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Career.
Eilene Hannan was born in Melbourne, the daughter of lawyers, George Hannan and his wife Eileen née Williams. Her father later became a Senator for Victoria. She attended Sacré Cœur School, Glen Iris. At school she took music only to escape geography, which she hated, but her real interest was to make a difference in other people's lives in roles such as social worker or counsellor. She was discouraged from pursuing these careers due to her passionate nature and innate musical gifts. Her serious
Eilene Hannan
Eilene Hannan AM (24 July 194611 July 2014) was an Australian operatic soprano with an international reputation. She was particularly associated with opera sung in English, although she also sang in other languages. She was as well known as an actress as she was a singer. Her repertoire included Mozart's Pamina, Susanna, Cherubino, Dorabella and Zerlina; Mimì in Puccini's "La bohème"; Natasha Rostova in Prokofiev's "War and Peace"; Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin"; Marzelline