Elizabeth Bailey

Elizabeth Bailey was born in Wells, England. She graduated with a BMus degree from The Guildhall School of Music & Drama (London) in 2002 and continued onto a one year Post Diploma in Vocal Training. In July 2005 she completed a two year Opera Course.

Since 2016 she was an ensemble member at the Staatstheater Kassel in Germany, singing roles including Alcina ( Alcina ), Giulietta ( I Capuleti e i Montecchi ), Anne Trulove ( The Rake's progress ), Giunia (Lucio Silla ), Konstanze ( Die Entführung aus dem Serail ), Antigona ( Antigona ), Woglinde ( Das Rheingold and Die Götterdämmerung ), Stimme eines Waldvogels ( Siegfried ).

Elizabeth started her professional career in Europe, performing mostly in Switzerland and France. She was invited to sing Sophie ( Die Weisse Rose / Zimmermann ) in Angers-Nantes Opera, Königin der Nacht ( Die Zauberflöte ) for L'Opera de Geneve and St. Gallen Theater , Oscar ( Un ballo in maschera ), Elvira ( L'italiana in Algeri ), Guadalena ( La Perichole ) all for Lausanne Opera , Blondchen ( Die Entführung aus dem Serail ) for Royal Opera de Liege Wallonie, Contessa di Folleville ( Il Viaggio a Reims ) in the opera houses of Bordeaux, Marseille, Montpellier, Nancy and Toulon, Rosina ( La finta Semplice ) and Monica ( The Medium ) for Fribourg Opera.

Her oratorio repertoire includes Beethoven's Missa solemnis, Tippett's A child of our time, Handel’s Messiah, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Brahm’s Requiem, Mozart’s Mass in C minor, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. She has performed Haydn's Nelson Mass with the prestigious choir Les Elements in Toulouse and performed Mozart concert arias in a series of Concerts with L'orchestre des pays de Savoie with conductor Nicolas Chalvin.

Elizabeth has participated in many International Competitions. In 2009, she was a finalist in the prestigious Operalia, semi-finalist in the ARD and Mirjam Helin Competitions. In 2008 she was a Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels and won the Jacques Stehman Audience prize. She was also a finalist in the 2008 Francisco Vinas, Geneva Competition 2007 and at the first International Competition in Strasbourg, 2007.

Elizabeth won the “Menuhin Festival Prize” in the first Swiss International Singing Competition in Bern 2006 and she was also a finalist of the prestigious Toulouse International Singing Competition the same year. In November 2005 she won first prize Opera and second prize Melodie at the European Competition of Macon, France. Other prizes include Le Prix de Jeune Espoir at the Marmande Competition 2004 and Prix de les directeurs, Marmande 2005.