Our Artists
ELIZABETH WHITEHOUSE
Background: Born in Hobart. Currently based in Germany. Recipient of a MO Award for Senta in Der fliegende Holländer, Helpmann and MO Awards for title role in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Green Room Awards for Leonora in Fidelio, title role in Manon Lescaut and Feldmarschallin in Der Rosenkavalier. Engagements/Australia: Senta in Der fliegende Holländer, Fata Morgana in The Love for Three Oranges, Kostelnicka in Jenůfa, Foreign Princess in Rusalka, Leonore in Fidelio, Marie in Wozzeck, Maddalena in Andrea Chénier, Feldmarschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, title roles in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Manon Lescaut, Tosca (for Opera Australia). International: Title role in Turandot, Kundry in Parsifal (in Germany), Marie in Wozzeck (Teatro Comunale in Bologna), Agathe in Der Freischütz (Israeli Opera), Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes (in Genoa), Gutrune in Götterdämmerung, Feldmarschallin in Der Rosenkavalier (La Scala), Leonore in Fidelio (La Scala and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino), title role in Tosca (in San Francisco, Colorado, Frankfurt and Tokyo), Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, Senta in Der fliegende Holländer (Deutsche Oper), Elsa in Lohengrin, Countess in Capriccio (Teatro Reggio di Torino), title role in Ariadne auf Naxos (Teatro La Fenice), Gutrune and Third Norn in Götterdämmerung (Teatro Real in Madrid). Has also performed at the Edinburgh, Salzburg, Bregenz, Zürich and Berlin Festivals. Concert repertoire: Mahler’s Symphony Nos 2 and 8, Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder, Zemlinsky’s Lyrische Symphonie. Has appeared with the Orchestre National de France, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, and the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. A highlight of her concert engagements was her participation as Tove in Gurrelieder with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle at his inauguration concert as the new Chief Conductor. Recordings: Believe in Love (with Richard Bonynge/Melba Recordings). Upcoming engagements: Lady Macbeth in Macbeth in Concert (Opera Queensland).