British-American soprano Elizabeth Novella will sing Micaëla in Carmen with St Pete Opera this coming spring and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro with The Muses Project next Fall. This past summer, she covered Giulietta in I Capuleti ed i Montecchi with Teatro Nuovo at Lincoln Center. She was was recently a Resident Artist with Lisette Oropesa at Guild Hall of East Hampton and Bel Canto Bootcamp, and she recently sang Giovanna in Ernani and Donna Anna (cvr) in Don Giovanni at Sarasota Opera. She was also recently named a finalist in both the Tenor Viñas Contest at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and The Opera Index Vocal Competition in New York City. She made her St. Petersburg Opera debut as The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors and her Muses Project debut as  Adele in Die Fledermaus. Previously with Sarasota Opera, Ms. Novella has covered the roles of Leïla in Les Pecheurs des perles, Marie in La Fille du régiment, and Musetta in La Bohème, and has performed Giannetta in L'Elisir d'Amore "with a rich voice and fine comic timing."  Ms. Novella was Antonia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann with the Aspen Music Festival, for which the press hailed, "Novella dazzled with rich sound and impressive intensity".  Also in Aspen, Ms. Novella sang the role of Maia in the first fully-staged production of Theofanidis' The Cows of Apollo under the baton of Robert Spano for which she was praised: "there was first-rate singing from soprano Elizabeth Novella" - Opera News as well as the High Priestess (cover) (Aïda) and Victoria (cover) in William Bolcom’s A Wedding. She also performed “I want magic” in a masterclass with the legendary Renée Fleming.  She was a young artist with Bel Canto at Caramoor, where she performed in Bellini's Il Pirata under the baton of Will Crutchfield. In 2021 Ms. Novella was  named a semi-finalist  in the Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition.

Other credits include Peg (cover) in Carlisle Floyd’s most recent opera Prince of Players with Little Opera Theatre of New York. Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) with Venture Opera, Maja (Goyescas) with Bare Opera, Gertrud (Hänsel und Gretel) with the Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, Madame Herz (Der Schauspieldirektor) with New York Lyric Opera Theater, as well as Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica) with The Amalfi Coast Music Festival.
 
Scene work includes Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) under the baton of Jane Glover, Marguerite (Faust) under the baton of Patrick Summers and Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) under the baton of Nicholas McGegan, all with the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, as well as Gilda (Rigoletto), Elettra (Idomeneo) and Blanche de la Force (Dialogues des Carmélites) with the Aspen Opera Center. Ms. Novella was also seen as and Mimì (La Bohème) with Manhattan School of Music’s Opera Ensemble.

Concert work includes Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 with the cellists of the New York Philharmonic and Gilda (Rigoletto) with the American Symphony Orchestra (Tōn).

Ms. Novella holds a M.M. in Voice from Manhattan School of Music and a B.A. in Music from Bard College. Ms. Novella is a native New Yorker and is currently based in NYC.