Robert Thicknesse
Sophie Bevan
If I tell you that she grew up in Somerset in a house with no television, among six other siblings without any inkling about pop culture, and still has nothing to do with Facebook or Twitter, you’ll probably picture some introverted denizen of Cold Comfort Farm or a traumatised spinster from a chilly Victorian rectory. There is, however, nothing rustic or weird about Sophie Bevan. The only notably old-fashioned things about this soprano are a love of J S Bach and a serious dedication to her job. Now 33, she is in the prime of a career that seems to be on the point of pivoting from Handel and Mozart towards redder meat.
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