Scottish soprano Eleanor Dennis is a graduate of the Royal College of Music’s International Opera School and a former Harewood Artist at the English National Opera.
She is the winner of the Carole Rees Award in the 2023 Mastersingers Competition, an award given in support of the next generation of Wagner singers.
Recent appearances include Miranda in Malcolm Arnold’s The Dancing Master (Buxton Festival); Penelope/Gloriana and Ofglen/The Handmaid’s Tale (ENO); Helena/A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Aldeburgh and Grange Festivals, ENO); Miss Jessel/The Turn of the Screw (Opera North); Fiordiligi/Così fan tutte (Opera Holland Park); and Countess Almaviva/Le nozze di Figaro (Scottish Opera).
On the concert platform, her engagements include Beethoven’s Egmont (BBC Philharmonic/ Juanjo Mena); Missa Solemnis (Three Choirs Festival); Christus am Ölberge (Bamberger Symphoniker/Rolf Beck); Symphony No. 9 (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ryan Wigglesworth at the BBC Proms, Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España/David Afkham & RSNO/Thomas Sondergard); Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem (CBSO/ Andrew Manze); Britten’s A Spring Symphony (Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra/Cornelius Meister & BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov); Elgar’s Une Voix dans le Désert (CBSO/Andris Nelsons); Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Three Choirs Festival); Haydn’s Harmoniemesse (Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir András Schiff); Stanford’s Stabat Mater (BBC Concert Orchestra/Daniel Hyde); and Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins).
Upcoming engagements include Miss Jessel/The Turn of the Screw (ENO) and Eva/ Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Saffron Opera Group).