Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs, soprano

“She is, in a word,
terrific ...”

– The Independent (UK)  

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Death and Tosca

Florida Grand Opera's lead diva gears up for Puccini's masterwork.
   – Brandon K. Thorp,
     Miami New Times,
     Feb. 7, 2008

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Upcoming engagements:

  • Puccini: Tosca, Charleston S.C. May 2018.
  • Puccini: Turandot, Teatro Municipal, Sao Paolo, Brazil, November 2018.

Recent engagements:

  • Puccini: Turandot, Den Norske Opern, 2016
  • Puccini: Turandot, Kommische Oper, Berlin. Barry Kosky, producer, 2016
  • Strauss: Elektra, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Nov- Dec. 2015
  • Strauss: Salome>, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional, Carlos Miguel Prieto, cond., Mexico City, June 2015

  • Verdi: Nabucco, Opera de Costa Rica, August 2014

  • Verdi: La Traviata, Teatro Argentina de la Plata, Sept. 2014

  • Strauss Gala Concert, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA, August 2014

  • Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional, Carlos Miguel Prieto, cond., October 2014

  • Rossini: Stabat Mater and Dvorak Te Deum, Lincoln Center, NY, April 2015

  • Puccini: Turandot, Den Norske Opern, 2015

  • Richard Strauss Gala Concert, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA, August 25, 2014

  • Verdi: La Traviata, Teatro Argentina de La Plata, Sept. 2014

  • Verdi: Nabucco, Opera de Costa Rica, August 2014

  • Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Orchesta Sinfonica Nacional, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Carlos Prieto, conductor, Oct. 2014

  • Verdi: Nabucco, Grand Theatre de Geneve, March 2014

  • Verdi: Macbeth, Teatro Solis, Montevideo, Uraguay, August 2013

  • Puccini: La Fanciulla del West, Lorin Maazel, conductor, Castleton International Festival, August 2013

  • Verdi Gala Concert, Filarmonica del Universidad, Mexico City, September 26, 27, 2013

  • Salomé (Salomé, role debut) - Den Norske Opera, Oslo - a Stefan Herheim production - April/May/June, 2013

  • Guest soloist, Gala Verdi - Orquesta Nacional, Enrique Patron de Rueda, conductor - Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City - February 15th and 17th, 2013

  • Italian Opera Evening with Baritone Michael Corvino and Mo. Michael Recchiuti, Shalin Liu Performing Arts Center, Rockport, MA, August 29th, 2012

  • Aida - Act II - Berkshire Choral Festival, Sheffield, MA, July 28th, 2012

  • Nabucco (Abigaille) - WNO, April/May 2012

  • Macbeth (Lady Macbeth) - MET Opera, February/April 2012

  • Opera Gala - Verdi and Puccini Highlights - Opera Omaha, October 2011

  • Il Tabarro (Giorgetta) and Il Trovatore (Leonora) Festival - Buffalo, NY

  • Carnival Concert - Tosca Highlights with Orchestra - Mazatlan Mexico, February 2011

  • Opera Highlights with Orchestra - Ortiz Tirado Festival Mexico - Opening Concert, January 2011

  • La Fanciulla del West (Minnie) - Teatro Massimo, Palermo, December 2010

  • Puccini's Suor Angelica (title role) - San Antonio Opera, September 2010

  • Verdi's Macbeth (Lady Macbeth) - a Hugo de Ana production - Teatro Municipal, Santiago, Chile, August 2010

  • Puccini's Tosca (title role) - Metropolitan Opera, May 2010

  • Norma (title role) - Palm Beach Opera, January 2009
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  • Soprano Soloist - Beethoven's Mass in C and Dvorak's Stabat Mater
    Voices of Ascension, New York City, March 2009

  • Soprano soloist - Verdi's Messa da Requiem
    for the opening season of the newly renovated Alice Tully Hall
    Riverside Choral - Lincoln Center, New York City, April 2009

Tosca - Florida Grand Opera
Aida - Opera Omaha
Abigaille in Nabucoo - Aspendos Festival, Turkey

Suor Angelica - Metropolitan Opera, NY
Elvira in Ernani - McCallum Theater, Palm Desert, CA
Verdi’s Requiem - Church of the Ascension, New York City
Abigaille in Nabucco - Teatro Municipal, Santiago, Chile






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