Elizabeth Futral, soprano

Laura Jesson in Previn's Brief Encounter

Previous Engagements at HGO:

  • title role of Massenet’s Manon (2003)
  • Curley’s Wife in Floyd’s Of Mice and Men
  • Konstanze in Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio

Recent Engagements:

  • Stella in André Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire at San Francisco Opera, San Diego Opera and New Orleans Opera
  • Violetta in La traviata at Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburg State Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago
  • Adina in Donizetti's The Elixir of Love at Washington National Opera
  • Sophie in R. Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor, and Princess Yue-Yang in the world premiere of Tan Dun’s opera The First Emperor at the Metropolitan Opera

Awards/Accolades/Recordings:

  • Her extensive discography includes A Streetcar Named Desire and Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges conducted by André Previn (Deutsche Grammophon) — she also sings Stella on Kultur’s DVD of A Streetcar Named Desire

Did you know?

  • This summer she will sing Violetta in La traviata at San Francisco Opera