Performances
Concert performances include Mozart Vespers in the Mostly Mozart Festival for Harry Christophers; Britten’s Death in Venice for Richard Hickox in the QEH; Mozart concert arias with the Gabrieli Consort in the Barbican Hall; Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Peter Schreier in St John’s Smith Square; Mozart’s Mass in C Minor in King’s College Chapel; Glück’s Orfeo in the Snape Maltings; Haydn’s Heiligemesse and Mozart Vespers on a tour of the USA; the Monteverdi Vespers in St Mark’s, Venice; Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Palau de Musica, Barcelona; and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in Seoul and Kuala Lumpur. She has performed Judith Weir’s King Harald’s Saga in collaboration with the composer, and premièred Sir John Tavener’s latest work Shunya at his 60th birthday concert. She visited Rochester Cathedral for a Classic FM Concert at Christmas 2008. She performed Handel’s cantata "Eternal Source of Light Divine" during the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony in London.
On the operatic stage, Elin has played:
- Pamina (Mozart The Magic Flute)
- The Governess (Britten Turn of the Screw)
- Micaela (Bizet Carmen)
- Ninetta (Mozart La finta semplice)
- Arminda (Mozart La finta giardiniera)
- Despina (Mozart Cosi fan tutte
- Mermaid (Weber Oberon)
- Coryphée (Berlioz Les Troyens) at the Théâtre du Châtelet
- Angelica (Handel Orlando)
- Constance (Poulenc Dialogue des Carmelites)
- Lucy (Menotti The Telephone)
- Night/Nymph (Purcell The Fairy-Queen).
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