Internationally acclaimed soprano, Eleni Calenos attracts the admiration of critics and the public for the purity and warmth of her voice as well as her acting skills. To date, her operatic repertoire includes almost 30 roles, most of which she has performed repeatedly. Roles: Mimi La Bohème, Cio-Cio San Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Suor Angelica, Giorgetta Il Tabarro, Liu Turandot, Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana, Rosalinde Die Fledermaus, Donna Anna and Donna Elvira Don Giovanni, Pamina Die Zauberflöte, Fiordiliggi Così fan Tutte, Contessa di Almaviva Le Nozze di Figaro, Nedda I Pagliacci, Hanna Glawari Die lustige Witwe, Antonia Les Contes D’Hoffmann, Desdemona Otello, Medora Il Corsaro, Gilda Rigoletto, L’Infante Le Cid, Silvia Zanetto, Michela Carmen, Lia L’Enfant Prodigue, Vee Talbot Orpheus Descending and Saida Schönerland a world premiere on refugees at the Wiesbaden State Theater in Germany.
     Her repertoire in the oratorio is equally rich (Verdi: Requiem, Brahms: German Requiem, Beethoven: Ninth Symphony and Misa Solemnis, Handel: Theodora, Mahler Second Symphony, Rachmaninov: The Bells, Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Poulenc Gloria etc.). She has collaborated with opera companies, symphony orchestras and festivals such as Palm Beach Opera, Glyndebourne (UK), Staatstheater Wiesbaden (Germany), Zomeropera (Belgium), Austin Opera, Tulsa Opera, Sarasota Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Mississippi opera, Opera Idaho, Opera Delaware, Shreveport Opera, Odyssey Opera, Lancaster Symphony, Mid America Productions (Avery Fisher Hall / Lincoln Center), Utah Opera Festival, Annapolis Opera, Madison Opera, Charlottesville Opera, Glimmerglass, Phoenicia Festival, LOFT Greek National Opera Festival Eptapyrgio Festival, Athens State Orchestra and Thessaloniki State Orchestra.
     She has won numerous awards and has attended masterclasses with: Virginia Zeani, Martina Arroyo, Rene Flemming, Sheryl Milnes, Diana Soviero, Phyllis Curtin etc. She has been in the spotlight of international critics such as: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, New Yorker, Houston press etc.
     Her recordings include Mascagni’s opera Zanetto with Odyssey Opera (Boston) and composer George Tsontakis’ Mirologia with KOCH International Classics. She graduated with a diploma in cello performance from the municipal conservatory of her birthplace in Thessaloniki, Greece. She received a master’s degree in vocal performance from Queens College in New York, and was a scholarship recipient of the Boston University Opera Institute.