Shania Eliassen - Soprano

Opening Night ✨✨✨

I’ve decided to crown myself Queen of the Angry Singing Mouth Face 👑 these pics were taken at the last Intensive Week with in a mini masterclass with none other than programme director and tenor extraordinaire (pictured in image 3 using the force to workshop me) 🎶 applications are now open for OSA’s 2024 intake and I highly recommend any young Melbourne based singers to apply!!! Next year will be a two-tiered programme with streams for both undergraduate and graduate levels and I can’t stress this enough when I say I WISH something like OSA could have existed in Perth in my undergraduate years, the training we receive is unique and unparalleled so don’t be a silly sausage and start your application now 😜 .wingyin.ng 📷

Just a little (not so great quality) still of my last Opera Night as part of Evening Soirée Series 🎶 You’ve only got one more week to book your tickets to the next one!!! Link in my bio 😘

Join me again in a couple of weeks time within the glorious interior of Entrecote and let me serenade you while you enjoy a 4 course meal and delicious wines provided by the sensational Levantine Hill 🍷🎶 I can’t wait to see you there ✨

Join our fabulous opera singer Shania Eliassen for our September soirée series! Indulge in a four-course feast with matched free-flowing wines from award-winning winery . ✨

Link in bio

Apologies for the long text post, but I wanted to share my experience of the past few weeks. The moral of the story is: look after your voice!!!

And that’s a wrap!! 🎶
Saturday marked the end of this season of Mozarts’s Idomeneo with and and I couldn’t be more grateful to both companies for the incredible opportunity and experience.
This production was especially significant for me as it was my first time in a professional chorus!
I was so impressed with the talent that surrounded me, from the incredible principal cast, to Lindy Hume’s direction, to my fellow ensemble members, to Benjamin Bayl’s conducting, to the production team’s creativity and the list goes on and on!
And I’m also super grateful to everyone that came along to support me and see this incredible show, you know who you are and I appreciate you all so much 💕
Can’t wait for the next one ✨✨✨

Only one more opportunity to catch this stunning production of Mozart’s Idomeneo 🌊 Don’t miss out and get your tickets at the link in my bio now!!

Sneaky pic of the Idomeneo chorus on opening night last night! Can’t wait for show number 2 on Thursday ✨ if you haven’t yet got your tickets you can buy some now from the link in my bio 😘

✨ July 27th, 7 PM - Experience the magic of opera with Shania Eliassen! 🎶 Alongside pianist Isaac Mouskovias, Shania will perform timeless pieces from Puccini to Bernstein in the exquisite setting of Le Salon Privé. Savour a four-course meal paired with Levantine Hill Estate's award-winning wines.🍷🍽️

Tickets: $249.9 per person. Book now for an evening of captivating music and fine dining. 🎟️

Some snaps from our last rehearsal of Idomeneo, see if you can spot me!!

Opening in a week 🎉 only on the 4th, 6th and 8th of July at the incredible Palais Theatre

Buy your tickets now!!
https://www.victorianopera.com.au/production/idomeneo/

Idomeneo rehearsal 24 June

Photo by Daniel Rabin.

Idomeneo plays at Palais Theatre
4-8 July

www.victorianopera.com.au/production/idomeneo/

Next month I am very excited to be singing some of opera’s greatest hits in the gorgeous venue that is Entrecôte! I eagerly invite you to join myself and Isaac Mouskovias on the keys for a magical night of music, food and wine. As not only will you be enjoying musical delights but also delights of a culinary nature, dining from a 4 course set menu, paired with wines from the acclaimed Levantine Hill! We can’t wait to see you there!!! ✨✨✨

Entrecôte | Thursday 27th July | Opera with Our Very Own Shania Come join us at Entrecôte for a Thursday 27th July | Opera with Our Very Own Shania!

Over the past couple of months I’ve had the pleasure of covering the role of Lidochka in Victorian Opera’s production of Melbourne, Cheremushki, a wonderfully weird and topical take on Shostakovich’s original operetta! Under the direction of Constantine Costi and baton of Simon Bruckard the cast have given it their all in producing a really fun and refreshingly innovative piece of theatre!! Even though I didn’t get on the stage this time, it’s been so much fun and been such a privilege to be involved 💕🎶

Little throw back to a few weeks ago singing for the Robert Stolz Viennese Society 🎶 had the pleasure of singing with and Ian Lowe with some beautiful cello from Nils Hobiger and the incredible Phillipa Safey on the keys 🎹

Here are some photos of me “glittering and being gay” at the Valentine’s Day concert ‘Love is in the Aria’ ❤️ as you can see I was having a bit too much fun and thus I couldn’t decide which photo I liked best, so here’s 7 😉 thank you .wingyin.ng for these awesome pics 📸 and thank you to everyone else who made the evening possible 💕

Had the absolute pleasure of singing in Mozart by Moonlight with in the beautiful surrounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens last night, reuniting with my Figaro pals to perform some excerpts to a sold out crowd 🎉🎶

Very excited to be involved in this tonight! ✨

Chookas to our Mozart by Moonlight stars at the Royal Botanic Gardens this evening at 6.00 pm. Led by Maestros Anthony Negus & Raymond M Lawrence, the Melbourne Opera Orchestra will accompany singers Mick Lampard, Nicole Wallace, Jordan Kahler, Teresa Ingrilli, Naomi Flatman - Lyric Mezzo Soprano, Adam Jon, Shania Eliassen - Soprano, Alastair Cooper-Golec, Andrew Alesi, and Brendan Toohey will perform Mozart's Clarinet Concerto

Welcome to the cast of Melbourne, Cheremushki! | Victorian Opera A national leader, Victorian Opera is one of the most celebrated opera companies in Australia. We are committed to evolving the art form in adventurous ways.

New year means a new headshot!!! 📸

Managed to get my hands on some more photos of concert ‘I am in Need of Music’ 🎶 in addition to the singing I also got to flex my little acting muscles with doing some Shakespeare! 📸 .wingyin.ng

Having a little twirl in the most recent concert with thank you .wingyin.ng for the photo! ✨💐

Had an incredible time singing in a masterclass with Sharolyn Kimmorley AM on Monday evening, thanks to Opera Scholars Australia!!!

ENTHRALLED to announce that yesterday I sang in the Melbourne Welsh Male Choir Singer of the Year Finals Concert and was awarded Singer of the Year! Congratulations to the other finalists .flatman & .pintabona who sang absolutely incredibly!! And thank you to all of the organisers, the audience, the adjudicators, and of course the Melbourne Welsh Male Choir, who also gave a magnificent performance 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

On Sunday I had the pleasure of performing Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro with Melbourne Opera alongside my Richard Divall programme members and some very incredible guest artists in a very ~exclusive~ venue 🎶 (already missing that bonnet IMMENSELY)

Meet Shania

Shania Eliassen is an Australian/Norwegian Coloratura Soprano who completed her Masters of Music (Opera Performance) at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in 2021, and her Bachelor of Music (Classical Voice) at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2018.

In university productions she has performed the roles of La Fée in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Suor Genovieffa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Königin der Nacht in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Fortuna/Pallade/Damigella in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, and Amy in Adamo’s Little Women. She has also performed the role of Lucia in Britten’s The R**e of Lucretia and sung the soprano solo in Mozart’s Requiem in D minor with Harmonia Australis in Perth. In 2018, she was awarded Most Outstanding Senior Vocalist at the North of Perth Music Festival and in 2019, and at a masterclass hosted by the West Australian Opera, Richard Bonynge AC, CBE awarded her the highest prize of the evening.

Shania has recently returned from Germany where she reprised the role of Queen of the Night with the Lyric Opera Studio Weimar, and she is now currently covering the role of Dorothy in Victorian Opera’s Il Mago di Oz. She is also a scholarship recipient of Opera Scholars Australia, as well as a Richard Divall Developing Artist with Melbourne Opera.

On Saturday evening I competed as one of six finalists in the Bettine McCaughan Scholarship finals and I am elated to announce that I placed second, winning the ANATS Victoria Special Award! A huge congratulations to for her well deserved win, and also to all the other finalists who sang absolutely incredibly! It was such an honour getting to sing with all of my friends, and I am especially proud of me and my fellow Perth girls and for making up half of the finalists (WAAPA represent 😉) Thank you to the organisers, to ANATS, to our incomparable accompanist Dean Sky-Lucas, to the adjudicators, to the audience, and to everyone who made such a great evening of music possible ❣️ (and of course another shout out to my amazing boyfriend for being there to support me once again 💕)

On Sunday evening, I had the honour of competing as one of 7 finalists in the 16th Annual Royal Melbourne Philharmonic’s Aria Competition. it was a real joy being able to sing in such a beautiful space alongside such talented artists! Congratulations to the well deserving winners and to my fellow finalists on such a job well done, it was a real pleasure to sing with old friends and make new ones ☺️ thank you to Andrew Wailes and RMP for the opportunity, to the judges, to Peter De Jager on the keys 🎹, and to those who came to support me, especially my beautiful and ever supportive boyfriend ❤️ it was a beautiful night of music making which I hope I’ll get to experience again next year!
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📸 Paul Dodd

Another exciting announcement ✨
Feeling very honoured to have been selected to compete in the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Aria Competition this Sunday!
If you’re free and around the city you should come and check it out 🎶

Delighted that I’ve been chosen as one of the 6 finalists for the Bettine McCaughan Scholarship! And what an honour to compete with such a talented singers and friends!!

ANATS Victoria is pleased to announce six excellent singers have been chosen for the final concert, performing for the scholarship prize of $5000. They are
Amelia Wawrzon
James Emerson
Leon Vitogiannis
Lucy Schneider
Michael Dimovski
Shania Eliassen

The final concert is on Saturday 20 Aug at 7:30pm at
St Peter's Anglican Church,
1030 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill, VIC

Tickets $10 at the door

Just started our second week of rehearsals this week for il Mago di Oz with ✨ and I’m VERY excited to be covering the role of Dorothy! It’s already shaping up to be a fantastic show so I definitely recommend booking a ticket and joining us down the yellow brick road 😜

Thank you to Britta Rehder for these incredible photos!!

Today marks my last day in Germany ☹️ this month has definitely had its ups and downs, what with the double pneumonia and sinus infection, impromptu 5 night stay in a hospital in Bangkok, arriving almost a week late to my programme, my bag not arriving for 14 days, getting covid and missing almost another whole week of the programme, and having my return flights cancelled and not rebooked by my airline until 3 days before my departure because they wanted to charge me a $1500 no show fee for my original flight even though they were the ones who wouldn’t let me fly (I won’t get into that, that’s a whole other story 😅) anyway, I’ve certainly been through some things! But even though all of the above was less than enjoyable, it taught me a lot about myself, that I can actually handle a lot, and I’m strong enough and resilient enough to keep going even when it feels like anything that can possibly go wrong, is! I also learned that I can sing a pretty damn good Königin der Nacht even while recovering from double lung infections and covid!! Of course I had the most amazing support system of my loved ones back in Australia, without whom I think I would have drowned in my own stressed girl tears! But I also found a brand new support system in all of the amazing friends I made at Lyric Opera Studio Weimar! Despite the setbacks, I had the most inspirational and motivational month performing a role that I love, and learning so much vocally, and professionally. And I got to do it with some truly, truly talented individuals who all have bright futures ahead of them and who I already miss so much!! Also need to mention that I am so grateful to have shared my role with 3 highly talented women ( .cristopulos ) who I admire so much for their incredible vocal ability, stage craft, and kindness, I’m so proud of the work we did and the support we had for each other ☺️ I leave Germany hungry to improve my craft and with my love of opera and singing reinvigorated by 1000%. Thank you to Damon and the whole team and to all of my amazing colleagues for making this a month I will always remember 💕

Some photos from a dress rehearsal of Die Zauberflöte, playing Königin der Nacht 🌙 loving the transition from slightly spooky to a full on manic episode

Today I (finally) arrived in the beautiful, historic city of Weimar in Germany! After a nightmare of a journey, which included 5 nights in hospital in Bangkok with pneumonia in both lungs and a sinus infection, and my luggage getting lost, I am finally here to attend the Lyric Opera Studio Weimar Summer Programme. Over the rest of July I will be rehearsing for their production of Die Zauberflöte, in which I will be playing The Queen of the Night 🌙🌙 as well as attending masterclasses and coachings! Very excited for what this month holds in store ☺️

We're smiling because we just finished an exam :)

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I can't believe two weeks have gone past since I got to beat up on stage Do you like my red wig? :)

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