Daniella Lugassy

Daniella Lugassy
דניאלה לוגסי
Born1982 (age 41–42)
Jerusalem, Israel
EducationTel Aviv University
OccupationOpera singer

Daniella Lugassy (Hebrew: דניאלה לוגסי, born 1982)[1] is an Israeli Opera Soprano singer.

Lugassy was born in Jerusalem, the eldest out of three to father Gil Lugassy, a French-born of Moroccan Jewish descent who studied Hematology in Paris, and to mother Pearl, an American Jew who worked as a teacher and as a painter. She grew up in Ashkelon, Israel.[2]

Lugassy studied in Thelma Yellin Arts School in Tel Aviv. After her military service in the Israel Defense Forces (2000–2002), she enrolled to the Tel Aviv University Music Academy, where she studied under Tamar Rahum.[3] She performed in many plays in Israel's theatres such as the New Israeli Opera.[4]

In 2014 she released a cover album called "Cross Over",[5] in which she performed songs in English, and one song in Hebrew ("A Green Plastic Tree" by the singer Margalit Tzan'ani).[6]

Lugassy is married to Israeli businessman, Omer Shvilli. Lugassy had gained popularity in the recent years thanks to her YouTube channel.[7]

  1. ^ "עמוד בית - דניאלה לוגסי". Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. ^ חינוכית ראשונים בעולם (28 May 2013). "גרסת כיסוי אופראית לדפש מוד" [An operatic cover version for Depeche Mode]. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 21 December 2016 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ "Shear pleasure". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  4. ^ "דניאלה לוגסי הופכת את האופרה לסקסית". www.israelhayom.co.il (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  5. ^ "דניאלה לוגסי - "עץ ירוק מפלסטיק", וההתמודדות עם הסרטן של אמה". mako. 2014-03-21. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  6. ^ דניאלה לוגסי - עץ ירוק מפלסטיק, retrieved 2023-11-17
  7. ^ "אופרה להמונים: דניאלה לוגסי כוכבת יוטיוב" [Opera for the Masses: Daniela Logsi YouTube star]. www.nrg.co.il (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2021-10-14.