Born  and raised in Crete, Greece, Theano Papadaki is a versatile soprano  working across a range of genres, from Early Music to Contemporary, Art  Song to Cabaret.

In July 2022 she graduated with a Master’s in Performance from the Vocal Department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Before  coming to London, Theano graduated from the Aristotle University of  Thessaloniki with a Master’s in Musicology and Music Education,  specialising in the research, analysis, and performance of Early Music  and holds Diplomas in Modern and Baroque Violin (Paris Conservatoire)  and Singing (Athens Conservatoire).

In 2023/24 she joins the Monteverdi Choir as a soloist for the Project Journey Through Monteverdi's Italy,  filming sacred and secular music. She is also part of their Apprentices  scheme, for international tours of Bach's B Minor Mass, Berlioz's Les Troyens and Handel'sL'Allegro, il Penseroso e il Moderato, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Theano has appeared in concerts curated by Julius Drake at Milton Court Concert Hall, performing Ravel’s Shéhérazade and songs by Samuel Barber. In March 2022, she participated in the performance of Énumérations by Georges Aperghis at the Onassis Foundation, Athens.

Opera scenes roles include : Blanche (A. Previn Streetcar named Desire), Gretel (E. Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel), Countess (Thea Musgrave The Voice of Ariadne), Phèdre (Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie), Romilda (Handel Serse), Polissena (Handel Radamisto), Calisto (Cavalli La Calisto), Phaedra (Cavalli L’Egisto), and Adina (Donizetti L’elisir d’amore) (GSMD); Norina (Donizetti Don Pasquale), Ilia (Mozart Idomeneo), Despina (Mozart Così fan tutte) and Giulietta (Bellini I Capuleti e I Montecchi) (Athens Conservatoire). Her work with GSMD’s Historical Performance department includes Couperin Troisième lesson de tenebres and Quatre versets, Charpentier Miserere, Cavalieri Lamentations, and works by Schütz and Bach.

Theano  has sung in masterclasses with Barbara Hannigan (Musikkollegium  Winterthur, Switzerland) Richard Hetherington, Julia Bullock, Kamal  Khan, Adrian Kelly, Carlos Conde, Emma Kirkby, Romina Basso and  Christian Curnyn and Jack LiVigni amongst others.

She  is particularly interested in performing music written for voice and a  string quartet or other form of chamber music ensemble and is keen to  explore the dialogue between Early and Contemporary Music (a capella or  chamber music).