Elspeth Davis (Mezzo-Soprano) graduated with a Masters
of Music from the Peabody Institute, where she was a Peabody Merit
Scholarship recipient. In March of 2007, she returned to the school as a
guest artist in the role of Nicklausse/La Muse in Les Contes d’Hoffmann.
She is a founding member of the Harbor Opera Company, for which
she has sung the roles of The Announcer in Gallantry, Dinah in Trouble
in Tahiti, and The Faithful Seductress in the new chamber opera
Ophelia Forever. Recent engagements include the role of Béatrice in
Béatrice et Bénédict by Hector Berlioz, an artist-in-residency with The
Canton Symphony in Ohio, Praskowia/Clo-Clo in The Merry Widow for
The Liederkranz Foundation, and Le Prince Charmant in Cendrillon.
Upcoming engagements include Nancy (cover) in Martha at The
Liederkranz, as well as Britten’s Phaedra with The Astoria Symphony.
A champion of new music, Ms. Davis will make her Carnegie Hall
debut this April in Panayoti Karousos’ new opera, Alexander the Great.
No stranger to the stage, her other roles include of Papagena, Suor
Genovieffa, Cookie (in Milton Granger’s Talk Opera), Percy Talbot (in
The Spitfire Grill, for which she received an Irene Ryan nomination),
and Gianetta in the Opera festival di Roma’s production of L’Elisir d’
Amore. In 2002, Ms. Davis was a member of the Janiec Opera
Company at the Brevard Music Center. In 2004 she was a member of
College Light Opera Company in Cape Cod, where she performed the
roles of The Fairy Queen (Iolanthe), Virginella (La Perichole), Dame
Carruthers (Yeomen of the Guard), Nettie Fowler (Carousel), Mme.
Matroppo (Very Good Eddie), and The Witch (Into the Woods).
As an actor Ms. Davis has appeared as Mariane (Tartuffe), Dunyasha
(The Cherry Orchard), Olivia (Twelfth Night), Billie (Haiku), and The Girl
in Veronica’s Room, as well as in readings of new works for the New
Play Festival in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
This season with OMRT, Ms. Davis will be performing the role of Flora in
their new abridged production of La Traviata. For more info, please
visit www.elspethdavis.net.
of Music from the Peabody Institute, where she was a Peabody Merit
Scholarship recipient. In March of 2007, she returned to the school as a
guest artist in the role of Nicklausse/La Muse in Les Contes d’Hoffmann.
She is a founding member of the Harbor Opera Company, for which
she has sung the roles of The Announcer in Gallantry, Dinah in Trouble
in Tahiti, and The Faithful Seductress in the new chamber opera
Ophelia Forever. Recent engagements include the role of Béatrice in
Béatrice et Bénédict by Hector Berlioz, an artist-in-residency with The
Canton Symphony in Ohio, Praskowia/Clo-Clo in The Merry Widow for
The Liederkranz Foundation, and Le Prince Charmant in Cendrillon.
Upcoming engagements include Nancy (cover) in Martha at The
Liederkranz, as well as Britten’s Phaedra with The Astoria Symphony.
A champion of new music, Ms. Davis will make her Carnegie Hall
debut this April in Panayoti Karousos’ new opera, Alexander the Great.
No stranger to the stage, her other roles include of Papagena, Suor
Genovieffa, Cookie (in Milton Granger’s Talk Opera), Percy Talbot (in
The Spitfire Grill, for which she received an Irene Ryan nomination),
and Gianetta in the Opera festival di Roma’s production of L’Elisir d’
Amore. In 2002, Ms. Davis was a member of the Janiec Opera
Company at the Brevard Music Center. In 2004 she was a member of
College Light Opera Company in Cape Cod, where she performed the
roles of The Fairy Queen (Iolanthe), Virginella (La Perichole), Dame
Carruthers (Yeomen of the Guard), Nettie Fowler (Carousel), Mme.
Matroppo (Very Good Eddie), and The Witch (Into the Woods).
As an actor Ms. Davis has appeared as Mariane (Tartuffe), Dunyasha
(The Cherry Orchard), Olivia (Twelfth Night), Billie (Haiku), and The Girl
in Veronica’s Room, as well as in readings of new works for the New
Play Festival in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
This season with OMRT, Ms. Davis will be performing the role of Flora in
their new abridged production of La Traviata. For more info, please
visit www.elspethdavis.net.
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