San Diego Opera debut. Australian-born American
Danielle de Niese was the youngest singer to ever enter the Metropolitan Opera’s
Lindemann Young Artists Development program at the age of 18. She made her
Metropolitan Opera debut the following year as Barbarina in
The Marriage of Figaro. Other notable
performances with The Metropolitan Opera include Euridice in
Orfeo ed Euridice, Susanna in
The Marriage of Figaro, Cleopatra in
Julius Caesar in Egypt and Despina in
Così fan tutte. Other notable
performances include Cleopatra for the Glyndebourne Festival which earned her
international acclaim, Adina in The Elixir
of Love for Glyndebourne, the title role of
Rodelinda and Ginevra in Ariodante
for Theatre an der Wien, Susanna for San Francisco Opera and Lyric Opera of
Chicago, the title role of Semele at
Barbican Hall in London, Poppea in
L’incoronazione di Poppea for Madrid’s Teatro Real, Salle Pleyel in Paris,
The London Proms, Glyndebourne, and
De Nederlandse Opera, and
Galatea in Acis e Galatea for the
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. An active concert soloist she has performed
with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony and San
Francisco Symphony, among others. She has two critically acclaimed albums,
“Handel Arias” and “The Mozart Album”, both available on Decca Records.