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Elizabeth Glen trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and her career as a professional singer has taken her all around the world.
She spent 3 months of 1998 touring Europe and the USA, performing the roles of Fides and Misericordia in the "Sequentia" production of the medieval music drama "Ordo Virtutum". The tour included 3 performances at the Lincoln Center Festival, New York, and a performance for the 1998 Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, which was broadcast live on Radio 3. Reviews for this production were glowing, and Elizabeth's performance was particularly mentioned in "The Times" (London) and "Bay Windows" (Boston, USA). She also performed in the 1999 Melbourne International Festival in Australia.
Her other performing commitments recently have included work with her Early Music ensemble "The Art of Courtly Love", and staged productions in Winchester and Salisbury Cathedral of the contemporary piece for solo voice and piano "A Life Apart". During the summer of 2000, she was a soloist for the show "In Our Time" at the London Palladium, in which she sang jazz songs and "Land of Hope and Glory".
Elizabeth is the main artist on the CD of the works of the contemporary composer June Boyce-Tilman, entitled "Singing the Mystery - Hildegard Revisited" (British Music Label). She has also recorded four CDs with Sequentia: "O Jerusalem", "Voice of the Blood", "Vox Iberica 2", and the best selling "Canticles of Ecstasy" (all DHM), on which she is a soloist. "Canticles of Ecstasy" won a Gold Disc for the ensemble, and has now sold over 400,000 copies world-wide. Her CDs with Lyrica and with Brian Field are now available from this website (see CDs).
Opera roles performed include Suzanna ("Marriage of Figaro"), Minerva ("Return of Ulysses"), La Musica and La Speranza ("Orfeo"), Fortune ("Poppea"), Miss Wordsworth ("Albert Herring"), Lucia ("Rape of Lucretia") and First Witch ("Dido and Aeneas").
Press Quotes
"Elizabeth Glen. high and impassioned"
The Times
("Ordo Virtutum", Royal Albert Hall, 1998 Proms)
"The soprano soloist, Elizabeth Glen, gave a beautifully fresh and immediate performance throughout"
The Church Times
(Premiere of music of Paul Ayres, London)
"Elizabeth Glen. a shimmering clear soprano voice. a special musical experience"
Wolfenbuttel Zeitung, Germany
("The Art of Courtly Love", Germany)
"Elizabeth Glen's faultless diction made the narrative easy to follow. Her vocal flexibility and versatility gave her complete control of this demanding piece. she was able to convey both passion and compassion with equal conviction"
Hampshire Chronicle
("A Life Apart", Winchester)
Other Reviews
John Locke Tercentenary Celebrations, Wrington, 23rd - 31st October, 2004
http://www.wringtonsomerset.org.uk/webarchive/2004/lockereview.html
Music On The Hill Tuesday 4th June 2002: A Jubilee Musical Extravaganza
http://www.curzon.org.uk/MusicOnTheHill/MusicOnTheHill2002.html
Sequentia - Canticles of Ecstasy
http://inkpot.com/classical/hilcanticles.html.
Discography
- Sequentia - Canticles of Ecstasy (Hildegard von Bingen)
- Sequentia - Voice of the Blood (Hildegard von Bingen)
- Sequentia - O Jerusalem (Hildegard von Bingen)
- Sequentia - Vox Iberica III (El Sabio)
- Various Artists - Angels of Ecstasy (Various)
- Elizabeth Glen & The GAP Choir - Singing the Mystery (June Boyce-Tillman)
What Our Clients Say:
Just wanted to say(albeit slightly late) very many thanks for the wonderful renditions of
our songs at our wedding ceremony, also for your very professional
approach and attention before and during the magic day! There certainly
were tears in my eyes! All our guests enjoyed your singing and
commented upon it afterwards.
Thank you so much for singing during our wedding ceremony and afterwards whilst photos were being taken. You were sensational and we’ve had so many comments from our guests about your wonderful voice.
Thank you once again.
Dear Elizabeth
Thank you so much for the absolutely wonderful performance you gave at our wedding on 6th June. Your singing was so moving that I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house by the end of the ceremony.
You sounded fabulous and made our wedding day for us.
Well... what can I say! Thank you so much for the absolutely stunning
performance that you gave on Saturday, it took my breath away. I wish you
could have heard the comments afterwards about your singing, everyone was so
impressed. You helped to make our day just perfect and for that I thank you
(and you looked stunning!).
Just a short note to say a big thank you for the wonderful performance you gave at our daughter’s wedding last Saturday. The pieces you sang created a wonderful atmosphere for the wedding ceremony, and many of the guests commented on your performance.
I could not let any more time pass without thanking both you and Rhiannon for the wonderful performance you gave us in Laura and Rob's marriage service. I have had so many compliments from family and friends on your behalf not to mention complaints about ruined make-up when you reduced every woman in the church to tears with your rendition of Ave Maria!Even the men, I am told, were gulping back emotion.
I would like to thank you and your colleague for making my daughters wedding perfect. You have the voice of an Angel! Outstanding. A sincere thank you.
I just want to thank-you so very much for singing at my wedding you were just outstanding! When you sang Ave Maria it moved me it was so very special. Your vocal performance is one of the top highlights of my wedding. Thank you.
Thank you so much for making our wedding day even more special with your beautiful singing. I didn’t get a chance to thank you on the day itself, but I wanted you to know that your singing really touched me. All the guests commented on how wonderful you were.
Just wanted to say a huge thank you to you for singing at our wedding on the 22nd March 2008. You were absolutely amazing and made the ceremony so personal to us. Everybody commented on your performance and the impact you had on the ceremony. I don't think there was a dry eye in the room!!! I would recommend your services to anybody. Thank you once again.
Thank you so much for making our ceremony so romantic, personal and moving. You truly have an amazing gift with your voice and everyone at the wedding commented. I am told there was not a dry eye in the house when you started to sing "Songbird".
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to what you added to make our ceremony just perfect!
We both wanted to say an absolutely HUGE thank you for making our wedding ceremony so special at Swinton Park on Sunday 15th July. You set the atmosphere perfectly and you gave it that additional romantic touch. There have been numerous positive comments about you!
Thank you so much for making our day perfect. You added a special touch to a fantastic day.
A really massive thank you for your beautiful addition to our special day. We cannot tell you how beautiful your singing was; everyone at the wedding said how special your wonderful voice is. We were over the moon at the choice of songs, they were very appropriate.
You sang at our wedding at St. Audrie’s Park. Thank you once again, you did a fantastic job.
Just a note to say how much we appreciated your lovely performance at our wedding. It was absolutely lovely and all of our guests really enjoyed it. Thank you for making the ceremony extra special
We would just like to say thank you all for your breathtaking performance at our wedding. You were all we had hoped for and so much more
Thank you so much for making our day so special. Everyone thought you were amazing and you were the talk of the party!
Thank you so much for your beautiful singing. It made the service really magical for us.
Audio Samples:
| All the things you are | Kern/Hammerstein | |
| Ave Maria | Schubert | |
| Beautiful Love | Gillespie/King/Elstyne/Young | |
| Con te partiro | Quarantotto, Sartori, Peterson | |
| Flower Duet from Lakme | Delibes | |
| I've dreamed of you | ||
| Joyful, Joyful (Solo voice and Piano) | ||
| O mio babbino caro | Puccini | |
| You raise me up | Graham/Loevland |