Eleanor Greenwood has sung on stage and on Radio, in London, in the UK, in Europe, in Australia, and throughout China. A graduate of London's Royal Academy of Music Opera School, and of the Australian National University, she has performed various roles and concerts and is a winner of the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship Competition. In opera productions Eleanor has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Schweizer Radio DRS, RTE Radio, Ireland.
Eleanor Greenwood is a graduate of London's Royal Academy of Music Opera School and the Australian National University’s School of Music, first prize winner of the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship Competition. Eleanor made her professional debut in Ireland at the Opera Festival in Wexford, in Statkowski's little known Polish Opera, Maria.
Eleanor is currently an associate artist at Melbourne Opera where she debuted as a soprano. In February 2022 she performed the role of Sieglinde (Die Walküre) as part of the Melbourne Opera Ring cycle directed by Suzanne Chaundy. A diverse soprano, other recent roles include Ortlinde in Die Walküre in Melbourne, the Dama in Verdi’s Macbeth as directed by Bruce Beresford, and Annio in la clemenza di Tito as directed by Peter Coleman-Wright for the newly established National Opera in Canberra. Eleanor was seen in The Sopranos, directed by Patrick Nolan and Laura Hansford, at QPAC singing as Leonore (Fidelio) and Abagaille (Nabucco) for Opera Queensland.
In the UK and Ireland Eleanor sang at Grange Park Opera and the Dorset Opera Festival, and returned to Wexford Festival Opera performing various roles, L'innocente in L'Arlesiana by Cilea and La Ciesca in Puccini's comedy Gianni Schicchi. She covered roles in Eugene Onegin (Grange Park) and sang in Suor Angelica (Dorset). She also appeared in recital for 'culture night' in Dublin. She sang as the Woodpecker, Forester’s Wife and Grasshopper at the Ryedale Festival in North Yorkshire in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen. The roles of Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, she performed as a part of the Bloomsbury Festival in London. At the Royal Academy of Music Opera Studio, she performed the roles of Hansel, Endimione in La Calisto as directed by John Ramster, various roles in scenes performances including Meg Page, Sesto, Dorabella, Minskwoman from Flight by Jonathan Dove, and a Flowermaiden from Parsifal. She was 'the wife' in Paradise Moscow by Shostakovic and Ernestina in l'occasione fa il ladro by Rossini.
As an oratorio soloist, Eleanor has sung the soprano solos in Handel’s Messiah at Brisbane City Hall with the Queensland Choir and the Mozart Requiem with St Andrew’s Cathedral Choir in Sydney. She has performed in various magnificent works including Beethoven 9, Mass in B minor JS Bach, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Vivaldi's Gloria and WA Mozart's music for a play, Thamos, Kind of Egypt.
An experienced recitalist, Eleanor has sung in concert at Opera by the Lake for Opera Queensland, appeared as part of the Music on Sundays programme with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, hosted by Guy Noble, in Adelaide with the Italian Arts Society, hosted by Vincent Ciccarello and ‘Opera in the Paddock’ in Armidale NSW. Internationally, Eleanor has toured Chinese Poly Theatres with Australian International Productions performing in concert and opera.
Eleanor is a grateful past recipient of a grant from the Ian Potter Cultural Society and the Wagner Society of NSW.
Eleanor is currently an associate artist at Melbourne Opera where she debuted as a soprano. In February 2022 she performed the role of Sieglinde (Die Walküre) as part of the Melbourne Opera Ring cycle directed by Suzanne Chaundy. A diverse soprano, other recent roles include Ortlinde in Die Walküre in Melbourne, the Dama in Verdi’s Macbeth as directed by Bruce Beresford, and Annio in la clemenza di Tito as directed by Peter Coleman-Wright for the newly established National Opera in Canberra. Eleanor was seen in The Sopranos, directed by Patrick Nolan and Laura Hansford, at QPAC singing as Leonore (Fidelio) and Abagaille (Nabucco) for Opera Queensland.
In the UK and Ireland Eleanor sang at Grange Park Opera and the Dorset Opera Festival, and returned to Wexford Festival Opera performing various roles, L'innocente in L'Arlesiana by Cilea and La Ciesca in Puccini's comedy Gianni Schicchi. She covered roles in Eugene Onegin (Grange Park) and sang in Suor Angelica (Dorset). She also appeared in recital for 'culture night' in Dublin. She sang as the Woodpecker, Forester’s Wife and Grasshopper at the Ryedale Festival in North Yorkshire in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen. The roles of Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, she performed as a part of the Bloomsbury Festival in London. At the Royal Academy of Music Opera Studio, she performed the roles of Hansel, Endimione in La Calisto as directed by John Ramster, various roles in scenes performances including Meg Page, Sesto, Dorabella, Minskwoman from Flight by Jonathan Dove, and a Flowermaiden from Parsifal. She was 'the wife' in Paradise Moscow by Shostakovic and Ernestina in l'occasione fa il ladro by Rossini.
As an oratorio soloist, Eleanor has sung the soprano solos in Handel’s Messiah at Brisbane City Hall with the Queensland Choir and the Mozart Requiem with St Andrew’s Cathedral Choir in Sydney. She has performed in various magnificent works including Beethoven 9, Mass in B minor JS Bach, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Vivaldi's Gloria and WA Mozart's music for a play, Thamos, Kind of Egypt.
An experienced recitalist, Eleanor has sung in concert at Opera by the Lake for Opera Queensland, appeared as part of the Music on Sundays programme with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, hosted by Guy Noble, in Adelaide with the Italian Arts Society, hosted by Vincent Ciccarello and ‘Opera in the Paddock’ in Armidale NSW. Internationally, Eleanor has toured Chinese Poly Theatres with Australian International Productions performing in concert and opera.
Eleanor is a grateful past recipient of a grant from the Ian Potter Cultural Society and the Wagner Society of NSW.
"Excellent casting choices which included the moving, mysterious Waif from Eleanor Greenwood who scored in both of her vital scenes." (Wexford - MARIA) Opera Today
"..she is able to take honest command of the text at hand and its unique expression which beautifully finds its reflection in her singing." - Celina Lindsley, Soprano
