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date = "2015-04-07T16:56:00-04:00"
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<p>
	When Elizabeth DeShong sang the title role of Rossini's La Cenerentola, at the <strong>Glyndebourne Festival</strong> The Guardian wrote: . . "this is, quite simply, one of the great operatic performances. It is dominated by DeShong, whose voice combines a contralto opulence with blazing top notes and some of the most staggering coloratura you will ever hear..."
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	Next season, Ms. DeShong will perform multiple roles in the <strong>Metropolitan Opera's</strong> new production of Berg's <em>Lulu</em>, conducted by James Levine, followed by Fenena in <em>Nabucco</em> at <strong>Lyric Opera of Chicago</strong>, and Calbo in Rossini's <em>Maometto II</em> at the <strong>Canadian Opera Company</strong>. She will also perform Handel's <em>Messiah</em> with the <strong>Toronto Symphony Orchestra</strong> conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.
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	Ms. DeShong's operatic and orchestral engagements during the 2014/15 season took her to the <strong>Canadian Opera Company</strong> for performances as Suzuki in <em>Madama Butterfly</em>, the Orchestra of St. Luke's for Mendelssohn's <em>Die erste Walpurgisnacht</em> in <strong>Carnegie Hall</strong>, the <strong>Wiener Staatsoper</strong> for Angelina in<em> La Cenerentola</em>, and the <strong>Los Angeles Opera</strong>where she performed Rosina in <em>Il Barbiere di Siviglia</em>. In addition, Ms. DeShong will sing Elgar's <em>The Kingdom</em> with the <strong>Radio Symphony Orchestra</strong> in the Netherlands, and the<strong>Royal Flemish Orchestra</strong> in Belgium, the Mozart <em>Requiem</em> with the <strong>Dallas Symphony Orchestra</strong>, the Verdi <em>Requiem</em> with the <strong>Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra</strong>, Hermia in Britten's <em>A Midsummer Night's Dream</em> at the<strong> Festival Aix-en-Provence</strong>, and Baba the Turk in <em>The Rake's Progress</em> at the <strong>Edinburgh International Festival</strong>.
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	In the 2013/14 season, Ms. DeShong sang two Hermias at the <strong>Metropolitan Opera</strong>: in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and in the pastiche opera, The Enchanted Island; as well as Suzuki in <em>Madama Butterfly</em>; a role she also sang at the <strong>San Francisco Opera</strong>. In addition, she performed Handel's Messiah with the <strong>National Symphony Orchestra</strong>, Bernstein's "Jeremiah" Symphony with the <strong>Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien</strong>, under the direction of Marin Alsop, and the Mozart <em>Requiem</em> with the <strong>Cleveland Orchestra</strong> under the direction of David Robertson, and with the <strong>Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra</strong> in Carnegie Hall conducted by Manfred Honeck.
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	Further performances of note include Maffio Orsini in <em>Lucrezia Borgia</em> with <strong>San Franciso Opera</strong> and <strong>English National Opera</strong>, Angelina in <em>La Cenerentola</em> at the <strong>Canadian Opera Company</strong>, and Hermia in <em>A Midsummer Night's Dream</em> at <strong>Lyric Opera of Chicago</strong>.
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	The recipient of numerous awards, Ms. DeShong received the <strong>Washington National Opera's</strong> "Artist of the Year Award" in 2010, for her debut performance as the Composer in Richard Strauss' <em>Ariadne auf Naxos</em>. Her portrayal of Maffio Orsini in the <strong>San Francisco Opera's</strong> production of <em>Lucrezia Borgia</em>, was released on DVD on EuroArts Music and Naxos of America.
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