Articles & Reviews
Limelight, September 2024
“Soprano Eden Shifroni, 24, has won the 2024 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition (ASC). After yesterday’s finals (19 September) at The Concourse, Chatswood, Shifroni takes home the $30,000 Marianne Mathy Scholarship for her performance of Verdi’s Sul fil d’un soffio etesio (Falstaff) and Donizetti’s O luce di quest’anima (Linda di Chamounix).”
Broadway World, September 2024
“This year's winner was EDEN SHIFRONI, a 24-year old soprano from Sydney, NSW. EDEN SHIFRONI gave a standout performance singing "Sul fil d'un soffio etesio" from Falstaff by Verdi, and "O luce di quest'anima" from Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix. In addition to the Mathy, Eden Shifroni won the 2MBS Fine Music Sydney Promotion Prize, the MOST Audience Choice Prize, and the OPERA AUSTRALIA FINALISTS AUDITION PRIZE.In her winner's speech, EDEN detailed that it has been her dream since she was little girl to have the opportunity to play alongside the Opera Australia Orchestra. She was extremely thankful to all the adjudicators, her teachers, family, sponsors and of her fellow finalists for supporting her amazing journey through the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition.”
Ryman Healthcare, April 2024
“While she has her eyes set on the opera halls of Europe and a dream role as Susanna in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Eden is equally excited by her short-term goals to make opera more accessible to younger audiences and to perform for Ryman residents.”
Theatre Now, December 2023
“The operatic voices soar in this vaulted space. None more so than Eden Shifroni’s crystal clear soprano and her interpretation of “Sempre Libera” from La Traviata.”
Toasting Aussie Theatre, December 2023
“The story of Elizabeth Harper’s goody two-shoes student being led astray by rebellious girl Eden Shifroni is hilariously told in a series of increasingly raucous performances…”
NIDA, October 2023
“Australia’s two leading performing arts tertiary schools, Sydney Conservatorium of Music and National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), are coming together for a striking co-production of The Coronation of Poppea. It is the world premiere of the Italian version of Claudio Monteverdi’s opera with new orchestration by one of Australia’s finest composers, Elena Kats-Chernin… The role of Poppea is played by Eden Shifroni, a promising young singer who made the move from jazz to opera.”
Australian Jewish News, January 2023
“So far, Shifroni’s career has taken her to some wonderful places. Earlier this year, she attended the Mediterranean Opera Studio and Festival in Sicily, studying and performing the roles of Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème, and Suor Genovieffa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica. She also sang in multiple concerts, including an outdoor concert in a piazza in Sicily attended by the mayor of Caltagirone. Another highlight was singing in the Sydney Opera House for the first time, conducted by Simone Young, which she described as “an amazing experience”.
ClassikON, September 2022
“What brought all of us together on Saturday evening was a celebration of the ancient Hebraic musical tradition and homage paid to it by the likes of Prokofiev, Lampl, Bloch, Zeisl, Vladigerov, Dyson, and the inimitable Mendelssohn… Eden Shifroni, Kirralee Hillier, Simon Lobelson and Molly Ryan were never less than wonderful and powerful singers, to boot.“