About
Elise Miller, lyric mezzo soprano is becoming increasingly well known for her impressive versatility and shimmering vocalism, spanning a wide variety of roles and genres ranging from opera to musical theatre, including femme fatales to her specialty in trouser roles and many more. Most recently, Ms. Miller performed as Mrs. Lovett in I.U. Opera Theater’s production of Sweeney Todd. She also joined the Choral Art Society of New Jersey as the mezzo-soprano soloist for their performance of Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass. This summer 2024, Ms. Miller is thrilled to serve as an Emerging Artist at Charlottesville Opera, where she will perform the role of Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man and cover the role of Giannetta in L’Elisir d’Amore.
Ms. Miller recently debuted with Central City Opera last summer as an Apprentice Artist covering the role of Lilli Vanessi/Kate in Kiss Me, Kate. In Fall of 2022, she sang the role of Lazuli in L’étoile with the auspicious Indiana University (“I.U.”) Opera Theater. A lover of musical theatre, jazz, and cabaret music, Ms. Miller performed a varied array of German cabaret selections with an up-and-coming company called “The Wild Stage” in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last summer. No stranger to new music, she performed the role of Lowri in the world premiere of Rhiannon’s Condemnation by composer Leigha Amick with New Voices Opera during their 2021-2022 season. She also appeared in I.U. Opera Theater’s productions of La Rondine as Lolette and in L’Incoronazione di Poppea as Emperor Nerone. Additionally, she was part of the staged premiere of The Loathly Lady presented by the Vienna Summer Music Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida, performing the role of Virginia Woolf.
Other recent noteworthy credits for Elise Miller include the role of Beth March in Little Women (I.U. Opera Theater), La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi (Music On Site, Inc.), Silly Girl and Enchanted Object in Beauty and the Beast (Woodlawn Theater), Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro and Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (Mediterranean Opera Festival; Sicily, Italy). Ms. Miller premiered the role of Jean in a contemporary opera called The War Bride by composer Nathan Felix at Luminaria: San Antonio Arts Festival in 2018. She was a Resident Artist with OPERA San Antonio from 2018-2020 and appeared in their mainstage productions of Tosca, Faust, La Traviata, and Carmen. Previously, Ms. Miller was an Opera Studio Participant in the prestigious American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.
Elise Miller resides in Bloomington, Indiana, where in addition to her active performing schedule she is working on her Doctoral Degree in Vocal Performance at the world-renowned Indiana University School of Music. Ms. Miller currently studies voice with Metropolitan Opera soprano, Heidi Grant Murphy.