Last summer, Danielle Shevchenko made her company debut with Greater Worcester Opera as the First Touriere in Puccini’s Suor Angelica. 

In July 2021, Danielle had the amazing opportunity to be a Young Artist with VAO Bodrum and The International Gümüşlük Music Festival in Muğla, Turkey, where she performed the role of Zerlina in an exciting new staging of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

Danielle also had plans to join ACOCo, formerly Gertrude Opera, as a Young Artist for their 2020 season in Melbourne, Australia, however, ongoing Covid restictions have made this opportunity impossible. In March 2020, Danielle managed to make her professional debut with Opera On Tap-Rhode Island, as Papagena from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.

In August 2019, soprano Danielle lept from her usual comic portrayals and dove into Nibelheim as Woglinde, a Rheinmädchen from the first of Wagner’s famous Ring Cycle, Das Rheingold.  Danielle made her exhilarating Wagnerian debut with the Berlin Dramatic Voices Program in their Opera/Lieder Residency, where she also performed a lieder recital culminated from masterpieces by Hugo Wolf, Alban Berg, Clara Schuman, Franz Schubert, and Alexander Zemlinsky.

Danielle returned to her alma mater twice in 2019, first, as an alumni panelist for Westminster’s annual Professional Networking Symposium, and then, alongside talented colleague, Becca Bly, for a dual Alumni Recital comprised solely of lesser known art song repertoire. Danielle enjoys giving back to Westminster by offering her own experiences and support to younger generations seeking further education and careers in Opera.

Praised for her lively stage presence and comedic energy, Danielle Shevchenko is known for her hilarious performances in the roles of Pernille/”Captain Lovelock” in John Duke’s Captain Lovelock, Amelia in Franz von Suppe’s The Finishing School, Landry in Offenbash’s Chanson de Fortunio, the Taumänchen and Hänsel in Hänsel & Gretel, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, and Peep-Bo in Hawaii Performing Arts Festival’s multi-award winning production of The Mikado. However, her warm timbre and innate vocal sensitivity also lend themselves well to the intimate settings of art song and more serious subjects like the wife of Martin Luther, Katharina, in the World Premiere of Katharina von Boraby Mihai Valcu.

Amongst many unique opportunities, Danielle performed a special concert in the ancient Theater of Epidaurus, while traveling abroad in Greece and has attended several music festivals including, VAO Bodrum, Berlin Dramatic Voices Program, Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Miami Music Festival, TOP Opera in Maurach, Austria, and Italy Opera Viva! in Verona, Italy. Her scene credits include Adele, Eurydice, Cleopatra, Rosina, Despina, Papagena, Cleopatra, Susanna, Lauretta, Zerlina, and Gretel, among others.

Aside from performing and studying music abroad, Danielle has taken it upon herself to broaden her linguistic education by studying German at the Goethe Institute in Mannheim Germany for a summer, an opportunity which afforded her an invitation into the highly selective cast for Jane Struss’s “Schubert’s Winterreise in a New Light,” which was named by renowned music critic, Lloyd Schwartz as “2016’s best vocal recital” in Boston.

Danielle currently resides in Belmont, MA with her husband, a talented Bassoonist, pianist, and photographer from Ukraine, Bohdan Shevchenko, and their Jack Russell pup, Wotan.

She is a featured soloist and section leader with many local churches and choirs including Canton Choral Society, Parish of the Good Shepherd, Old North, St. Michael’s of Milton, Weston United Methodist, Trinity Parish of Newton Centre, United Parish of Auburndale, St. Peter’s Episcopal, Congregational Church of Needham, First Baptist, and Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, among others. She studies with voice teacher, Carol Mastrodomenico and holds a Master of Music in Voice Performance from Longy School of Music of Bard College. Danielle is originally from Western Pennsylvania, where she holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA.

During her undergraduate career, Danielle won Westminster’s annual Concerto and Aria Competition and performed with the Westminster Orchestra. As a Junior, Danielle was awarded the prestigious scholarship for Most Outstanding Junior Performance Major, and later chosen to sing the alma mater for her own graduation.  Danielle sang with almost every choir offered at Westminster and was a frequent soloist, most notably for Faure’s Requiem. Under the direction of her voice teacher, Dr. Anne Bentz, Danielle was able to help design and execute an outreach program for local churches, schools, and assisted living homes for a two year internship through New Castle Lyric Opera.

In addition to singing and performing, Danielle is a Certified Yoga Teacher, NASM Certified Personal Trainer, holds a 4th degree black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do, is an accomplished horse trainer, and frequently works behind the scenes as a Stage Manager, Props Assistant, Supertitles, Wig/Makeup Artist, Wardrobe Manager, Dresser, Usher, Front of House, Carpenter, and general ASM for Boston’s most prestigious production companies including Boston Baroque, Boston Lyric Opera, Enigma Opera, Boston Early Music Festival, Celebrity Series, Boston Opera Collaborative, Harvard’s ART and Agassiz Theater, Tuft’s University, Actor’s Shakespeare Project, Central Square Theater, Masterworks Chorale, Hub Theater Company of Boston, Tufts University, and Longy School of Music Opera Theater productions.