd y Frenhines yn 2019.

Mae hi’n gweithio’n rheolaidd gyda cherddorfeydd blaenllaw ledled y byd a gydag arweinwyr sy’n cynnwys Syr Antonio Pappano, Daniel Harding, Andris Nelsons, Edward Gardner, Laurence Cummings, Syr Mark Elder, Ivor Bolton a Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.

Yn y neuadd gyngerdd mae ei repertoire yn amrywio o Bach, Handel a Haydn trwy Richard Strauss a Fauré i Britten, Knussen a Ryan Wigglesworth.

Mae hi’n ddatgeiniad o fri ac wedi ymddangos gyda phianyddion sy’n cynnwys Julius Drake, Malcom Martineau, Ryan Wigglesworth, Christopher Glynn a Graham Johnson mewn lleoliadau fel Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Gŵyl Aldeburgh a Gŵyl Lieder Rhydychen, yn ogystal ag ymddangosiadau rheolaidd yn Neuadd Wigmore yn Llundain.

Mae galw mawr am Sophie Bevan i weithio ym myd yr opera, ac mae ei hymrwymiadau diweddar ac yn y dyfodol yn cynnwys Ilia (Idomeneo), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier),Susanna (Priodas Figaro), Dalinda (Ariodante)a Pamina(Y Ffliwt Hud)yn y Tŷ Opera Brenhinol; Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte)ar gyfer Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru; Ellen Orford (Peter Grimes) ar gyfer Opera Rhufain; Hermione (The Winter’s Tale gan Ryan Wigglesworth), Télaïre (Castor et Pollux)ac un o’r prif sopranos yn 7 Deaths of Maria Callas ar gyfer ENO; Mélisande (Pelléas et Mélisande) ar gyfer Semperoper Dresden; Asteria (Tamerlano)ar gyfer Gŵyl y Grange; Freia (Das Rheingold) yn Teatro Real, Madrid; a Governess (The Turn of the Screw) ar gyfer Garsington Opera. Perfformiodd am y tro cyntaf yng Ngŵyl Opera Glyndebourne fel Michal (Saul) ac yng Ngŵyl Salzburg a’r Metropolitan Opera fel Beatriz (The Exterminating Angel gan Thomas Adès).