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FISCHER, Elizabeth
FISCHER, Elizabeth. (Dubuque, IA- ). Opera singer. Fischer, an ACADEMY OF THE VISITATION student, made her operatic debut in Florence and Milan, Italy, during the 1960s. She returned to the United States and signed with the Chicago Lyric Opera in 1962.
A mezzo-soprano NU professor of voice & opera, Fischer has been winner of Metropolitan Opera, WGN Illinois Opera Guild, and National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artists auditions. She has performances with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Cincinnati Opera and Michigan Opera and has been a soloist with NBC-TV and Grant Park, Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, and Chautauqua symphony orchestras. She has also been a recitalist, master class teacher, and adjudicator for vocal competitions.