JOINED BY HER FAMILY AT THEIR LAVISH GLYNDEBOURNE ESTATE DANIELLE DE NIESE THE SOPRANO TALKS MOTHERHOOD, HER ‘GET UP AND GO’ ATTITUDE AND A NEW SMALL-SCREEN PROJECT
Apr 11, 2022
5 minutes
INTERVIEW: ROSALIND POWELL
PHOTOS: SVEN ARNSTEIN
STYLING: KATE BARBOUR
HAIR: IAN MCINTOSH AT ARLINGTON ARTISTS USING DRYBAR
MAKE-UP: NADIRA V PERSAUD AT ARLINGTON
ARTISTS USING COSMETICS A LA CARTE
‘Having two big-personality parents, our children feel comfortable and secure to roam out into the world around them’
Their mother is a world-famous soprano and their father runs one of the most celebrated opera festivals in the world from their stately home in East Sussex, where each year scores of singers and musicians descend for rehearsals and performances.
So it is little surprise that the young children of opera star Danielle de Niese and her husband Gus Christie – executive chairman of Glyndebourne – take it in their stride when the HELLO! team turns up for our exclusive photoshoot and interview.
“They’re completely unfazed by strangers walking into the living room,” explains Danni of her six-year-old son Bacchus and 15-month-old daughter, Sheherazade.
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