Sophie Bevan

Soprano Sophie Bevan was awarded as young singer of the year at the 2013 International Opera Awards.

A graduate of the Benjamin Britten International Opera School, she studied as a Karaviotis Scholar with Lillian Watson and was awarded the Queen Mother Rose Bowl Award.

Her grandfather is the late Roger Bevan, head of music at Downside School and the subject of a memorable television documentary in 1980 called Harmony at Parsonage Farm. His 14 children all inherited the musical gene in various degrees, as in turn have their issue. One of them is the Sophie’s father, David.

Sophie is the eldest of eight, all of whom are musically gifted. Through this outsized family runs an astonishing vein of talent that is already bearing professional dividends for Sophie and two sisters, Mary and Daisy.

She enrolled at the Royal College of Music. Doing well at music college is one thing, but making the transition from talented student to successful professional is quite another. This, says Bevan, is where the Classical Opera Company (COC) comes into the picture.

Among her best performances, Yum-Yum in The Mikado, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro and Pamina in The Magic Flute at the Royal Opera House has been the most remarkable.

Sophie received the 2010 Critics’ Circle award for Exceptional Young Talent. She was nominated for the 2012 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards and was the recipient of The Times Breakthrough Award at the 2012 South Bank Sky Arts Awards.

Currently, she is taking her way to performing more concert and operatic engagements.