Winter Words – Jun 2017
Daniela Leska returns to the Sydney Opera House to perform in the Utzon Room for the second time this year in a heart-warming concert, “Winter Words” …when icicles hang by the wall. Join the artists of Pacific Opera on this melancholy yet starkly beautiful musical journey. Sunday 25 June 2017, 3pm Utzon Room, Sydney Opera […]
Mozart Requiem – May 2017
Daniela – Soprano Soloist for the Mozart Requiem preceded by Lux Aeterna by Morten Laurisden
Mother’s Day 2017
Celebrate Mother’s Day with Daniela Leska and the 2017 artists of Pacific Opera in a divine concert of the most beautiful and swoon-worthy music, preceded by a lush afternoon tea (complimentary with tickets) in North Sydney’s historic Independent Theatre. Photo by courtesy of The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust. Bring somebody special in your life to enjoy a […]
Sydney Opera House – April 2017
Daniela Leska featured in a showcase in the Sydney Opera House as part of the 2017 Pacific Opera Young Artist Program (YAP). Accompanied by Artistic Director Simon Kenway, the “24 American Songs and Arias” program featured the music of Bernstein, Sondheim, Copland, Barber, Weill and more. Daniela was delighted to open the concert with Copland’s “Nature, the gentlest Mother,” present a […]
The Proms – March 2017
Daniela featured as a Principal Soprano in ‘An Afternoon at the Proms’ with international violinist Ian Cooper, the Hawkesbury Nepean Valley Pipe Band, the CMNC Choir and the Blue Danube Orchestra in a cast of over 50, presented by Australian Global Entertainment. The program included a Sound of Music Medley, Rule Britannia (as pictured), the Lakme duet […]
Cleopatra – Aug 2016
An innovative concert staging of the music from Handel’s Giulio Cesare featuring Sarah Ampil, Whitney Erickson, Joelene Griffith, Jessica Harper, Tessa Hayward, Angela Hogan, Jussi Jenssen, Sarah Kemeny, Daniela Leska, Tabatha McFadyen, Nyssa Milligan, Danita Weatherstone and Bernice Zandona. Saturday 27 August, 2016 @ 7:30pm Sunday 28 August, 2016 @ 4pm The Independent Theatre: 269 Miller Street, North […]
Barbarina in Figaro – China, 2015
Daniela recently toured China, performing the role of Barbarina in the opera Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart with The Australian International Opera Company from October to November 2015. Fully-staged, the production was directed by Cameron Menzies and conducted by Pat Miller. On the concert platform, Daniela also performed opera excerpts in China as Papagena in Die Zauberflöte and Gilda […]
Polish Consulate Recital – 2015
Soprano Daniela Leska presented an evening of operatic arias, piano classics and art song by Chopin, Mozart and Strauss (amongst other composers) with accompanist Bradley Gilchrist at The Consulate of The Republic of Poland in Sydney on Friday 7 August 2015 at 7pm. A recital review featured in Australia’s Polish Newspaper: Express Australijski “The […]
Sophie in Werther – 2014
“Soprano Daniela Leska impressed as Sophie with her unforced tone and vibrant personality.” 1 “Daniela Leska was a most attractive Sophie (providing a perfect foil for mezzo-soprano Plummer), with her clear, vibrant voice and vivacious personality. Her translation into a sweet, heady, slightly vain modern teenager worked convincingly.” 2 “Daniela Leska is full of vitality […]
Carmen and La Traviata, China 2014-15
Daniela toured China, performing the operas Carmen by Bizet (Michaela-cover) and La Traviata by Verdi (Annina) from December 2014 to January 2015 with Hebei Silang Performing Arts Agency. Daniela performed in Guangzhou; Shenzhen; Zhuhai; Dongguan; Wuhan; Beijing; Fuzhou; Xining; Zhenjiang; Jinan and Dezhou.