Eleanor’s versatility as a performer has seen her work successfully across a number of genres including, opera and musical theatre throughout Australia and Europe.

Originally from Adelaide, Royal College of Music graduate, Eleanor made her professional debut as Peep-bo in the Opera Australia/Festival Centre production of The Mikado.

Eleanor performs regularly with Opera Australia with roles including Rosina in The Barber of Seville (Vic Schools) and The Queen of Hearts, Mary and Spider in By the Light of the Moon.

London West End credits include Mrs Jenks in The Tenderland by Copland and Confidante, Bride in the Mirror, Wardrobe Mistress and Madame Firmin in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre. She also performed in The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Gala at Royal Albert Hall.

Other roles include Sister Margaretta in the GFO/London Palladium production of The Sound of Music, Clara in Passion for Swell Productions, Wife in Elena Kats-Chernin’s Undertow for Icebreaker productions touring to Hungary and Finland and The Queen of the Night with Co-Opera in Mozart’s The Magic Flute which toured Australia, Germany and Switzerland.

For the State Opera of South Australia roles include, Gretel in Humperdink’s Hansel and Gretel, Dot/Marie in Sunday in the Park with George Lois/Bianca in Kiss me Kate, Princess and the Nightingale in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, Madame Herz in Mozart’s The Impressario, Tea Lady in The Station and Amy March in Mark Adamo’s Little Women.

“Eleanor Blythman is an outstanding coloratura-proof Queen of the Night”

Frankfurtuter Neuen Presser