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Anglo-Greek Lyric Soprano Danae Eleni was a winner of the 2022 Let’s Sing competition in Sofia, Bulgaria & soprano winner of the 2021 Concorso Musica Sacra in Rome, and performed as the soprano soloist for their staged productions of Handel’s Messiah in 2022 in Greece and Czechia. 
 
Last season, Danae made role debuts as Contessa Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro (Marin Drzic Theatre - Dubrovnik, Croatia); Mimì La bohème (Jerash Festival - Jordan) later reprising the role in Hala Koszyki - Warsaw, Poland. In the Summer, Danae appeared as Valencienne La Veuve Joyeuse and Annina La Traviata, whilst covering Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust for the Opera de Baugé festival in France. In September, Danae was the soprano soloist for the world premiere of the cantata Memories by Christos Samaras at the Ancient Theatre of Philippi - Kavala, Greece. In concert, Danae made another role debut as Donna Elvira Don Giovanni with the Szeged Symphony Orchestra - Hungary; and performed in Warsaw; Canari and Barcelona. Danae also performed in London and throughout the UK raising money for Help Musicians Ukraine - which she co-founded in March 2022 - www.helpmusiciansukraine.com.  
 
In December 2020, Danae won the Pawel Sztompke Radio Prize at the International Operetta Competition - Iwona Borowicka, in Krakow; and took part in the NexTus festival - premiering works for solo voice, or voice & clarinet . Future plans include: a CD recording of songs by Greek composers Napoleon & Georgios Lambelet and the world Premiere of Night Scenes by Julian Cochran for the Julian Cochran Foundation, Warsaw.

Opera credits include: Mrs Hake Mr&Mrs Hake and the Magic Princess Fish (King’s House Opera - Ireland); Sophie Der Rosenkavalier (Fulham Opera - London); Drusilla, Poppea (cover) L'Incoronazione di Poppea (Opera de Baugé); Maria West Side Story Suites (Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra); Adina (cover) L’elisir d’amore (New Generation Festival, Florence); Ilia Idomeneo; Musetta La bohème (Arcola Theatre) & the title role in Dikran Tchouhadjian’s Gariné (UK première - Grimeborn Opera Festival). Before moving to Warsaw, Danae sang Susanna Le Nozze di Figaro in Cambridge and re-interpreted the character in a contemporary look at women’s rights in Brignall’s Roles: Susanna (Metta Theatre), in the V&A’s Raphael Gallery. 

Concert credits include: Britten's Les Illuminations (Crossing Borders Festival, Brighton); Sark Opera Festival; Purcell Room; St John’s Smith Square; Blenheim Palace; Poulenc Gloria at LSO St Luke’s; solo recitals in Bahrain, Berlin, Edinburgh, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore. 

Danae read Psychology, Philosophy, Physiology and Phonetics at Worcester College (Oxford) and studied Voice at the Royal College of Music (London). Passionate about education and contemporary music, Danae was soprano-in-residence for the 2nd International Composer/Performer Festival (Athens), and is a Guest Lecturer in Voice and Composition at Yale-NUS (Singapore) and Oxford University. She has led educational workshops for Garsington Opera Education, Baseless Fabric and English Pocket Opera Company. She has performance-lectured on Maths and Music for “Maths Teams” and for the Malala Fund.

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