Danielle De Niese

Soprano Danielle de Niese is a multi-faceted artist, known for her superb stagecraft, assured singing, and powerful communication. She regularly appears on the world’s most prestigious opera and concert stages and is a prolific recording artist, television personality, and philanthropist. The 2025-2026 season sees de Niese return to Opera Australia in the title role of Carmen, and she will premiere in concert with the London Mozart Players.

An Emmy Award-winning TV personality since age 16, de Niese has hosted BBC documentaries such as Diva Diaries, The Birth of an Opera, and Unsung Heroines, promoting opera to wider audiences. Her debut recording for Decca, Handel Arias, was awarded the prestigious Orphée d'Or and an ECHO Klassik award, and it earned her a Classical Brit Award nomination for Female Artist of the Year. Offstage, she is passionate about music education and an advocate for children’s rights. She is an Ambassador for HRH The Prince of Wales’s Foundation for Children and the Arts and an Ambassador of Voice for the International Rescue Committee, as well as an Artist Member of the Mannes Board of Governors. She has been featured in Marie Claire magazine on its influential list of “Women on Top.”