Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall

EMILIE SUITE (Kaija Saariaho)

November 30, 2011

Elizabeth performs a suite based on the one-woman opera Emilie with the Finnish group Avanti Chamber Orchestra.

Lyric Opera Baltimore

LA TRAVIATA (G.Verdi)

Nov. 4 and 6, 2011

Elizabeth sings the famous heroine Violetta with her husband Steven White at the podium.

New Zealand Opera

I PAGLIACCI (Leoncavallo)

Wellington: Aug. 27, 30,m Sept. 1, 3; Auckland: Sept. 15, 17, 21,23, 25, 2011

Elizabeth sings Nedda in I Pagliacci which will be part of a double bill with Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)

Spoleto Festival USA

EMILIE (Kaija Saariaho)

May 29, June 3 and 11

Come to Charleston, SC, to experience this one-woman opera based on the highly intriguing life of Emilie du Chatelet. The opera is by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. Conducted by John Kennedy/directed by Marianne Weems.

Opera Roanoke

Orpheus and Euridice (by Ricky Ian Gordon)

May 8, 2011 (2:30PM)

Join Elizabeth, Todd Palmer (clarinet), Melvin Chen (piano), and members of the Roanoke Symphony under Maestro Steven White for Gordon's moving rendition of the Orpheus legend.

MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE

Händel's Messiah

April 15 and 17, 2011

Elizabeth joins conductor Jane Glover and other excellent soloists in the masterpiece.

Urban Arias

Orpheus and Eurdice (Ricky Ian Gordon)

March 31, April 1, 3, & 5

Elizabeth rejoins Todd Palmer, clarinetist extraordinaire, for yet another rendition of Ricky Ian Gordon's beautiful telling of the Orpheus myth.

Minnesota Opera

La Traviata (G. Verdi)

March 5, 8, 10 and 12, 2011

with Bruno Ribeiro, tenor; Stephen Powell, baritone; and Michael Christie, conductor.

Florida Grand Opera

The Tales of Hoffmann (J. Offenbach)

January 22, 25, 28, 30, February 2, 5, 10, & 12

Elizabeth tackles all 4 heriones with Lucy Arner conducting.

Washington Vocal Arts Society

RECITAL with tenor Stephen Costello

December 7, 2010

Elizabeth joins forces with Stephen Costello in a recital of operatic duets and a variety of solo repertoire including Liszt, Poulenc, and Victor Herbert.

Opera Birmingham

RECITAL with William Billingham, piano

November 16, 2010

Brock Recital Hall, Samford University, Birmingham, AL

George London Foundation Recital Series

RECITAL with Kyle Ketelsen, bass; Philip Lasser and Ken Noda, piano

November 14, 2010 3PM

Recital presented at New York City's MORGAN LIBRARY jointly with Kyle Ketelsen, bass. Sunday, Nov. 14, 3PM

Teatro Municipal de Santiago

Thaïs (Jules Massenet)

October 26, 29, Nov. 2 and 5, 2010

with Christopher Robertson, baritone

Kandinsky Trio

SEVEN ROMANCES ON VERSES BY ALEXANDER BLOK, op 127 (Shostakovich)

September 18 & 19, 2010

Elizabeth collaborates with Elizabeth Bachelder (piano), Alan Weinstein(cello), and Benedict Goodfriend (violin) at Roanoke College; Salem, VA (Sept. 18) and Blacksburg, VA (Sept. 19)

Phoenicia Festival of the Voice

OPENING GALA with Jim Harp, piano

August 13, 2010; 8:30PM

Salastina Music Society

SALASTINA MUSIC SOCIETY Debut Concert

June 17 and 18

Debut Concert of Chamber Music Group
June 17th at Zipper Concert Hall, Colburn School, Los Angeles
June 18th at 1st Presbyterian Church, Santa Monica, CA
Elizabeth will premiere 3 arias by Jeremy Cavaterra on Pablo Neruda poems

Long Beach Opera

Orpheus and Euridice (Ricky Ian Gordon)

June 11, 12, 13, 2010

Reprisal of the famed swimming pool version of Orhpeus and Euridice. With the brilliant clarinetist Todd Palmer as Orpheus and the premiere of the string orchestra arrangement conducted by Maestro Steven White.

Washington National Opera

Hamlet (Ambroise Thomas)

May 19, 22, 24, 27, 30m, June 1 and 4

San Diego Opera

La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi)

April 17, 20, 23, 25m, 2010

Elizabeth sings Violetta with Alan Opie as Germont and Marius Branciu as Alfredo.
Renato Palumbo conducts and Andrew Sinclair directs.

Collegiate Chorale with American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall

The Grapes of Wrath (Ricky Ian Gordon, composer/Michael Korie, librettist)

March 22, 2010

Ted Sperling conducts the American Symphony Orchestra, Collegiate Chorale and soloists which include Tony Griffey, Nathan Gunn and Victoria Clark. Jane Fonda narrates.
At Carnegie in NYC at 8PM.

Music for a Great Space

Great Voices, Great Friends---Henry Ingram Memorial Concert

March 19, 2010

Concert presented as a tribute to Henry Ingram, who with his wife Lucy, founded Music for a Great Space.
At Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC 7:30PM

Dominican University

Benefit Duo Concert---Elizabeth and Nathan Gunn (Julie Gunn and William Billingham, pianists)

March 14, 2010; 3PM

Nathan and Elizabeth perform arias, songs and duets from operatic, song and broadway literature.
Dominican University, River Forest, IL

Florida Grand Opera

Gala Concert for Miami Opera

February 25, 2010

Gala concert celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Bob Heuer as General Director.

LYRIC OPERA CHICAGO

The Merry Widow (Franz Lehar)

Dec. 5, 9, 11, 14, 16m, 18, 20m, Jan. 5, 9, 14m, 16

Elizabeth debuts in the title role of this classic operetta.
Emmanuel Villaume conducts.
Gary Griffin directs this new production.

Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Strauss' Four Last Songs and the world premiere of
Stephen Paulus' Dylan Thomas Songs

October 29 and 30, 2009

At the Tucson Music Center
Tucson, AZ
George Hanson, conductor



photo: Stephen Paulus, composer

MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE; Chicago, Illinois

ACIS and GALATEA (G.F.Händel)

Oct. 16, 7:30PM (Harris Theatre, Chicago) & Oct. 18, 7:30PM (FUMC, Evanston, IL)

Elizabeth sings Galatea with Chicago's premiere Baroque ensemble. Music director of M.O.B., Jane Glover, conducts.

NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE; Naperville, Illinois

Elizabeth in recital with William Billingham, pianist

October 4, 2009 (2PM)

Elizabeth sings a solo recital from among classic song and aria literature with William Billingham collaborating on the piano.

Kentucky Opera

La Traviata (Verdi)

September 25 (8PM) and 27 (2PM), 2009

Elizabeth sings Violetta.

Performances in the Brown Theatre, Louisville, KY.

San Francisco Opera

La Traviata (Verdi)

June 29, July 2 and 5, 2009

Marta Domingo, director
Donald Runnicles, conductor

Los Angeles Opera

La Traviata (Verdi)

10, 14, and 21 June 2009

Marta Domingo, director
Grant Gershon, conductor

Washington Concert Opera

Il Giuramento (Mercandante)

May 31, 2009

Antony Walker conducts with Elizabeth, Donnie Ray Albert, James Valenti, and more

Houston Grand Opera

Brief Encounter (Andre Previn, composer/John Caird, librettist)

May 1, 3m, 5, 7, 9, 2009

WORLD PREMIERE starring Elizabeth, Nathan Gunn, & Kim Josephson
Patrick Summers, conductor
John Caird, director

Athens Concert Hall--Athens, Greece

Thaïs (Jules Massenet)

March 8, 11, & 14, 2009

Elizabeth will perform the title role for her first time in a staged production of this work.

Deutsche Oper Berlin

La Traviata (Verdi)

Jan 29 and Feb 4, 2009(La Traviata)

Elizabeth sings Violetta.

Opera de Oviedo

The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)

November 24, 25, 27, 29

Elizabeth sings Anne Trulove in Oviedo, Spain.

Opera Roanoke (Roanoke, VA)

Handel/Mahler Concert

November 2, 2008, 2:30PM

Elizabeth appears on a Sunday concert series singing a group of Handel opera arias. Mahler's Song of the Earth will be performed by Nancy Maultsby and Donald George. Both pieces will feature members of Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Steven White, artistic director of Opera Roanoke.

Washington National Opera

La Traviata (G. Verdi)

Sept 13,18,21m,24,27,30,Oct 2,5m 2008

Dan Ettinger, conductor
Marta Domingo, director

Long Leaf Opera Festival

Orpheus and Euridice (Ricky Ian Gordon)

June 27 (8PM) and June 29 (2PM) 2008

Elizabeth joins clarinetist Todd Palmer and the Doug Varone dancers in a reprisal of their Lincoln Center production of Ricky Ian Gordon's Orpheus and Euridice
Memorial Hall, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Fort Worth Opera

Lucia di Lammermoor (G. Donizetti)

May 25, 30, June 7 2008

Elizabeth Futral, Lucia
Stephen Costello, Edgardo
conductor, Steven White
director, David Gately

Collegiate Chorale

Jupiter in Argos (G.F. Händel)

April 28 2008 (8PM)

Elizabeth sings with Kristine Jepson, Heidi Grant Murhpy and others
conductor, Robert Bass
with Orchestra of St. Luke's
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City

San Diego Opera

Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci (Mascagni & Leoncavallo)

March 22, 25, 28, 30m, April 2 2008

Elizabeth Futral, Nedda
Jose Cura, Canio
Bruno Caproni, Tonio
conductor, Edoardo Müller
director, Lotfi Mansouri

Cathedral Choral Society, Washington, DC

World premiere of Argento's Evensong: Of Love and Angels/Mozart's Vesperae Solennes de Confessore

March 2, 2008 (4PM)

World Premiere of Dominick Argento's Evensong: Of Love and Angels
Mozart's Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K 339

J. Reilly Lewis, conductor and music director

photo: Dominick Argento

Long Beach Opera

Orpheus and Euridice, composer Ricky Ian Gordon

February 17, 18,19, 2008 (8PM)

A new production of composer Ricky Ian Gordon's setting of Orpheus and Euridice
With Todd Palmer, clarinet
Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool, Long Beach, CA

Minnesota Orchestra

To be certain of the Dawn

February 12 2008 (10AM and 7:30PM)

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
To be certain of the Dawn, composer Stephen Paulus
work includes several soloists and choruses
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN

Juilliard Conservatory-Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital Series

Recital with Margo Garrett and Lucy Shelton

January 23 2008 (8pm)

Margo Garrett, accompanist and Juilliard professor, presents a recital with Elizabeth and Lucy Shelton, soprano, in repertoire by Philip Lasser, Francis Poulenc, Gabriel Fauré and others.

Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Juilliard Conservatory, NYC

New Orleans Opera

New Year's Eve Gala Concert

December 31 2007 (6:30pm)

Gala concert at Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
Featuring Elizabeth Futral, Paul Groves, Susan Graham, and others

INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY

Classical Christmas

Dec. 8 2007

Raymond Leppard, conductor
Scottish Rites Cathedral, Indianapolis
Selections from Bach and Bruch and arrangements of Christmas carols

PITTSBURGH OPERA

Adina in L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti)

Nov. 10,13,16 18m 2007

Steven White, conductor
Production: James Robinson

OPERA LOUISIANE

Gala Concert at River Center Theater; Baton Rouge, LA

Oct. 27 2007 (7PM)

Robert Grayson, conductor, with Paul Groves, Susan Graham, Jeffrey Wells and others at River Center Theater, Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge, LA

ATLANTA BOY CHOIR

Gala Recital featuring Atlanta Boy Choir (David White, conductor)

Oct. 19 2007

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
Scott Watkins, piano

LYRIC OPERA CHICAGO

Violetta in La Traviata (Verdi)

Sept. 29,Oct. 3m,6,9,12,15 2007

Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
Director: Frank Corsaro
Designer: Desmond Heeley

THEATER AN DER WIEN

Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)

Aug. 1,3,6,10,13,16,19 2007

Commedia per Musica in four acts, KV 492 (1786)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Based on the play of the same name by Caron de Beaumarchais
Language: Italian with German surtitles
Conductor Graeme Jenkins
Stage director Kasper Bech Holten
Sets Steffen Aarfing
Costumes Marie í Dali
Lighting Jesper Kongshaug

Metropolitan Opera

First Emperor

2006

"The agile coloratura soprano Elizabeth Futral made a kittenish and sensual Princess Yueyang."
- Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times

Photo Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

Baltimore Opera

L'assedio di Corinto

2006

New York City Opera

Semele

2006

"Elizabeth Futral takes the title role, using her svelte, athletic soprano to good purpose."
- Bernard Holland, The New York Times

Vancouver Opera

I Puritani

2006

Los Angeles Opera

La Traviata

2006

"Thank God for Elizabeth Futral, who as Violetta, hoisted the show on her consumptive shoulders and carried it home.”

“Thus, set against the grimly smiling crowd and the uninspiring visuals, the slinky, brassy, charming Futral popped out like a floodlight in fog: fierce dark eyes and a 1,000-kilowatt smile, full of energy and urgency, with a voice to match -- a full, lush, focused tone; a bright, clarion high end; elegant phrasing and an impeccable sense of timing.”

-Peter LeFevre, Daily Breeze.com (Los Angeles), June 9, 2006

Washington National Opera

L'elisir d'amore

2006

“Not surprisingly, the strongest singing came from Elizabeth Futral, in the role of Adina. She is a charming artist, one of the few coloratura sopranos who don't sound as though they would rather have been born birds. Instead of fluty twittering, she gave us spunk and spirit and a warmly engaging, fully human personality, all the while hitting the notes right in their center.”

-Tim Page, Washington Post, April 3, 2006

Photo: Karin Cooper, Washington National Opera

Musica Angelica

Acis and Galatea

2006

“Elizabeth Futral, who laid down such solid, seductive baroque credentials as Cleopatra in Handel's ‘Giulio Cesare’ for Los Angeles Opera in 2001, brought a plumy soprano, a statuesque beauty and a committed sense of character to Galatea, especially in the final air transforming her dead lover into an eternally bubbling fountain.”

-Chris Pasles, Los Angeles Times, May 8, 2006

Metropolitan Opera

Lucia di Lammermoor

2005

"... singing the role with such command, vigor and accuracy. In a bright, focused and sizable voice, she spins out streams of florid coloratura roulades and makes embellishments seem natural elaborations of long melodic lines."
- Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times

Photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

Deutsche Oper Berlin

La Traviata

2005

Lincoln Center

Orpheus and Euridice

2005

Hamburg Staatsoper

La Traviata

2005

Los Angeles

Der Rosenkavalier

2005

“The singing is every note as glorious as this enlightened production deserves…the airborne shimmer of Elizabeth Futral’s Sophie…still floats in my ear like enchanted quicksilver.”

-Alan Rich, L.A. Weekly, June 2005

New York City Opera

Daphne

2004

“New York audiences will probably flock to Daphne, for love of Strauss and also of Elizabeth Futral, who creates a beguiling figure in the title role.”

“Futral deals gracefully with the herione’s many moods”

“She clearly delights in the role of Daphne, attacking the mercurial vocal demands as energetically as she handles the athletic stage business. In her extended apostrophe to the tree in her first scene, she sustains the extended lines with strength and purpose, keeping her diction crisp amid the melismatic flow.”

-David J. Baker, Opera News, December 2004

Opera Colorado

La Traviata

2004

"Wow!

“That interjection leaped to mind over and over again Saturday evening during Opera Colorado's glorious, heart-rending new production of La Traviata (The Fallen Woman).”

“Anticipation ran high for Futral's debut with the company, and she more than lives up to expectations. With a commanding performance vocally and dramatically, she transforms Violetta into a complex, empathetic person whose death sparked tears among some listeners.”

“The coloratura soprano possesses a dream of a voice, combining abundant power with appealing agility and naturalness.”

“Violetta's long aria at the end of Act 1 – one of the great arias in all opera – is everything it should be, an extraordinary display of vocal virtuosity and a potent dramatic showcase of a woman trying to come to terms with her hopes and fears.”

-Kyle MacMillan, Denver Post, May 4, 2004

Lyric Opera Chicago

Pirates of Penzance

2004

“Lyric audiences have adored Futral, a distinguished alumna of the company's Center for American Artists training program, in the high-flying coloratura of Handel's ‘Partenope' and Leonard Bernstein's ‘Candide.’ In Mabel's entrance song, ‘Poor wandering one!’'’

“Futral was dangerously demure, clad in striped summer gown and fetching hat and all but stripping Frederic naked with her delirious vocalizing as the love-struck young maiden. Much too well-bred to approach him directly, she sent seductive vocal runs, wide leaps and crystalline, twisting lines sailing across the stage, mesmerizing the handsome young pirate with the musical equivalent of nibbled earlobes and caressed cheeks.”

-Chicago Sun-Times, February 4, 2004

Metropolitan Opera

La Juive

2004