Sophie Daneman Explained

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

Biography

Sophie Daneman, a daughter of the actor Paul Daneman, studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 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, Charpentier, Mondonville and Couperin.

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, Philippe Herreweghe, and Nicholas McGegan.

Daneman has recorded for the labels Erato, Harmonia Mundi, EMI Classics and Virgin Records.

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 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)
2003: Theodora by Handel (Theodora)
2011: John Blow: Venus and Adonis, directed Elizabeth Kenny (Wigmore Hall Live) (Venus)

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, with Peter Harvey, Paul Agnew, Alessandro Moccia, Alix Verzier and Jérôme Hantaï