ELIZABETH MANDENO
soprano
Anthony Ritchie (Opera Otago,
world premiere), cover Zerlina:
Don Giovanni, cover Musetta:
La Bohème (NZ Opera), Adele:
Die Fledermaus (Opera Factory
NZ), Bachianas Brasileiras no.5,
Filia: Jephte (Carissimi), Mozart
C Minor Mass, Mozart Requiem,
Pierrot Lunaire, Carmina Burana.
Future engagements include
St Matthew Passion with Bach
Musica in 2020.
Elizabeth Mandeno is a current
Freemasons NZ Opera Artist and
former Freemasons Dame Malvina
Major Emerging Artist. She has an
MA in Advanced Vocal Technique
from the Wales International
Academy of Voice and a BMus
(Hons)/BA from the University
of Auckland. Elizabeth has
performed as a soloist alongside
Dame Felicity Lott and Dame
Kiri Te Kanawa, and as part of
the International Choral Festival
in Beijing. This year she won
first place in the New Zealand
Lockwood Aria Competition.
Repertoire includes Cleopatra:
Giulio Cesare (Handel Consort &
Quire NZ), Messiah (Christchurch
Symphony Orchestra), Bach B
Minor Mass (Bach Musica), The
Creation (NZ Choral Federation),
Brahms Requiem (Camerata),
Jane Kendall: This Other Eden by
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