Elizabeth Mitchell

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About Elizabeth Mitchell

ELIZABETH MITCHELL, Mezzo-Soprano, is a versatile performer whose repertoire ranges from opera to musical theater to art song. Nationally, she has sung with companies including Opera Western Reserve, Ohio Light Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Utah Opera, Michigan Philharmonic, Orchestra Sono, Arbor Opera Theater, Comic Opera Guild, and Main Street Opera Theatre. In 2014, Elizabeth made her international debut with Oper Im Park in St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria and returned in 2015. Ms. Mitchell was recently nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical by the 2019 BroadwayWorld Detroit Regional Awards for her portrayal of Marmee in Little Women with One Off Productions. Other favorite past roles include Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Mrs. Grose in The Turn of the Screw, Dorabella in Cosí fan tutte, Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance, Die Knusperhexe and Die Mutter in Hänsel und Gretel, Marie in The Most Happy Fella and Eulalie MacKecknie Shinn in The Music Man. She can also be heard as Mrs. VanDare on Ohio Light Opera’s recording of The Firefly (Albany Records) and A Thorn Among Roses (Vivo Productions), the Dodworth Duo’s debut album released in 2017. Ms. Mitchell received her B.M. from the University of Utah and her M.M. from the University of Michigan, both in Vocal Performance and with scholarship. Awards: Utah District Finalist, Metropolitan Opera Competition; International Finalist, Lotte Lenya Competition for Singers; Semi-Finalist, International Czech and Slovak Competition.