Sophie Bevan is recognised as one of the leading lyric sopranos of her generation.  She was made an MBE for services to music in 2019.

She works regularly with leading orchestras including the LPO, Bergen Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony, English Concert, the SCO, Concertgebouw, OAE and Swedish Radio Orchestras and has appeared regularly at both the Edinburgh and the BBC Proms Festivals.   An acclaimed recitalist she performs at venues including the Concertgebouw and Wigmore Hall.

Sought after for her work in opera Sophie’s recent and future engagements include Ilia Idomeneo,  Sophie Der Rosenkavalier, Susanna Le nozze di Figaro Dalinda Ariodante, Pamina Die Zauberflöte at the Royal Opera House, Fiordiligi / Cosi fan tutte for Welsh National Opera,  Ellen Orford Peter Grimes for the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Hermione in Ryan Wigglesworth’s The Winter’s Tale, Télaïre Castor and Pollux and one of the lead sopranos in The Seven Deaths of Maria Callas for ENO,  Melisande Pelleas et Melisande for Dresden Semperoper, Asteria Tamerlano for The Grange Festival, Freia Das Rheingold at Teatro Real, Madrid and Governess The Turn of the Screw in the acclaimed production for Garsington Opera.

Sophie lives in Oxfordshire with her husband, three children and two cocker spaniels.