Elena Xanthoudakis

Elena Xanthoudakis kicks off the 2011-12 season with her appearance at the BBC Proms 2011 season with Antonio Pappano and the Accademia di Santa Cecila in the role of Jemmy Guillaume Tell, previously recorded during performances in Rome that received rave reviews. She remains in London to interpret the roles of both Lisa and Amina La Sonnambula at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Daniel Oren. She follows this with New Year’s concerts for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Nicholas McGegan, and in February, Beethoven’s Mass in C with Louis Langrée, followed by a concert tour in her native Australia to promote their CD release with her ensemble, TrioKROMA (piano, voice and clarinet). She rounds off the season with her debut at Glyndebourne Festival Opera as Clorinda La Cenerentola.

Recent successes include her Canadian debut at Opera de Quebec in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor, her appearance as both Euridice and Genio in a production of Haydn’s L’anima del Filosofo for Pinchgut Opera that was released on CD in 2011, Frasquita Carmen at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in performances over several seasons that culminated in an International 3D cinema release and two DVDs, Miss Schlesen Satyagraha at ENO (2007 & 2010), Marzelline Fidelio at the Brighton Festival with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and her first engagement at the Metropolitan Opera of New York as cover Countess Adele Le Comte Ory.

Originally a student of flute, the Xanthoudakis holds a BMus.(Hons) and Graduate Diploma of Opera from the Victorian College of the Arts, as well as a Masters in Music from the University of Melbourne. She undertook studies with the young artist programme of the Maggio Musicale di Firenze before winning a place at London’s Guildhall School of Music, where she received a MMus with distinction in 2005. In a career already awash with prizes and accolades, Xanthoudakis has received a Solti Foundation Grant, as well as over 80 first prizes in competitions including the Maria Callas Grand Prix, Salzburg International Mozart Competition and a top place at Operalia amongst her most significant achievements. She is currently a Borletti-Buitoni Trust artist.

Elena Xanthoudakis is frequently called to the concert platform as a soloist by the world’s most eminent orchestras in repertoire that includes Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle and Stabat Mater, Bach’s Missa Brevis, B Minor Mass, St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio and a variety of cantatas, the Requiems of Fauré and Mozart, Handel’s Messiah and Jeptha, the Glorias of Vivaldi and Poulenc, Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate and The Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss.

Other roles include Adina L’elisir d’amore (Scottish Opera, Victorian Opera, Melbourne), Blonde Abduction from the Seraglio (Opera North), Krista The Makropulos Case (English National Opera, released on CD by Chandos with Sir Charles Mackerras), La Contessa di Folleville Il viaggio a Reims (Maggio Musicale di Firenze), Xenia Boris Godunov (Opera National du Rhin), Lady Ella Patience (BBC Proms), Pamina The Magic Flute and Leila The Pearl Fishers (Melbourne Opera), Ann Truelove The Rake’s Progress (VCA/OzOpera), Constance Dialogue of the Carmelites and Dalinda Ariodante (ENO); Matilde Matilde di Shabran, Ismene Mitridate, Micaela Carmen (Royal Opera Covent Garden), Dido Dido and Aeneas, Iris Semele and Amor Orfeo ed Euridice.

Future appearances include the role of Leila The Pearl Fishers at English National Opera, and her debut at Wigmore Hall, London.