Written by Will Pavia October 26, 2026 Danielle de Niese talks to Will Pavia about why she’s telling the shocking story of an 18th-century singer There’s a moment in the new documentary The Handel Scandal when the opera star Danielle de Niese turns up at a choir practice in a village hall. “You don’t mind...
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Danielle de Niese: on Motherhood, Misogyny and Eight Shows a Week
Written by The Courage to Speak October 20, 2026 Danielle de Niese is Leonie Mellinger’s guest in this episode of The Courage To Speak, which is also now available to watch on YouTube, Apple, Spotify and other podcast platforms. One of the world’s greatest sopranos, she is a truly international singer, performer and broadcaster of...
Hadestown new cast are here and they’re spectacular!
Written by Caitlyn Harris (@westendcaitlyn) October 4, 2026 View this post on Instagram Hadestown new cast are here and they’re spectacular! 🌹🌟🪕 Danielle De Niese, Shaun Dooley, Dayth Ifil, Malinda Parris & Nathan Sykes join the cast in the lead roles and they were all spectacular. Bringing new energy and their own special takes to...
Danielle de Niese on grief, parenting, and taking on Hadestown in the West End
Written by Jack Malvern October 5, 2026 Danielle de Niese is thrilled that her mother is coming to watch her rehearse for her latest role, as the queen of the underworld in the West End transfer of the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown . The world-class soprano trusts her mother uniquely to tell her when she...
Hadestown – Lyric Theatre
Written by Charlotte Purkis September 28, 2026 Hadestown continues at the Lyric Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This musically immersive sung-through evergreen story offers a wonderful, tuneful night out with topnotch performances all round. Originally conceived by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell 20 years ago, developed Off-Broadway a decade later, produced...




