Leanne Kenneally
Guest Artist
About
A graduate of Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Leanne Kenneally made her Opera Debut as Pamina in 1996 with Opera Australia and as Donna Anna with Opera Queensland. She has since appeared with all the leading Australian opera companies and was a member of the Cologne Opera in Germany (1999-2001).
Her stage appearances include the title role of Lakmé, Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Countess (Le nozze di Figaro), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Anne Trulove (The Rake’s Progress), Léïla (Les pêcheurs de perles) Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Philomele (Richard Mills’ The Love of the Nightingale), Oscar (Un ballo in maschera), Mimì (La bohème), Giulia (La scala di seta), Johanna (Sweeney Todd), Nuria (Ainadamar), and Third Norn (_Götterdämmerung)).
Leanne's concert engagements include Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232, Mozart's Requiem, Mass in C minor, Handel's Messiah, Saul, and Samson, Rossini's Stabat Mater, Britten's Les Illuminations op. 18, Moya Henderson's Anna Akhmatova's Requiem, Brahms' Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mahler's Symphonies 2, 4, 8, Rachmaninov's The Bells and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Her stage appearances include the title role of Lakmé, Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Countess (Le nozze di Figaro), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Anne Trulove (The Rake’s Progress), Léïla (Les pêcheurs de perles) Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Philomele (Richard Mills’ The Love of the Nightingale), Oscar (Un ballo in maschera), Mimì (La bohème), Giulia (La scala di seta), Johanna (Sweeney Todd), Nuria (Ainadamar), and Third Norn (_Götterdämmerung)).
Leanne's concert engagements include Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232, Mozart's Requiem, Mass in C minor, Handel's Messiah, Saul, and Samson, Rossini's Stabat Mater, Britten's Les Illuminations op. 18, Moya Henderson's Anna Akhmatova's Requiem, Brahms' Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mahler's Symphonies 2, 4, 8, Rachmaninov's The Bells and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Leanne can be heard in the role of Venus in Saint-Saëns’ Hélène, released by Melba Recordings (2008), and the Navona release Mythical Creatures with music by Paul Kopetz (2023).
Leanne recently performed the role of Helena in the Australian debut of Neil Armfield's A Midsummer Night's Dream by Britten in Adelaide Festival 2021. She also sang La Contessa in the new production of Le nozze di Figaro, and Despina in Così fan tutte, both directed by Patrick Nolan for Opera Queensland.
Leanne recently performed the role of Helena in the Australian debut of Neil Armfield's A Midsummer Night's Dream by Britten in Adelaide Festival 2021. She also sang La Contessa in the new production of Le nozze di Figaro, and Despina in Così fan tutte, both directed by Patrick Nolan for Opera Queensland.
Current Program
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