Photo: Benjamin Durrant
Eleanor Penfold
Primary Skill:
Soprano
Nationality:
British
Country:
United Kingdom
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Languages (fluent):
English, French
Experience
Opera
Anne Trulove
The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
New Palace Opera
2023
Lucy
The Telephone (Menotti)
Opera Anywhere
2023
Adele
Die Fledermaus (Strauss, J)
DEBUT, English National Ballet
2023
Lucy
The Telephone (Menotti)
Opera in Oborne
2023
Queen of the Night
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Oxford Opera Company
2022
Geraldine
A Hand of Bridge (Samuel Barber)
Academy of St Mary-le-Bow
2020
Le Rossignol
L'enfant et les sortilèges (Ravel)
VOpera, London Philharmonic
2020
Soloist
Opera on the Lake with Sir Thomas Allen (Mozart, Beethoven, Monteverdi, etc.)
Van Mildert, Durham University
2020
Clo-Clo (Grisette)
The Merry Widow (Lehár)
Iford Arts
2020
Die Konigin der Nacht
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
Waterperry Opera Festival
2019
Iford New Generation Artist, Chorus
Die Fledermaus (Strauss, J)
Iford Arts
2019
Die Konigin der Nacht
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
Hurn Court Opera
2019
1 st soprano - Ensemble
SWAP’ra Gala (Various)
Opera Holland Park
2018
Donna Anna
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Waterperry Opera Festival
2018
Venus and Phrygian woman
Dardanus (J.P Rameau)
English Touring Opera
2017
Thérèse/Tirésias
Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Francis Poulenc)
Royal College of Music International Opera School
2017
Nayad
Ariadne Auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)
Royal College of Music
2017
Naïade and Bergère
Les Fêtes d'Hébé (J.P Rameau)
L'opéra national de Paris
2017
Cloris
Acis & Galatea (Handel)
Britten Hall, Aldeburgh
2016
Angels and Chorus
Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck)
Royal College of Music International Opera School
2016
Soloist
Opera Evening (Verdi, Strauss, Puccini, Mozart, Offenbach.)
The Carlton Club
2016
Donna Anna
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
British Youth Opera
2016
Giunia
Lucio Silla (W. A. Mozart)
Royal College of Music
2016
Michal
Saul (G.F Handel)
Royal College of Music
2016
Yum-Yum
Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Royal College of Music
2016
Contemporary Opera
Girl (Lead)
The Promise (Daniel Saleeb)
London, Cumbria, Suffolk, Leeds, Manchester, etc
2023
Girl (Lead)
The Promise (Daniel Saleeb)
Cumbria, Leeds, London
2022
Bessie
Madeleine (David Hackbridge-Johnson)
Surrey Opera
2022
Bessie
Madeleine (David Hackbridge-Johnson)
Surrey Opera
2021
Cynthia
The Dowager's Oyster (Louis Mander)
Cheltenham Playhouse
2020
Elle
Citronnier (Bonsai Garden) (Jan-Peter de Graaff)
Opera Zuid
2020
Titania
P.U.C.K (Mahlon Berv & Benjamien Lycke)
Royal College of Music
2016
Oratorio/Concerts
Soloist
Serene Sounds: A Classical Sound Bath Experience (Debussy, Strauss, Ravel, Dove, Head.)
London festival tour (Transposed)
2024
Soloist
Hidden Gems Recital (Debussy, Ravel, Strauss)
St Mary Le Strand, London
2023
Soloist
Missa Brevis in D (Mozart)
Sine Nomine Singers, London
2023
Soloist
Coronation Mass (Mozart)
St James’ Piccadilly, London
2023
Soloist
Opera in the Park (Various)
Opera in Oborne
2023
Soloist
Mass in D (Ethel Smyth)
Stowmarket Chorale
2022
Soloist
Concert for Peace (Various)
Pushkin House, London
2022
Soloist
Christmas Concert (Various)
Windsor Castle
2022
Soloist
Missa Sancti Nicolai (Haydn)
Sine Nomine Singers, London
2022
Soloist
Les Illuminations (Benjamin Britten)
Academy of St Mary-le-Bow
2019
Soloist
Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)
Academy of St Mary-le-Bow
2019
Soloist
Try Me, Good King (Immersive concert tour) (Larsen, Walton, Dring, Quilter, Horowitz, Argento)
London, York, Cambridge, Lancaster (Transposed)
2019
Soloist
Wimple Estate Recital (Various)
Scordatura Collective
2019
Soloist
English Song Recital (Stanford, Howells, Bridge, Quilter, etc.)
Stanford Society
2018
Soloist
Schubert Song Prize Winner Concert (Berg, Debussy, Strauss, Schubert)
Schubert Song Society
2018
2nd Soprano Soloist
Mass in B minor (J S Bach)
English Touring Opera
2017
Soloist
Five poems by Anna Akhmatova (Prokofiev)
Pushkin House
2016
Soloist
The Lullaby Experiments (April Koyejo)
Royal College of Music
2016
Soprano Soloist
Messiah (G.F Handel)
St Mary's Singers, Ewell
2015
Soprano Soloist
The Last Night of the Hever Castle Proms (Puccini, Lehar, Parry, Arne)
Brandenburg Sinfonia
2015
Soprano Soloist
Love & Loss (Handel, Bach, Mozart, Britten, Walton, etc.)
St Mary's Church, Beddington
2014
Soprano Soloist, alongside Sir Thomas Allen
The Twelve (William Walton)
Durham University Chamber Choir
2013
Soprano Soloist
Mass In G (Schubert)
Stoneleigh Choral Society
2013
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled
Awards
Associate Fellow for Artistic Excellence, Van Mildert College, Durham University (2020)
Britten Pears Young Artist (2018)
European Network Opera Academies Young Artist (2018)
Josephine Baker Trust, Royal College of Music (2016)
Ruth West Scholar, Royal College of Music (2016)
Competitions
Semi Finalist, Royal Overseas League (2019)
Highly Commended, Mozart Song Competition (2018)
Semi Finalist, Royal Overseas League (2018)
Schubert Song Prize at the London Song Festival (2016)
Vocal Finalist, Brooks van-der-Pump English Song Competition (2016)
Education
MPerf in Vocal Performance - Distinction
Royal College of Music
2015–2017
Associate Diploma in Vocal Performance - Distinction
Trinity College London
2013
BA (Hons) in Music
Collingwood College, Durham University
2010–2013