On Sunday,  October 21st I’ll be singing an Ave Maria (Schubert) or possibly two(Bach/Gounod) for the Blessing of the Children at St Anne’s Catholic Church, Bondi.

The ceremony involves the blessing of all those children who’ve been baptised in the last 5 years or so. I think all are welcome, so please come along to have a listen, if you’re around.

Where: St Anne’s Catholic Church, 47 Mitchell St, Bondi (Corner of Blair and Mitchell Streets)

When: 9am

I’ll be doing an opera workshop leading up to a performance. Here’s the when and where of it all:

Date: Monday 1st October (Monday of the long weekend)
Time: 4.00pm
Venue:
The Music Practice
Level 5, 80 Cooper St, Surry Hills 2010

It’s going to be fun! See you there!

I sang four songs at Atlantis Rising’s opening, including Carmen’s Habanera and Seguedilla, and E Amore Un Ladroncello from Cosi Fan Tutte, plus Singgah Singgah, a prayer from Java, three of which you can gain access to at this site. All were a big triumph, thanks to the most gorgeous space and attentive, lovely audience. Not to mention, of course, the wonderful clothes chosen for me on the night.

Then on Saturday at Eurofest, I sang the National Anthem, Acappella. It was a triumph. The lady next to me whispered, ‘Perfect’. Being a blue-ribbon Liberal seat up there in Frenchs Forest, I was seated on stage just one seat away from Bronwyn Bishop and the State Minister for Planning. A surreal moment of my life, I have to say. I sang the words of the second verse ‘For those who’ve come across the seas we’ve boundless plains to share, with courage let us all combine to advance Australia fair,’ with extra passion.

Another Upcoming Gig!

Saturday, 15 September 2012

Eurofest at Ararat Reserve, Bantry Bay Road, Frenchs Forest

The festival goes over two days – 15th and 16th September,

I will be leading the crowd in a rendition of the national anthem (the Australian one!) at 12.30pm. My choir, Voices from the Vacant Lot, will be singing at 1.30pm.

Voices from the Vacant Lot will be performing at 1.30pm. Eurofest Flyer

Upcoming Gig!

Thursday, 13th December 2012

Launch of AtlantisRisingco.com, the site of the fabulous Orlanda Bolton, who styled my event, A Night At The Opera. She is amazing!

The launch is from 4-9pm, and I’m performing a couple of songs in honour of the launch at 7pm.

Salvador Coffee, 32 Kings Ln Darlinghurst,NSW 2010

Hi, I’m Eliane and I’m an opera singer. Sounds like opera singers anonymous… Well, it has taken a long time to put that out there into the world. For a very long time I’ve been afraid of using that name, because it felt like it had such a lot of weight attached to it. And what does it mean, really? I guess it means that you sing songs that come from operas – but there are plenty of classically trained singers who don’t sing opera, whom we still refer to as ‘opera singers’. So it is a style of singing? Well, yes, but within the opera genre there are as many styles of singing as there are people who sing. I guess I think of it as similar to gymnastics. We train our voices so they can cut through an orchestra, even when we’re singing quietly. We sing music that moves people to tears, even if they don’t understand the words. It’s not always great, sometimes I fall asleep at the opera. But when it’s good, it’s so wonderful. Anyway, this is the very first blog. It’s late, I’m rambling, but there will be more… In the meantime, here’s a clip from a concert I did recently, featuring the delicious styling of Orlanda Bolton: