BIOGRAPHY

Anna Yelizarova (Mezzo-Soprano) has appeared in a variety of roles including Carmen, Dorabella, Dido, Prince Orlofsky, Olga, Marina (Boris Godunov), Ulrica, Mistress Quickly, La Zia Principessa, the 3rd Lady (Die Zauberflöte), the Second Woman (Dido and Aeneas), the Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors), and Suzuki (a concert version). She has sung with the following companies: Natchez Music Festival, Center City Opera (PA), Bay Area Summer Opera (CA), Martina Arroyo Foundation, Opera Company of Brooklyn, Opera Manhattan (NYC), New York Lyric Opera Theater, Queens Opera, Intermezzo Opera Festival, Amici Opera, New York Opera Studio, Allegro Singers (NYC). Her future engagements include Smeton in Anna Bolena with Opera Manhattan; Prince Orlofsky and Dorabella with Opera in the Heights (TX).
Ms. Yelizarova has been heard in concert performances including orchestra concerts with Gateway Classical Music Society, evenings of opera scenes with Pacific Opera at Carnegie Hall and with Queens Opera in New Jersey. In oratorio, she sang the role Clarice in Caldara’s Il giuoco del Quadriglio in various New York performance venues; and was a mezzo-soprano soloist in the Pergolesi Stabat Mater on a concert tour in Hungary.
Last summer Anna Yelizarova was an apprentice at the Natchez Opera Festival. As well, she is a finalist in the 2009 Opera at Florham Violetta DuPont Vocal Competition. Her university performances include Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, and Flora in La Traviata.
Originally from Moscow, Russia, Anna Yelizarova is an American citizen and now resides in the United States.
Ms. Yelizarova holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in voice from the Manhattan School of Music and New Jersey City University.