Elysia Ann Arntzen, DMA
Composer, Soprano
Bio
As a composer, many of my own works are for voice. I also am a lyric soprano and an actress. I have studied at the collegiate level with Kate Butler, Joseph Levitt, Keisha Cook, and Karri York. My interests as a vocalist are opera, musical theater, and art song.
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Vocal Repertoire
Barab
A Game of Chance “Fame” (Second Knitter’s aria)
Beethoven
Fidelio “O wär ich schon mit dir vereint”
“Ich Liebe Dich”
Bizet
Les Pêcheurs de Perles “Me voila seule dans la nuit/Comme autrefois”
Brahms
“Vergebliches Ständchen”
Caldara
“Sebben Crudele”
“Alma del core”
Campra
“Charmant Papillon”
Copland
Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Tender Land “Laurie’s Song”
Debussy
“Mandoline”
Donaudy
“Freschi luoghi, prati aulenti…”
Duke
“There Will Be Stars”
Fauré
“Clair de lune”
Gounod
Roméo Et Juliette “Je veux vivre” “Que Fait-tu Blanche Tourterelle”
Hahn
“Si mes vers avaient des ailes”
Handel
Messiah “Rejoice Greatly” “Come Unto Him”
Kingsley
“The Green Dog”
Liszt
“O! quand je dors”
Lotti
“Pur dicesti, o bocca bella”
Mahler
“Liebst du um Schönheit”
Moore
The Ballad of Baby Doe “The Silver Aria”
Mozart
Idomeneo “Zeffiretti Lusinghieri”
La Finta Giardiniera “Geme la tortorella”
Le Nozze di Figaro “Porgi Amor”
Parisotti
“Se tu m’ami, se sospiri”
Poulenc
Airs Chantés
La Courte Paille
Rorem
“Love”
Schubert
“Du bist die Ruh”
“Liebesbotschaft”
“Ständchen”
C. Schumann
“Liebst du um Schönheit”
Sondheim
Sweeney Todd “Green Finch and Linnet Bird”
J. Strauss
Die Fledermaus “Chacun á son gout”
R. Strauss
“Morgen!”
Tchaikovsky
“Nur Wer Die Sehnsucht Kennt”
Weber
Der Freischütz “Einst träumte meiner sel’gen base/Trübe Augen”
Weill
Frauentanz
Vaughan Williams
“Silent Noon”
Verdi
Un Ballo in Maschera “Volta la terrea”
Roles
2022
Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Flo
2017
Lend Me a Tenor - Maggie Saunders
2016
Young Frankenstein - Inga
Man of La Mancha - Antonia
Les Contes D'Hoffmann - Muse/Nicklausse
2012
A Game of Chance - 2nd Knitter
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Panacea
Dido and Aeneas - 2nd Witch
2010
Suor Angelica - Alms Sister
2008
Seussical - Bird Girl
2007
Beauty and the Beast - Silly Girl
Other
2017-2023 - LNK New Music Collective - Soprano
2017 - From Berlin to Broadway - Ensemble
2014 - Werther - Chorus
2013 - L’elisir d’amore - Chorus
2011 - Cosi Fan Tutte - Chorus
2010 - L’Amico Fritz - Chorus
2009 - Don Giovanni - Chorus
2008 - Giulio Cesare in Egitto - Chorus
Ball State University Choirs
2007-2012