Securing international operatic sensation Danielle De Niese is a coup for the Australia Contemporary Opera Company’s summer season which runs from February 21 until March 2.
Soprano Danielle is one of several expatriate Australian singers who have found that the world beyond Australia has been keen to showcase their talents.
Danielle will be performing at the Festival Gala Dinner at Mornington Peninsula’s Point Leo Estate on March 1, and she will also join the other ACCOC artists in the Festival Showcase on March 2.
Danielle says she is very excited to be returning home to perform in these two events.
“Throughout my career, one of my most important goals has been to seek ways to broaden and connect successive generations of musicians and music lovers to this very special living and evolving art form,” she explained.
This 10-day International Festival of Contemporary Opera and Song will take place in various venues across Melbourne, culminating with the final gala weekend at Point Leo Estate.
The festival includes several Australian premieres and the Victorian premiere of a work by Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin called Fairy Songs, which is a family friendly performance.
For details of the entire Festival of Contemporary Opera and Song, visit www.acoco.org.au

• Julie Houghton