Elizabeth Ritchie

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Elizabeth studied singing and piano at the Royal Academy of Music, continuing her studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum and the London Opera Centre before joining Glyndebourne. Following Glyndebourne, Elizabeth sang as a soloist with Welsh National Opera, English National Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North and New Sadlers Wells, as well as in productions abroad. As an oratorio singer and recitalist, Elizabeth has performed frequently at the South Bank, the Wigmore Hall, and at other notable venues, and with well known choral societies throughout the country. With a broad repertoire covering the classical and popular, Elizabeth has compiled and has performed in many programmes combining words and music before music societies and other audiences. Elizabeth has made a number of recordings, and has been heard on Radio 3, Classic FM, and local radio. As well as a performer, Elizabeth is a professor of singing at the Royal Academy of Music, where she was for some time responsible for classes in English Song. A number of her pupils have been successful in international competitions, and two of them were chosen to represent their respective countries in the Cardiff Singer of the World. Many have secured work with major opera companies in the United Kingdom and in Europe. Elizabeth has taught by invitation in Germany and Iceland, and at the Cardiff International Academy of Voice, and she teaches privately in London and elsewhere. She is well known as an adjudicator at music festivals within the United Kingdom. Elizabeth has given master classes and participated in summer schools in England and abroad. Elizabeth was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2007.