Praised for her ‘razor-edged vocal clarity and agility' (The Edinburgh Reporter), Welsh mezzo-soprano Beca Davies is a passionate interpreter and creator of opera and song. A Welsh National Opera Associate Artist 2023-24, she is an alumna of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where she was a Sheila Osborne Scholar and King’s College London, where she attained a first-class honours degree in Music.

During her time at Welsh National Opera 23/24, Beca performed the roles of Beggar Woman Death in Venice, Second Conversa Suor Angelica and Nina Ainadamar, and joined the WNO Orchestra as the mezzo-soprano soloist for A New Year’s Celebration concert series, Schools Concerts, and Play Opera LIVE. She also performed as Carmen in WNO’s ‘Carmen: Come and Sing’ performance-workshop for Hay-on-Wye Festival, and gave recitals at Birmingham Cathedral and the House of Lords, Westminster, in which her own arrangements of Welsh folk songs were used. 

Beca is a keen writer and theatre-maker. She is currently creating a Welsh language opera with composer, Sarah Lianne Lewis, in association with Ty Cerdd and Music Theatre Wales as part of their CoDi 2024/25 scheme.

Upcoming engagements include: Play Opera LIVE (Welsh National Opera), Hamlet (Buxton International Festival) and Shorts: Inevitable by Carmel Smickersgill and Josh Overton (Buxton International Festival).