Elizabeth Laurence

Elizabeth Laurence (born Elizabeth Jane Scott, 22 November 1949, Harrogate, England) In 1987, she took the role of the Wood Dove in Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder in a performance directed by Pierre Boulez. In 1988, she sang in Debussy's cantata La Damoiselle élue. This rarely performed work specifies two female soloists; Ann Murray had been scheduled to be one but was indisposed, so Laurence sang both parts at short notice. Invited to interpret Grimgerde in Wagner's act 3 of Die Walküre. In 1992 sang Sechs Lieder, Op. 13, by Zemlinsky with Vienna Philharmonic; in 1989 premiered Elias's Five Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya R. F. Hall, London; sang Ligeti's Requiem in Belgium (1991), Frankfurt, televised (1993); Leucadeby Laurent Martin, premiered in Radio France (1996/2000), Paris. Much Mahler sung in Alsace (1982); Karlsruhe, Berlin (1990/1992) and Scotland (1992). Many concerts of Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire (1980s/1990/1992) with Pierre Boulez, Simon Rattle. Opus 2 (1994): Charles Dutoit, Concertgebouw; Gurre-Lieder, L'EIC with Pierre Boulez (1987); in 1990 with Sir Charles Groves, and recitals of Das Buch der hängenden Gärten.

She has been described as having a "warm-toned, flexible voice and handsome appearance".

Selected discography 1985Pierre Boulez, Le marteau sans maître; with Ensemble InterContemporain, directed by the composer; CBS Sony. 1987Pierre Boulez: La mélodie Contemporaine. L'EIC with Pierre Boulez. Cameras Continentales. 1988Schoenberg, Pierrot Lunaire; with Ensemble InterContemporain, directed by Pierre Boulez; BBC. 1989Pierre Boulez, Le visage nuptial; with Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Boulez; Erato. 1989Luigi Nono, Guai ai gelidi nostri. 1990Stravinsky, The Nightingale; with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Pierre Boulez. 1994Ahmed Essyad, L'exercice de l'amour; Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conducted by B. Ferrandis; Erato.

Selected filmography 1988Béla Bartók, Duke Bluebeard's Castle: Judith. 1988Nigel Osborne, The Electrification of the Soviet Union: Anna Arild. 1991Harrison Birtwistle, Gawain: Lady de Hautdesert. 1987L'heure espagnole Armin Jordan. Nouvel Philharmonic Orchestre de Radio France. 1999Al gran sole carico d'amore by Luigi Nono Staatsoper Frankfurt. 2002Médée Rolf Liebermann. Opéra de Paris. 2007Elegy for young lovers by Hans Werner Henze, Naples. 2008The Gambler by Prokofiev at La Scala and Berlin State Opera, conducted by Daniel Barenboim. 2017The Finding Mahogany Opera.