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Opera star Danielle de Niese: I will not push my children into the arts

She is well aware of the difficulties of making a full-time career in the arts and said ‘you have to really want it’.

Evening Standard · Oct 27

The Marriage of Figaro review – Danielle de Niese’s deft direction weds finery with fun

A touring show was quite a challenge for the opera star’s first directorial gig, but dynamic singing, charismatic orchestral play and clever stage jokes pull it off brilliantly

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny review – big and brash staging for Brecht and Weill’s whisky-soaked dystopia

Jamie Manton’s new production for English National Opera is sparky and substantial. Danielle de Niese brings star quality to tarty Jenny, and the chorus are consistently superb

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17

Danielle de Niese on starring in The Merry Widow: ‘It's opera’s Love Actually... a Christmas cracker’

The superstar soprano on Franz Lehár’s giddy opera, the art form’s superpower and singing in venues from Glyndebourne to Davos

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2024

The week in classical: The Merry Widow; Aldeburgh festival – review

Thomas Allen steals a witty, sparkling new production of Léhar’s masterpiece, and a cosmic world premiere from Judith Weir lives up to her star billing

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024

The Merry Widow review – De Niese and Olvera are compelling, but camp fun stifles subtlety

Double entendres, extra dialogue and sight gags ensure that Cal McCrystal’s new staging entertains, but it’s at the expense of emotional power. In the pit, John Wilson is superlative, likewise Germán Olvera’s charismatic Danilo

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024

The Seven Deadly Sins review – LPO play Brecht and Weill with bite and swing

Danielle de Niese took on twinned roles of dancer and singer Anna with great style, the evening introduced by João Barradas’s fiery accordion

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024

Classical music: Fiona Maddocks’s 10 best concerts and operas of 2023

Two tragic new operas, Mussorgsky with bells on and rousing community endeavours inspired and moved, while ENO hit highs despite a year of turmoil

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2023

The week in classical: Cumnock Tryst; LSO: A Dance to the Music of Time

James MacMillan’s inspiring four-day festival brings together top-class professionals and local performers, and Antonio Pappano gives the Barbican a tantalising taster

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2023

The week in theatre: Aspects of Love; Rose; The Shape of Things – review

A superb cast, including opera star Danielle de Niese, elevates Andrew Lloyd Webber’s plodding 80s musical; Maureen Lipman gives a one-woman masterclass; and Neil LaBute’s romcom gets a sharp, funny revival

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023