Beverley studied under Theresa Goble at the Guildhall school of Music and Drama and graduated with a BMus honours. She was awarded the British Song Prize, The fredrick George Painter Prize for Gilbert and Sullivan and the Countess of Munster scholarship.
Presently based in Switzerland, Beverley is perhaps best known for playing the role of Christine Daae in Phantom of the Opera at the Musical Theater Basel. Previously to this she performed the same role on many occasions at Her Majesty’s Theatre London,including the ninth anniversary of the show in the presence of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Her extensive musical theatre roles include Rose Vibert in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love at The Gordon Craig Theatre, Mabel in Pirates of Penzance alongside Paul Nicholas in a twelve-month national tour of the Broadway version of the show, for which she received much critical acclaim,Joanna in Sweeney Todd for Derby Playhouse and Jesse in Kurt Weill's Mahagonny Songspiel at the Tonhalle Zurich. Other roles include Julie (Carousel),Laurie (Oklahoma), The Countess (The Sound of Music), Isabel (Scrooge) Millie (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) for Bruce James Productions and Alice ( Dick whittington) at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool for UK Productions.
Biography
Opera credits include Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier) for I Maestri at St Johns Smith Square, Princess Kabaya (Utopia Limited) G & S Opera Company, con: John Owen Edwards, Gianetta (Gondoliers) and Mabel (PIrates of Penzance) for Zurich Pocket Opera con: Howard Griffiths, Happy End and highlights from Drei Groschenoper Kensington Arts, conducted by Jan Lathan König, Despina (Così Fan Tutte) Luzern Festival dir. Andrew Dunscombe and again for English Chamber Opera at Buxton Opera House dir: Sally Burgess, Zerlina (Don Giovanni) dir: Caroline Sharmann and again for ECOP's 2007 tour of Ireland. Venus (Orpheus in der Unterwelt) Zürich Kaufleuten dir: Ulrich Peter, Adele/Ida (Die Fledermaus) Opera South, Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) for ECOP dir: Donald Maxwell, Pamina (Die Zaubeflöte) Teatro Giardino, Barbarina (Figaro) Senzaltro Opera in Luzern, the title role in Patience (Battersea Arts Center), Regular (Mord im St Johann) Imprimerie theatre, Basel and Cameriera (in Thomas’ Ligeia) directed by Luca Ronconi and conducted by Gianluca Taverna at the Contemporary Music festival in Spoleto.
Beverley Performs regular as a concert soloist and her oratorios and mass repertoire include Mozart and Faure Requiems, Bach B minor mass and St Mathew Passion, Haydn Theresienmesse, Mozarts Great Mass in C and Exultate Jubilate and Die Schöpfung. Highlights include Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem with the Jersey Festival Choir conducted by David Lawrence Galathea for the Winterthur Kollegium Conducted by Maurice Steger and Janacek Glagolitic Mass with the LPO under Maris Jansons.
Freelancing as a guest artist has taken Beverley extensively throughout Europe. She has sung with West End International under the baton of Martin Yeats, David Charles Ebel and John Owen Edwards, toured throughout Switzerland with the vocal ensemble West end live ,can regularly be heard guesting at the Puccini festival in Lucca and as a soloist on BBC radio 2's 'Friday night is music night'. She has sung at some of the most prestigious concert halls and arenas in Europe including The Globen Stadium in Stockholm, Royal festival Hall, Tonhalle in Zürich, Barbican, KKL and Glasgow Symphony Hall to name but a few. Most recently, Beverley joined the line up of internationally acclaimed original opera band 'Amici Forever' joining them on a concert tour of Russia and the Ukraine.
The folk music of Great Britain has always given Beverley huge inspiration. In 2008 she had the great privilege of singing the finale at the Basel Military Tattoo- second only to the one held annually in Edinburgh. She has continued her love for Celtic music by recording two albums in the style. 'HER CALL' released in 2001 and 'SONGS TO THE NIGHT SKY', recorded on the south west Irish coast which followed in 2008.
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