Australian soprano Eleanor Lyons is known for her versatility, deep musicality and fresh interpretations. An international success, Eleanor has garnered global attention for her beautiful voice and virtuosic performances. Also known for her versatility, Eleanor passionately shapes every detail of opera, orchestral concerts, chamber music and solo recitals. Her talent and approach have resulted in on-going fruitful collaborations with various orchestras and conductors on a global level.
Most recent highlights include Eleanor’s phenomenally successful house debut at Dresden's Semperoper as Leonore in Beethoven’s Fidelio in the historical production by Christine Milietz from 1989. She took the same role to the stage with the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España in Madrid under the direction of David Afkham. In addition, Eleanor appeared as a soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées conducted by Philippe Herreweghe as part of a European tour.
Here in Australia Eleanor returned to the Queensland Symphony in two consecutive engagements under the baton of Umberto Clerici, first in Strauss’ Four Last Songs followed by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Other Australian highlights included her debut with the Sydney Symphony as Freia in a stage production of Wagner’s Das Rheingold with Simone Young. She also sung Verdi’s Requiem at the Adelaide Festival with the Antwerp Symphony. Further afield, Eleanor made her critically acclaimed debut with the MDR Symphony Orchestra in Ralph Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony under Dennis Russell Davies and celebrated her first appearance at the Vienna Musikverein in Bruckner's Psalm 150 with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Petr Popelka. At the 2022 Festival Les Chorégies d'Orange, she appeared as soloist in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis under John Nelson as part of the French Bastille Day celebrations.
2025 see Eleanor perform Britten's Les Illuminations together with selected Mozart concert arias with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, while she makes her debut at Turin's Teatro Regio as the soloist in Mahler's 2nd Symphony under Aziz Shokhakimov. Eleanor will also return to the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in Verdi’s Requiem
Eleanor maintains her special collaboration with Philippe Herreweghe and embarks on another prestigious European tour in March with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
Eleanor Lyons looks forward to making other debuts as a soloist in Dvořák's Stabat Mater with the Rundfunksinfonie-Orchester Berlin, in Poulenc's Stabat Mater with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Kazuki Yamada), Mahler’s Symphony No.2 with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Jaime Martín) and Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the Tasmania Symphony Orchestra (Valentia Peleggi).
Eleanor won first prize at the International Obraztsova Singing Competition, studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers, St. Petersburg and was awarded the Michael Byrne Vienna State Opera Award.