Sophie Daneman

Sophie Daneman (born 1968) 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.

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

With Les Arts Florissants 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)

With the Collegium Musicum 90 1997: Ottone in Villa d'Antonio Vivaldi (Tullia)

With the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra 1999: Arianna in Creta de Haendel (Arianne)

Other 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