Recitals, Concerts & other
events
Elizabeth is an experienced performer,
taking part in recitals and concerts both
in the UK and abroad. She has taken roles
both in stage performances and also in
choral concerts including productions
such as Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, Sondheim's
Merrily We Roll Along, The Sound of Music
and Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida.
Roles studied and performed include the
mezzo/alto roles of many oratorios including
St John Passion, Christmas Oratorio, Dream
of Gerontius, Alto Rhapsody, Messiah,
Samson and Elijah. She has a large repertoire
of 20th Century British Art Song, including
works by Britten, Warlock, Elgar, Quilter,
Parry, Howells and Vaughan Williams, as
well as more contemporary works by Thea
Musgrave, Madeleine Dring and Flanders
and Swann.
Music from other eras is well represented,
with works from the Baroque, Classical
and Romantic periods. These include songs
and arias by Gluck, Scarlatti, Rossini,
Mozart, Haydn, Brahms, Verdi, Mahler and
Bizet. Operatic arias come from such works
as Carmen, Samson et Dalila, Orfeo, Rinaldo,
Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Dido and Aeneas.
Songs by Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irvine
Berlin and their contemporaries feature
amongst her repertoire, as well as songs
from musicals such as Les Miserables,
Jesus Christ Superstar, Chess, H M S Pinafore,
Pirates of Penzance and Carousel.
Recent performance work include appearances
with the Cannock Chase Orpheus Male Choir
as well as concerts with the Shifnal Male
Voice Choir and Kidderminster Male Choirs.
Elizabeth has released two CD recordings
– ‘The Man I Love’,
a selection of sings by George Gershwin,
and ‘Songs of Britain’,
a collection of 20th century British
song. Audio clips from these recordings
can be found on the audio
samples page and copies of the CDs
can be ordered by contacting
Doh Ray Music.