CANBERRA mezzo soprano, Eleanor Greenwood, was last night named winner of the $43,000 Sydney Eisteddfod McDonald’s Operatic Aria first prize.
Eleanor Greenwood last night
Before a capacity crowd in the Concourse Concert Hall, Chatswood, adjudicators John Bolton-Wood and Rosamund Illing judged her the finest singer of the night for her rendition of ‘Sein wir wieder gut’ from “Ariadne auf Naxos” by Richard Strauss and ‘Non più mestam’ from “La Cenerentola” by Rossini.
Born and bred in Canberra and now resident in Potts Point, Greenwood is a graduate of both the ANU School of Music and the Royal College of Music, London. She is also is a past recipient of an Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant.
Greenwood first found an outlet for her voice singing with the Canberra Children’s Chorus, then in Years 11 & 12 at Canberra College she featured with the school jazz band, while singing at services in the local church, later following tertiary studies.
Now, with a $35,000 scholarship, $5,000 cash, and airfares to the value of $3,000, Greenwood hopes to follows advanced studies abroad, although she says she hopes to develop into a singer who performs in Australia as well as overseas.
The McDonald’s Operatic Aria first prize also includes the opportunity to attend rehearsals at Opera Australia in Melbourne or Sydney and observe an opera throughout the stages of its production.
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