Mary Bevan
Soprano
Praised by Opera for her “dramatic wit and vocal control” in stand-out performances of Baroque, Classical and contemporary repertoire, Mary Bevan appears regularly with leading orchestras and ensembles worldwide.
During the 2026/27 season, Bevan returns to the Royal Ballet and Opera to perform Morgana in Richard Jones's Alcina and Iole in Barrie Kosky's production of Hercules. She also returns to English National Opera for a double bill of The Zoo and Trial by Jury. Elsewhere, Bevan joins the Hallé for Sir James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio conducted by Sir Mark Elder and for Sir James MacMillan’s Raising Sparks conducted by the composer, and appears in recital with Joseph Middleton for Leeds Song, Temple Music and Saffron Hall.
Last season Bevan made her debut with the Dutch National Opera as Neola in a new Michel van der Aa commission entitled Theory of Flames, sang the role of Pat Nixon in John Adams’s Nixon in China conducted by the composer in Rome and returned to the Semperoper Dresden as Michal in Saul. Concert appearances included Messiah with the Gabrieli Consort (Paul McCreesh), Bach’s Mass in B Minor with the Netherlands Bach Choir (Richard Egarr), John Adams’s Le Livre de Baudelaire with The Hallé (John Adams), Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Aurora Orchestra (Nicholas Collon), Almirena in Rinaldo on tour with the English Concert (Harry Bicket) and Galatea in Acis and Galatea with the Early Opera Company (Christian Curnyn).
She also made a return to Wigmore Hall for a solo evening recital.
In recent seasons Bevan has sung the title role of La Calisto with the Bayerische Staatsoper, La Folie in Platée for the Opernhaus Zurich, Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare and Morgana in Alcina with Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Morgana with the Royal Ballet and Opera, Eurydice in Orfeo ed Eurydice for Teatro La Fenice, Dalinda in Ariodante at the Bolshoi Theatre, Rose Maurrant in Weill’s Street Scene for the Opera de Monte Carlo and Teatro Real Madrid, and Bellezza in Il Trionfo del tempo e del desinganno and Marzelline in Fidelio for the Royal Danish Opera. Her many roles for the English
National Opera include Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Yum-Yum in The Mikado and Despina in Cosi fan Tutte. Elsewhere, Bevan has sung the title role of Rossi’s Orpheus at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and of Turnage’s Coraline at the Barbican, and appeared as Lila in David Bruce’s The Firework-Maker’s Daughter.
