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. Her current season includes a return to Charlottesville Opera to perform the role of Mercédès in Bizet's Carmen, as well as attending the Ravinia Steans Music Institute as a Vocal Fellow.
Last Fall, Ms. Miller performed the role of Rosa Saks in the world premiere of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, as part of a co-production between the Metropolitan Opera and Indiana University (I.U.). In the 2023-2024 season, she was Mrs. Lovett in I.U. Opera Theater’s production of Sweeney Todd, and joined the Choral Art Society of New Jersey as the mezzo-soprano soloist for their performance of Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass. She also served as an Emerging Artist at Charlottesville Opera, performing the role of Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man and covering the role of Giannetta in L’elisir d’Amore.
Ms. Miller debuted with Central City Opera the summer of 2023 as an Apprentice Artist where she covered the role of Lilli Vanessi/Kate in Kiss Me, Kate. She has performed several other roles at Indiana University including Lazuli in L’étoile, Lolette in La Rondine, Emperor Nerone in L’incoronzione di Poppea, and Beth March in Little Women. A lover of 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 in 2022. 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. Additionally, 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.
Other noteworthy role credits include 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). 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.