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Elizabeth Herlitz Cortés – soprano

Soprano Elizabeth Herlitz Cortés has established herself as the go-to young soprano in the greater Texas and Louisiana region. She appears regularly on the stages of Austin Opera, San Antonio Opera, Alamo City Opera, Spotlight on Opera, the Mid-Texas Symphony, and in many concert venues. In January 2018, she made her company and role debut with Texas Hill Country Opera as Roselinda from Die Fledermaus in their Annual New Year’s Eve Masked Ball Celebration. She also performed as a featured soloist in Alamo City Opera’s Opera in the Park.

In 2017, Elizabeth made her Austin Opera solo debut as Butterfly’s Mother in Madama Butterfly; her Alamo City Opera debut as The Flower Girl in Daniel Catán’s La hija de Rappacini; appeared as a guest artist with Spotlight on Opera, where she sang the roles of Magda de Civry in Prince Orlovsky’s Ball (a Fledermaus pastiche in which characters from other operas are party guests) and Chiquita in Hector Armienta’s bilingual children’s opera, The Coyotes and the Rabbits/Los coyotes y las conejas, which toured Central Texas. She also made her role and company debut with San Antonio Opera as the First Witch in MacBeth.

Elizabeth is also a passionate advocate for opera outreach. She is the General Manager and Founder of Texas Concert Opera Collective, a non-profit organization that offers free concert opera performances to nearly 2,000 students residing in the counties between San Antonio and Austin, but also gives local professional singers the opportunity to perform repertoire of their own choosing. In its 2018-19 Season she will perform the title role in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah.