Sophie Daneman is a British soprano specializing in the baroque repertoire.

Biography

Sophie Daneman, a daughter of the actor

Paul Daneman Paul Frederick Daneman (29 October 1925 – 28 April 2001) was an English film, television, and theatre actor. He was successful for more than 40 years on stage, film and television. Early life Paul Daneman was born in Islington, London. He att ...

, studied at the

Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz ...

in London. She became known during the 1990s with the baroque music ensemble Les Arts Florissants, spearhead of the movement led by William Christie, with whom she interpreted mainly great names of the French baroque such as Montéclair,

Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (; – ) was a French composer and music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and ...

, Charpentier, Mondonville and

Couperin The Couperin family was a musical dynasty of professional composers and performers. They were the most prolific family in French musical history, active during the Baroque era (17th—18th centuries). Louis Couperin and his nephew, François Coup ...

. In addition to William Christie, Daneman worked under the direction of numerous choir directors, such as Christopher Hogwood, Robert King, Gérard Lesne, Jean-Claude Malgoire,

Neville Marriner Sir Neville Marriner, (15 April 1924 – 2 October 2016) was an English violinist and "one of the world's greatest conductors". Gramophone lists Marriner as one of the 50 greatest conductors and another compilation ranks Marriner #14 of the ...

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, and

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Selected discography

Daneman has recorded for the labels Erato,

Harmonia Mundi Harmonia Mundi is an independent record label which specializes in classical music, jazz, and world music (on the World Village label). It was founded in France in 1958 and is now a subsidiary of PIAS Entertainment Group. Its Latin name ''harm ...

EMI Classics EMI Classics was a record label founded by Thorn EMI in 1990 to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogues for internationally distributed classical music releases. After Thorn EMI demerged in 1996, its recorded mus ...

and

Virgin Records Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman (musician), Tom Newman. It ...

With Les Arts Florissants

* 1992: ''Jephté'' by Michel Pignolet de Montéclair * 1993: '' Castor et Pollux'' by Jean-Philippe Rameau (a sequel to Hébé/Un Plaisir) * 1994: ' by Jean-Philippe Rameau * 1995: '' Médée'' by Marc-Antoine Charpentier * 1995: ''La descente d'Orphée aux enfers'' by Marc-Antoine Charpentier * 1996: ''Les plaisirs de Versailles'' by Marc-Antoine Charpentier * 1997: ''Grands Motets'' by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville * 1997: ''

Les Fêtes d'Hébé ''Les fêtes d'Hébé, ou Les talens lyriques '' (''The Festivities of Hebe, or The Lyric Talents'') is an ''opéra-ballet'' in a prologue and three ''entrées'' (acts) by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. The libretto was written by Anto ...

'' by Jean-Philippe Rameau * 1997: '' Leçons de ténèbres'' by François Couperin * 1999: '' Acis and Galatea'' by Handel * 2001: ''La guirlande'' by Jean-Philippe Rameau (Zélide) * ''

Theodora Theodora is a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift". Theodora may also refer to: Historical figures known as Theodora Byzantine empresses * Theodora (wife of Justinian I) ( 500 – 548), saint by the Orthodox Church * Theodora o ...

'' by Handel (Theodora) * 2011: John Blow: Venus and Adonis, directed Elizabeth Kenny (Wigmore Hall Live) (Venus)

With the Collegium Musicum 90

* 1997: ''Ottone in Villa'' d'Antonio Vivaldi (Tullia)

With the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

* 1999: ''Arianna in Creta'' de Haendel (Arianne)

Other

* 1997: ''Songs & Duets, Vol. 1'' by Félix Mendelssohn with Nathan Berg (baritone) and Eugene Asti (piano) * 1999: ''Songs & Duets, Vol. 2'' by Félix Mendelssohn with Stephan Loges (baritone) and Eugene Asti (piano) * 2001: ''Lieder'' by Schumann with Julius Drake (piano) * 2001: ''Irish, Welsh & Scottish songs'' by

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...

, with

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Paul Agnew Paul Agnew (born 1964 in Glasgow) is a Scottish operatic tenor and conductor. Biography Agnew read music as a Choral Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford. He became associated with various groups specializing in early music (Ex Cathedra, the ...

, Alessandro Moccia, Alix Verzier and Jérôme Hantaï

References

Hyperion Records Hyperion Records is an independent British classical record label. History Hyperion is an independent British classical label that was established in 1980 with the goal of showcasing recordings of music in all genres and from all time period ...

Interview of Sophie Daneman on Classicagenda.fr
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daneman, Sophie Living people Year of birth missing (living people) English operatic sopranos Women performers of early music British performers of early music Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 20th-century British women opera singers 21st-century British women opera singers Erato Records artists EMI Classics and Virgin Classics artists