Career Highlights
She is a graduate of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, München, and was a member of the Stuttgart’s Opera Studio from 2015 to 2017. Aged 19, she made her Salzburg Festival debut (2013) and returned the following year.
Other notable debuts include the Verbier Festival (2017) under the batons of Esa-Pekka Salonen and Charles Dutoit, and at the BBC Proms (2019) with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. 2017 and 2018 saw her debuts at the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg and La Scala, Milan, as well as her London debut as Purcell’s Dido.
In 2019, she made her debut at the Komische Oper Berlin in a new production of Handel’s Poro. 2021 she appeared with Longborough Festival Opera as Dorabella Così fan tutte and returned in 2022 as Mercedes Carmen. 2022 saw her debuts with the ROH (Stravinsky’s Mavra); Leeds Opera Festival (Handel’s Silla); Grange Park Opera (world premiere Gods of the Game).
ENO Harewood Artist Programme
At ENO we are committed to nurturing talent for the future of opera.
Our Harewood Artists programme enables exceptionally talented British and British-trained singers, like Idunnu, to perform with a major opera company while receiving specialist coaching, support and guidance for 2-3 years.
