Danae Eleni

Competition repertoire

Preliminary

• Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - E Susanna non vien!... Dove sono i bei momenti (Countess Almaviva)   

Semi-Final

• Britten: The Turn of the Screw - How beautiful it is (Governess) 
• Puccini: La Bohème - Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì (Mimì)

Final

• Gounod: Faust - Que vois-je la? ...Ah, je ris de me voir si belle (Marguerite)
• Puccini :Turandot - Signore ascolta! (Liù)

Biography 

Born in Bahrain, Anglo-Greek lyric soprano Danae Eleni trained at the Royal College of Music and the University of Oxford. She is currently researching Greek 19th Century Song for an upcoming recording and recital tour. For her part, the 2020 cancellations included the role of Marzelline in Beethoven’s Fidelio and recital series in the UK. 

Having recently moved to Warsaw, Danae made her recital debut at Fryderyk Concert Hall in December 2020, and will appear in recital on Polish National Radio as a 2020 prize-winner of the “Konkurs im. Iwony Borowickiej” in Krakow. In 2021, Danae will sing the role of Valencienne in Lehár’s La Veuve Joyeuse (Opera de Baugé).

Her recent roles include Susanna from (Le Nozze di Figaro); Pamina (Die Zauberflöte); Maria (West Side Story); and the title role of Tchouhadjian’s Gariné. Passionate about education and contemporary music, Danae was soprano-in-residence for the 2nd International Composer/Performer Festival (Athens), and was a Guest Lecturer in Voice & Composition at Yale-NUS (Singapore). She has led workshops for English Pocket Opera Company, Garsington Opera Education, Baseless Fabric, Metta Theatre; in the UK, Bosnia and the Middle East. She has performance-lectured on Maths and Music for “Maths Teams” and the Malala Fund.