Danielle de Niese

Biography

Danielle de Niese is an Australian-American lyric soprano born on April 11, 1979, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She rose to fame after winning the 1988 Australian TV talent competition Young Talent Time at age nine and later became a regular guest host of L.A. Kids, for which she won an Emmy Award at 16. Her professional operatic debut came at 15 with the Los Angeles Opera, followed by her notable performance as Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne Festival Opera.