Elissa Johnston, soprano

Has performed with: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, Colorado Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco Contemporary Players and the Pasadena Symphony

World premiere performances: Aura by Chinary Ung with Grammy Award©-winning Southwest Chamber Music, and as Pat Nixon in the world premiere of John Adams’ concert suite from Nixon in China entitled The Nixon Tapes, with the composer conducting

Festival appearances: New York Philharmonic’s Copland Festival, Lincoln Center’s Stravinsky Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, Oregon Bach Festival, Aspen Music Festival

Opera roles: Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Snape Proms in England, the role of Female Chorus in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia at the Aldeburgh October Britten Festival, and Marzelline in concert performances of Beethoven’s Fidelio at both the Aspen Festival and with the Wheeling Symphony, the role of Brigitta in concert performances of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta with the L.A. Philharmonic, and LA Opera performances of Il Trovatore, Le Nozze di Figaro, and Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria

Raves: Hailed for “her voice pure and ethereal, her expression embracing and heartfelt” – Musical America

Last LAMC appearance: Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem in October 2008

On the big screen: recorded dozens of film soundtracks, including The Simpsons, Spiderman 2 & 3, I Am Legend

Recordings: featured soloist on Aura by Chinary Ung with Southwest Chamber Music, Serenada Schizophrana by Danny Elfman on Sony Classics, and The Song of Songs by Jorge Liderman