Biography

British Mezzo Soprano Eleanor Minney has developed a fine reputation for her interpretation of the Baroque and early oratorio repertoire, with many concert performances and recordings of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, B Minor Mass and Magnificat, Handel’s Messiah and Dixit Dominus, and Monteverdi’s Vespers in the UK, Europe and the USA.

 

Other performance highlights include the World Premiere of Sir John Tavener's The Beautiful Names with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Copland's In the Beginning with The Sixteen, Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Fanny Price in Dove’s Mansfield Park (both Hampstead Garden Opera), Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen (Riverside Opera), Ruggiero in Handel’s Alcina (Musica Poetica),  Ninfa/Proserpina in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (I Fagiolini), and Friend in the World Premiere of Ravi Shankhar's Sukanya (Royal Opera). 

 

In addition to her solo work, Eleanor appears regularly with a number of highly acclaimed ensembles including Tenebrae, The OAE, London Voices, and Polyphony. She is proud to have been on the staff roster of the BBC Singers from 2014-2024, with whom she continues to collaborate. 

 

Upcoming performances include Handel’s Dixit Dominus, Steve Reich’s The Desert Music, tours to Europe and the Far East

 

Eleanor recently established Thrapston Festival of Voice, promoting collaborative professional and community singing in the Nene Valley, with the inaugural weekend taking place in Spring 2025. She enjoys performing, directing, teaching and curating a huge variety of music, from the ancient to the modern, and everything in between.