sweeping strings sings operatically dani de niese is a phenomenal talent, as we all know. she brings this incredible stage personality, which is full of fizz and charisma, and she brings a wonderful voice, of course, she's a great communicator on stage and she acts really well. and it's that combination that people really love when they see her on stage. danielle was born in australia to sri lankan parents of partial european descent. at the age of nine, she was the youngest winner of a national tv talent competition. when you look at my career, because i started so young, it looks like everything happened quite fast. but given that i already knew from eight i wanted to be an opera singer and i was doing piano and theory from seven and voice lessons from eight, in some way, i was, like, being steadily prepared for being able to accomplish my dreams already, just kind of ahead of everybody else. the family moved to los angeles in america when she was about ten and she started singing professionally as a teenager. i was very fortunate that my parents made lots of sacrifices