Sophie Daneman

Sophie Daneman studied at the Guildhall School of Music with Johanna Peters and has established an international reputation in a wide ranging repertoire. An accomplished recitalist, Sophie Daneman has appeared at many of the world's major recital venues, including the Wigmore Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Musikverein, Vienna, and Carnegie Hall. 

Her opera engagements have included Rodelinda in the Netherlands, 'Arianna', Cleopatra ('Giulio Cesare') and Dalila ('Samson') for the Göttingen Handel Festival, and an acclaimed Mélisande for the Opéra Comique. She has sung Servilia ('La Clemenza di Tito') with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Euridice (Haydn's 'L'Anima del Filosofo') for the Opéra de Lausanne, Euridice (Monteverdi's 'L'Orfeo') and 'Dido and Aeneas' at the Bavarian State Opera, the title role in Handel's 'Theodora' with William Christie in New York, Paris and Salzburg and Bernstein's 'Wonderful Town' and her first Susanna ('Le nozze di Figaro') for Grange Park Opera. She appeared in the staged productions of Tod Machover's 'Skellig' at The Sage, Gateshead and sang Phedre in Rameau's 'Hippolyte et Aricie' for the Nationale Reisopera. 

She has toured extensively with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, as well as performing with Sir Neville Marriner, Gérard Lesne, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Phillipe Herreweghe, Ivor Bolton and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. She has sung Handel's 'Apollo e Dafne' at the Maggio Musicale, 'L'Allegro' with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and appeared with the Halle Handel Festival, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the Rias Kammerchor, the Beaune Festival, and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Sophie Daneman's many recordings include the title roles in Handel's 'Rodelinda' with Nicholas Kraemer (Virgin Classics), 'Theodora' and 'Acis and Galatea' (Gramophone award, Best Baroque Vocal recording 2000) with William Christie (Erato), Vivaldi's 'Ottone in Villa' with Richard Hickox (Chandos) and three volumes of Mendelssohn Lieder with Nathan Berg and Eugene Asti (Hyperion).  For EMI she has recorded Schumann lieder with Julius Drake, and a disc of Noel Coward songs, alongside Ian Bostridge. She has made numerous recordings with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, including Rameau 'Grands Motets' (Gramophone award, Best Baroque Vocal recording 1995) and 'Les Fêtes d'Hébé' (Gramophone award, Early Opera 1998). 

Engagements include a recital tour with Christianne Stotijn in Spain and the Netherlands, recitals with Ian Bostridge in London and Hohenems, performances of Shoenberg's Quartet Op. 10 with the Tokyo String Quartet, in Valencia and Madrid, and a tour of Lully's 'Atys' with Les Arts Florissants and William Christie.