Mary Elizabeth Williams
Mary Elizabeth Williams’ recent highlights include her role debut at Vlaanderen Opera as Elisabeth Don Carlos in the five-act French version, her debut with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in seven performances of Verdi’s Requiem under the baton of Zubin Mehta, and Tippett’s A Child of Our Time at Festival des Saint-Denis conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. She returned to her native USA to Lyric Opera of Chicago to prepare for another house and role debut as Gutrune Götterdämmerung in the new Ring production by David Pountney, and made her house debut at Theatre an der Wien as Serena Porgy and Bess, a role she previously sang at La Scala Milan and at Seattle Opera in past seasons.
Great past successes include her appearance at Opéra Dijon where she sang the role of Abigaille Nabucco in a new production she previously inaugurated at Opera de Lille. She returned to Welsh National Opera in the role of Amelia Un ballo in maschera and made her debut as Desdemona Otello with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; future engagements include her first Isolde Tristan und Isolde first in the US and later at Paris Opera.
“American soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams easily filled the house with her higher resister. The two female soloists with glorious woodwind accompaniment gave a sublime account of the “Recordare,” one of the quieter more subdued passages of the requiem.”
The Jerusalem Post, Irving Spitz, 14 July 2019
“Outstanding is Mary Elizabeth Williams’s Amelia, a morose, somewhat one-dimensional role with, though, rivetting, difficult, beautiful music over a big range, much exposed in the gallows scene here by placing her a good deal downstage with her back to the horrors. She never puts a foot wrong; this is wonderful Verdi singing.”
Stephen Walsh, The Arts Desk, 11 February 2019
| Bellini | Norma (title, Adalgisa) |
|---|---|
| Catalani | La Wally (Wally) |
| Cilea | Adriana Lecouvreur (title) |
| Danielpour | Margaret Garner (Cilla) |
| Davis | Amistad (The Goddess of the Waters) |
| Donizetti | Maria Stuarda (Elisabetta) |
| Gershwin | Porgy and Bess (Serena, Bess*) |
| Mascagni | Cavalleria rusticana (Santuzza) |
| Massenet | Le Cid (Chimène) |
| Puccini | Le Villi (Anna)
Tosca (title) Suor Angelica (title) |
| J. Stauss | Die Fledermaus (Rosalinde) |
| R. Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier (Marianne) |
| Verdi | Aida (title) Attilla (Odabella) Un Ballo In Maschera (Amelia) La Forza del Destino (Lenora) Macbeth (Lady Macbeth) Otello (Desdemona) Nabucco (Abigaille) Il trovatore (Leonora) |
| Beethoven | Symphony No.9 |
|---|---|
| Berlioz | Les nuits d’été |
| Fauré | Requiem |
| Mahler | Rückert-Lieder |
| Poulenc | Gloria |
| Respighi | Il Tramonto |
| Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony |
| Verdi | Requiem |
| Wagner | Wesendonck Lieder |
Contact
Deborah Sanders
Founder and Director
deborah@arbourartists.com