About

Elizabeth Findon is a British Soprano and a graduate of the prestigious Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (GSMD) and completed her undergraduate degree at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM).

She looks forward to joining Buxton International Festival this year singing the role of Mrs Waters, The Boatswains Mate (Ethel Smyth) and covering Elvira, Ernani (Verdi).

She has previously worked for English National Opera as a member of extra chorus on Britten’s Peter Grimes, she has also worked for Glyndebourne Festival Opera (GFO) and Glyndebourne Touring Opera (GTO) covering the role of First Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute in 2020. Previous seasons include 2019, 2020 and 2021. Chorus credits for GFO and GTO include; Káťa Kabanová (Janáček), Il Turco in Italia (Rossini), Luisa Miller (Verdi) 2021, La damnation de Faust (Berlioz), Rusalka (Dvořák) and Die Zauberflöte (Mozart), L’elisir d’amore (Donizetti) and Rigoletto (Verdi)

Elizabeth made her National Theatre debut in 2018 in Michael Longhurst's acclaimed production of Peter Shaffer's iconic play, Amadeus. She covered the role of Katerina Cavalieri and sang the ‘Opera Club’. Music by Mozart, Vivaldi and additional music by Simon Slater

Previous roles include Fiordiligi Così fan tutte (Mozart) and Countessa Almaviva Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) for Clonter Opera. Micaëla Carmen (Bizet) for both RNCM and CCYO.

Roles whilst on the Opera Course at GSMD include Iolanta - title role (Tchkaiovsky), Fraarte - Radamisto (Handel) and she created the role of Proserpina in the world premier of The Tale of Januarie in collaboration with the Royal Opera House (Julian Phillips and Stephen Plaice). Opera Scenes include excerpts from Don Giovanni - Donna Anna, La Clemenza di Tito - Vitelia, Fidelio - Leonora, Eugene Onegin - Tatiana, Peter Grimes - Ellen Orford, Die Tote Stadt - Marietta and Arabella - title role.  

Elizabeth has recorded for the LSO with Sir Simon Rattle as a soloist in Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri with Hyperion Records and has sung extensively throughout the UK as a soloist.

During her studies and training she has been generously supported by The Dyers’ Company and The Drapers’ Company where she was a Baroness de Turckheim Scholar, and Help Musicians where was a Sybil Tutton Award Winner.