About Danielle

Danielle Krause is a Finnish-American soprano who combines her expertise in vocal technique and linguistics with her passion for teaching to bring her talents regularly to the performance stage as well as to her successful voice studio. Born in Germany to a Finnish father and French Canadian mother, Danielle is the daughter of world-renowned baritone Tom Krause, who was not only a star on the world’s most prestigious stages, but also a sought after teacher and pedagogue in his own right. She developed a deep knowledge and passion for classical music and the art of singing from watching her father rehearse and perform, and he also served as her primary teacher and mentor for many years. Danielle has transformed the gift of being immersed in the classical music world from a very young age into a life-long passion of performing, and most importantly, passing on the deep knowledge and understanding of the human voice and expression to her students.

Danielle received her Bachelors in Arts in Photo Communication and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Miami, where she graduated with honors. She spent many summers studying at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, The Savolinna Academy in Finland, as well as the Academie Musical in Villecroze, France. She continued her studies at the University of Miami to receive her Masters of Science in Education, and furthered her musical training at Berklee College of Music with studies in Jazz Vocal Performance. She has taken classes with Bobby McFerrin, Jill Purce (the Healing Voice), ‘The Max’ with Paula Shaw, Roy Hart Theater (Free the Voice), and more. Over the years, she has studied classical voice with Helene Donath, Rudolf Bautz, and her father Tom Krause, as well as attending masterclasses with Barbara Bonney, Grace Bumbry, Ileana Cortubas, Sherrill Milnes, Teresa Berganza, Gundula Janowitz, Joan Sutherland, and others.

As a performer, Ms. Krause has appeared as a soloist and core chorister in over 115 productions with the Florida Grand Opera, Palm Beach Opera, and various other opera companies. She has sung as a soloist with the New World Symphony, the Hispanic-American Lyric Theatre, Orchestra Miami, the Miami Bach Society, the Florida Philharmonic Chorus, Coral Gables Opera, and the Sobe Institute of the Arts, where she received critical acclaim for her role as Gertrude in Carson Kievman and Joe Papp’s world premiere of the opera Hamlet. She has also been seen at Temple Beth Israel, YoungArts, and the University of Miami, and Florida International University, among others. Over the years of her performing, she has sung under the baton of many world famous conductors, such as Richard Bonynge, Placido Domingo, Jane Glover, Gustav Meier, Stewart Robertson, Pablo Mielgo, Daniele Callegari, and Alberto Veronese. Some of the many notable directors she has worked with include Francesca Zambello, Renata Scotto, Peter Sellers, Luc Bondy, Sandra Bernhardt, David Pountney, Bliss Hebert, Renaud Doucet, Catherine Malfitano, and Nic Muni.

Danielle has regularly performed Oratorio, Lied and Opera recitals in the US, Germany, Austria, Finland, France, Spain, and Switzerland, and until recently could be heard with the Jazz vocal quintet, the Decotones. She has sung at the First Presbyterian Churches in Delray Beach, Miami, and Coral Springs, Trinity Cathedral in Miami, Plymouth Congregational in Coconut Grove, and presently St. Christopher’s Episcopal in Key Biscayne. 

Fluent in French, German, and Spanish, and conversational in Italian, Ms. Krause is a highly skilled linguist who brings her expertise to language coaching for the classical and operatic repertoire. In addition to her work as a voice teacher and language coach, she also is in demand as a multi-language Voice Over artist for radio, television, and film in the national and local markets. Danielle has worked as a Marriage and Family therapist, specializing in Systems Therapy, Gestalt, and Expressive Arts Therapy, and is currently furthering her studies in somatic therapy techniques (Unified Therapy) at the Evolutionary Healing Institute to integrate into her lessons and coaching.

Ms. Krause has worked as an assistant stage director with Marin Theater Academy and the Vector Theatre Company in San Francisco. She has also taught graduate courses at the University of Miami, and co-taught masterclasses with Helene Donath and her father Tom Krause in Salzburg. For decades, Ms. Krause has worked at many of the most prestigious international voice competitions, and since 2017 has been co-chairperson of the YPO/FGO National Voice Competition. She was also honored to facilitate the “Speak to Inspire” workshop with Stand and Deliver in San Francisco, where she taught performance and leadership skills.

Danielle currently splits her time between Miami, Florida and Hamburg, Germany, maintaining teaching studios in both locations. She regularly performs with the Florida Grand Opera and the Palm Beach Opera. She is passionate about helping each student discover, empower, and free the natural voice in order to find their own unique identity as a performer.