"Musical Hemispheres"
Artists
Elizabeth Frandsen – Mezzo Soprano
Since 1991, Elizabeth Frandsen 
has performed as a soloist in various opera, oratorio, lieder, musical theatre and choral works here and overseas, including Pamina in ‘Die Zauberflöte’, Mimi in ‘La Boheme’ and Violetta in ‘La Traviata’, soprano and alto parts for the Rossini and Pergolesi ‘Stabat Mater’, and the Handel-Masote ‘Southern African Messiah’ amongst others.
In 1998, Elizabeth was invited to attend a two year course at the International Opera Studio in Zürich. Notable performances include Madame Cortese in Rossini’s ‘Il Viaggio a Reims’ and Schwartzhilde in Pfitzner’s ‘Die Rose vom Liebesgarten’ under Franz Welser-Möst at the Opernhaus in Zürich.
In 2004, she was Madame Giry in ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ for the Really Useful Group and then toured to Nuremberg and Oslo with the Cape Town Opera production of ‘Showboat’. She has sung Handel’s ‘Messiah’, Rossini’s ‘Petite Messe Solenelle’, Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ and Vivaldi’s ‘Gloria’ with the Cape Philharmonia Choir.
She has also performed various lieder recitals for the CT Songmakers Guild, including Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn, and various Schubert and Schumann lieder. She sang the Alto solo in Verdi’s ‘Messe da Requiem’ in 2007 and Beethoven’s ‘Missa Solemnis’ in 2008, with the NAC Choir and the CPO in Cape Town.
In January 2009, she performed in the Richard Wagner Society’s Production of Rossini’s La Scala di Seta. She also specialises in Baroque works and has performed many Handel and Vivaldi solo voice cantatas etc. with the Camerata Tinta Barocca in Cape Town.
In October 2009, Elizabeth performed the lead role of Sister Helen Préjean in the Cape Town Opera première of Jake Heggie’s opera Dead Man Walking.