Danielle De Niese: How my parent’s helped shape my opera career-By Jane Rocca What I know: Danielle De Niese, opera singer, 38, married, My dad, Chris, migrated to Australia with his family from Sri Lanka as a teenager. He is a Burgher and my mum, Beverly, is from the same community. They met at a party in Melbourne. Their families knew of each other in Sri Lanka but the connection was only made here. My parents love to travel and they live in New Jersey now. I didn’t grow up as a Daddy’s girl, but we have a very special relationship. He told me a story about when I was a newborn, being washed and me grabbing his little finger before anyone else’s. It’s a sweet memory and formed a nice bond between us. I started singing when I was four. When I turned eight, my parents found me a teacher who trained me classically. It was because my parents really saw something in me as a kid that they made sure…
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