- Die Meistersinger – Eva
Winner of a 2023 Carole Rees Award from The Mastersingers, Scottish Soprano Eleanor Dennis is a graduate of the Royal College of Music’s International Opera School and a former Harewood Artist at English National Opera.
Her rôles for English National Opera have included Penelope (Gloriana), Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Countess Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), whilst engagements elsewhere have included Miranda in Sir Malcolm Arnold’s The Dancing Master at Buxton International Festival, Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) for Aldeburgh and Grange Festivals, Miss Jessel (The Turn of the Screw) for Opera North, The Witch (Hänsel und Gretel) and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) for Opera Holland Park; and Countess Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) and Liù (Turandot) for Scottish Opera.
Singing under conductors including David Afham, Rolf Beck, Martyn Brabbins, Daniel Harding, Leo Hussain, Vladimir Jurowski, Christian Macelaru, Andrew Manze, Cornelius Meister, Juanjo Mena, Andirs Nelsons, Sir András Schiff, Thomas Søndergård, Ivov Vlkov and Ryan Wigglesworth, regular concert engagements have included Beethoven’s Egmont with BBC Philharmonic, Christus am Ölberge with Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Missa Solemnis with RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Orquesta y Coro nacionales de España and Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem and Elgar’s Une voix dans le désert with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Britten’s Spring Symphony with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Haydn’s Harmoniemesse with Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Mendelssohn’s Elijah at Three Choirs Festival and Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
With BBC Concert Orchestra, she has recorded The Dancing Master, which won a BBC Music Magazine Award, on Resonus Classics, Cellier’s Captain Billy, Ford’s Mr Jerichon and Sullivan’s The Light of the World on Dutton Epoch; whilst with The Mozartists, she has recorded Mozart in London, available on Signum.
Her current and recent engagements include Miss Jessel (The Turn of the Screw) and Ofglen (The Handmaid’s Tale) for English National Opera, Freia (Das Rheingold) and Sieglinde and Gerhilde (Die Walküre) for Longborough Festival Opera and Stanford’s Stabat Mater with BBC Concert Orchestra at King’s College, Cambridge, as well as The Larky Lad with Nicky Spence and Dylan Perez at King’s Place.