Sophie Daneman

A specialist in period performance, SOPHIE DANEMAN studied at the Guildhall School of Music. She has toured with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, as well as performing with Christopher Hogwood, Sir Neville Marriner, Gérard Lesne, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Marcus Creed, Phillipe Herreweghe, Robert King, Richard Hickox and Ivor Bolton. Her opera engagements have included the title roles in Handel’s Rodelinda and Arianna, an acclaimed Mélisande (Opéra Comique with Georges Prêtre), the title role in Handel’s Theodora with Christie in New York, Paris and Salzburg, and Bernstein’s Wonderful Town for Grange Park Opera. Among her numerous CDs are several award-winning recordings with William Christie. Sophie recently sang the role of Telaire (Castor et Pollux) with Sir John Eliot Gardiner at the Salle Pleyel, Paris. An accomplished recitalist, Sophie Daneman has appeared at many of the world’s major concert venues, including the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Musikverein, Vienna, and Carnegie Hall, with Julius Drake, Roger Vignoles, Graham Johnson, Eugene Asti and Imogen Cooper.