News & Performances
Elgar Music Maker - mezzo soloist
Elizabeth will be performing Elgar’s Music Makers with The Brighton Festival Chorus and The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.
8th February
4pm
The Anvil, Basingstoke, RG21 7QR
for more info and tickets - click here
Mezzo Soloist - English National Ballet
Elizabeth will be collaborating with dancers from The English National Ballet for their 20th Anniversary Ballet Icons Gala.
The Gala will feature a stellar international cast of ballet stars from the world’s most prestigious companies, including The Royal Ballet, La Scala, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Berlin State Ballet, Vienna Ballet Theatre, Dutch National Ballet, among many others.
15th February
7pm
for more info & tickets click here
Phaedra - a Film
Elizabeth is hugely excited to be collaborating with Keith Warner and film-maker, Alisdair Kitchen to create a film of Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece, Phaedra. She will be playing the role of Phaedra in this film, will be joined by Sir John Tomlinson who will play Theseus, Nicholas Armfield who will play Hippolytus and Elizabeth Desbruslais who will play a young Phaedra. Jack Ridley will conduct the Glyndebourne Orchestra in the films soundtrack.
The film was supported by the Amar-Franses & Foster-Jenkins Trust, with kind additional support from Glyndebourne and the Royal Opera House.
you can now watch Phaedra alongside some supporting conversations for the film on Elizabeth’s media page or by clicking here
some recent past performances have included:
Verdi Requiem - Mezzo soloist
Elizabeth will be revisiting the Verdi Requiem with Abingdon Choral Society with Conductor Richard Stafford, Eleanor Pennell-Briggs (Soprano) , Dan Norman (Tenor) and Daniel Tate (Bass).
7pm, 30th November
Amey Theatre, Abingdon
Gounod Requiem - mezzo solo
Elizabeth makes another oratorio debut this month, singing the mezzo solos in Gounod’s requiem.
St. Mary Magdalene Choir and Orchestra with Sussex House School and conducted by Nicholas Kaye
St Mary Magdalene Church, Rowington Close W2 5TF
2nd November - 7pm
Il Tabarro - Puccini
Elizabeth will be singing the role of La Frugola in Puccini’s Il Tabarro with Opera Cameratina this Spring in Dorset.
Directed by Sir John Thomlinson
Conducted by Susannah Stranders
20th April - 5pm
for more information & tickets visit - https://www.cameratina.org/upcoming-productions
Recital - From Darkness into Light
Elizabeth will be joining Sir John Thomlinson, Susannah Stranders and the cast of Il Tabarro for a recital in Oborn, Dorset following their performance of Puccini’s one act opera the night before.
21st April - 6pm
for more information click here - https://www.cameratina.org/upcoming-productions
Verdi Requiem - Southwark Cathedral, London
Elizabeth will sing the mezzo solos in her first Verdi Requiem, alongside The London Dockland Singers & The Marcel Orchestra in the beautiful Southwark Cathedral. Conducted by Andrew Campling.
November 17th - 7pm
BBC Proms - Dialogues des Carmélites
Elizabeth will be performing Dialogues des Carmélites in the Glyndebourne Prom, as part of the BBC Proms 2023.
7th August ‘23
Carmen - Waterperry Opera Festival 2023
Elizabeth is excited to be joining the vibrant Waterperry Opera Festival this summer as part of their 5th year anniversary celebration.
Elizabeth will be debuting the role of Mercedes in a new production of Bizet’s Carmen, directed by Anna Morrissey and conducted by Bertie Baigent.
Click here for more information about the production and Waterperry Opera Festival.
Performance dates - 11th - 19th August ‘23
Glyndebourne - Dialogues des Carmélites
Elizabeth will be back at the Glyndebourne Festival this summer to work on Barry Kosky’s highly anticipated new production of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites, conducted by Robin Ticciati.
For more information on this exciting new production click here
Performances - 10 June – 29 July ‘23
English National Opera - The Dead City (Die tote Stadt)
Elizabeth will be returning to The English National Opera to cover the role of Lucienne in a new production of Korngold’s The Dead City by ENO’s artistic director Annilese Miskimmon, conducted by Kirill Karabits.
For more information on this exciting new production click here
Performances - 25th March - 8th April ‘23
Festen - Royal Opera House
Elizabeth is hugely privileged to be back at the Royal Opera House working directly with Mark Anthony Turnage and director Richard Jones, to continue to workshop Festen - a brand new piece that has been commissioned for the main stage by The Royal Opera House team.
Sophie by Helen Caddick
Composer Helen Caddick has created a new opera inspired by the extraordinary Dancer/Artist Sophie Taeuber Arp, her relationship with the poet/artist Jean Arp and the struggles she faced as a female artist. Elizabeth is hugely excited to be performing and creating the role of Sophie in this piece for the Tete A Tete Opera Festival in collaboration with Mahogany Opera in August, at the Cock Pit Theatre, London. 7th August at 7pm. LIVE BROADCAST - TUESDAY 10th AUGUST 7pm - for £1 tickets click here
Directed by Lucy Bradley
Conducted by Chris Hopkins
Choreography Kamala Devam
Jean Arp will be played by Neil Balfour
Yanaelle Danse + Aaron Baksh will be dancing
ACE Supported and created with funding from PRS Women Make Music Foundation
Photo credit - Sophie Taeuber with Dada Head, 1920. Photo: Nick Aluf. Archive Stiftung Hans Arp und Sophie Taeuber-Arp e.V., Rolandswerth
King Lear - Cordelia
Elizabeth will be making her acting debut as Cordelia in Keith Warner’s new production of King Lear. She will be taking over the role of Cordelia for a series of European performances, after understudying Louise Alder at The Grange Festival, UK.
Sir John Tomlinson will lead the cast as Lear alongside Sir Thomas Allen (Gloucester), Kim Begley (Fool), Peter Coleman Wright (Kent), Susan Bullock (Goneril), Emma Bell (Regan) and many other leading opera singer/actors.
Performances at The Grange Festival:
14th, 15th & 17th July 2021
Click here for more information on the project.
Opera North
Elizabeth will be performing an excerpt from Idomeneo alongside the orchestra and creative teams at Opera North. After performing in Leeds she will be performing on stage at ENO’s London Coliseum.
15th May - Leeds performance at Opera North
16th May - 2pm London performance at the London Coliseum
Vopera - The virtual opera project
Elizabeth is so excited to be part of Vopera’s inaugural virtual production of Ravel’s L'Enfant et les Sortilèges. She will be singing the role of Un Pâtre in this production with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. This will be her first step back into the professional world of opera since the outbreak of covid-19, and she cannot wait to get back to singing again.
Director - Rachel Hewer
Conductor - Lee Reynolds
Premiere screening - 16th November 2020