Bio:
In the 2019–2020 season, soprano Elissa Johnston appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra singing Handel and Scarlatti arias, with the Los Angeles Master Chorale in Bruckner’s Mass in F Minor, with Pacific Symphony in Handel’s Messiah, and in recital at Boston Court. Ms. Johnston was also very much looking forward to appearing with the Berkshire Choral International Festival in Poulenc’s Gloria, singing Strauss’s Lieder at Le Salon de Musiques, Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen with legendary clarinetist Michele Zukovsky at Pacific Serenades, and Jaromir Weinberger’s The Way to Emmaus at Jacaranda Music. Last season, Ms. Johnston appeared as soloist in both the West Coast premiere of Reena Esmail’s This Love Between Us with the LA Master Chorale, and in the world premiere of Michael Daugherty’s To the New World with Pacific Symphony. Ms. Johnston made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2018 with the Pacific Symphony, singing the role of Sarada Devi in Philip Glass’s The Passion of Ramakrishna, as part of Carnegie’s yearlong celebration of Mr. Glass’s 80th birthday.