Danielle Bavli

soprano

Danielle Bavli is an American soprano from New York City, now based in Sydney and London. Praised for her “warmth and tendresse” (San Diego Story), she joined Opera Australia’s Principal Artists’ roster in 2025, and sang multiple roles in Sydney Festival’s Siegfried & Roy: The Unauthorised Opera.

 The 2025 season also marked her debut with State Opera South Australia as the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute. She appeared in Great Opera Hits for Opera Australia and covered Cunegonde in Candide, returning to the national company this season to cover Gilda in Rigoletto and for performances of Gilbert & Sullivan: A Musical Celebration.

 In the United States, Danielle has sung Norina in Don Pasquale for Pacific Northwest Opera, the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte for Opera NEO, and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Janiec Opera Company (Brevard Music Center), where she also appeared as a concert soloist in Opera’s Greatest Hits and An Evening with Cole Porter. She performed Luanna in Angel of the Amazon for Encompass New Opera Theatre, sang Gherardino in Gianni Schicchi with Salt Marsh Opera, and covered Servilia in La clemenza di Tito for Bronx Opera. Other engagements include L’Eternità and Calisto (cover) in Cavalli’s La Calisto and Soprano 1 in Glass’s Hydrogen Jukebox for Boston Conservatory Opera; Cunegonde (cover) in Candide at Brevard Music Center; and Stephanie in Heggie’s To Hell and Back, Amy March in Adamo’s Little Women, and Carey in Ching’s Speed Dating Tonight! with Vanderbilt Opera Theatre. She made her Australian debut as Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance with Rockdale Opera Company.

 Danielle’s early training was shaped by an eight-season tenure with the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus, where she performed regularly on one of the world’s leading stages. She is the recipient of an Emerging Talent Award from the Kurt Weill Foundation’s Lotte Lenya Competition, and First Prize winner of the Music Worcester Young Artist Competition. She has also been featured on WQXR’s Young Artists Showcase.

 She has undertaken further training as a Studio Artist with Opera NEO and the Janiec Opera Company, and as a participant in the Milnes VOICE Studio at the Savannah VOICE Festival. Additional appearances include performances with Odyssey Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, College Light Opera Company, SongFest, and the Vancouver International Song Institute.

 Danielle holds a Master of Music in Opera Performance from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and a Bachelor of Music from Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, where she received the Michelson Award for Collaborative Arts and the Robin Nell Dickerson Award for excellence in performance and scholarship.

Representation: World

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