About
Soprano Eleanor Greenwood recently made her debut as Floria Tosca, singing at the Rheinfelder Schlossfestspiele Opera Festival in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, ‘played with blazing passion’ (Badische Zeitung) and ‘vocal sovereignty’ (Die Oberbadische). She sang for the Bendigo Ring Cycle, as Sieglinde and as Dritte Norn ('Sumptuous, gleaming soprano' Deborah Jones).
Winner of the 2023 Opera Awards for opera singers in Australia, (YMF Australia, Elizabethan Theatre Trust), versatile soprano Eleanor Greenwood has sung in London, in the UK, in Europe, in Australia, and throughout China.
In Brisbane Eleanor was seen in Opera Queensland’s production of the Sopranos, performed at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, singing in scenes as Leonore from Fidelio and Abagaille from Nabucco. She sang the soprano solo in Verdi’s magnificent Requiem, at QPAC.
Eleanor was nominated for a Green Room award for her portrayal of Elisabetta in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda with Melbourne Opera.
She has sung the soprano solos in Mozart’s Requiem at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney and in Handel's Messiah at Brisbane City Hall. Concerts include an Opera Gala for National Opera in Canberra, Opera by the Lake (Childers QLD), Music on Sundays (QSO), Opera in the Paddock (Armidale), Mozart by Moonlight (Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne), Opera in the Park (Boroondara VIC) and appearances with The Parlour Fine Music in Melbourne. Eleanor has toured Chinese Poly Theatres in opera and concert productions with Australian International Productions.
A graduate of London's Royal Academy of Music Opera School, and of the Australian National University, she has performed various roles and concerts. She made her professional debut at the international opera festival in Wexford singing as a mezzo soprano before developing to soprano in recent years. At Wexford she was seen in Statkowski's Polish Opera, Maria, Cilea's L'Arlesiana and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.
Winner of the 2023 Opera Awards for opera singers in Australia, (YMF Australia, Elizabethan Theatre Trust), versatile soprano Eleanor Greenwood has sung in London, in the UK, in Europe, in Australia, and throughout China.
In Brisbane Eleanor was seen in Opera Queensland’s production of the Sopranos, performed at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, singing in scenes as Leonore from Fidelio and Abagaille from Nabucco. She sang the soprano solo in Verdi’s magnificent Requiem, at QPAC.
Eleanor was nominated for a Green Room award for her portrayal of Elisabetta in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda with Melbourne Opera.
She has sung the soprano solos in Mozart’s Requiem at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney and in Handel's Messiah at Brisbane City Hall. Concerts include an Opera Gala for National Opera in Canberra, Opera by the Lake (Childers QLD), Music on Sundays (QSO), Opera in the Paddock (Armidale), Mozart by Moonlight (Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne), Opera in the Park (Boroondara VIC) and appearances with The Parlour Fine Music in Melbourne. Eleanor has toured Chinese Poly Theatres in opera and concert productions with Australian International Productions.
A graduate of London's Royal Academy of Music Opera School, and of the Australian National University, she has performed various roles and concerts. She made her professional debut at the international opera festival in Wexford singing as a mezzo soprano before developing to soprano in recent years. At Wexford she was seen in Statkowski's Polish Opera, Maria, Cilea's L'Arlesiana and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.
As Elizabeth R with Helena Dix as Maria Stuarda
"...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