Chicago-based lyric coloratura soprano Elizabeth Fisher is a young artist on the rise. Her 2026 began with a role and company debut at Nashville Opera as a Berta in The Barber of Seville during her time as a Mary Ragland Emerging Artist. During the 2025/26 season, she made her company debuts with the Lyric Opera of Chicago as a Soprano Chorister in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana and Cavalleria Rusticana, Thompson Street Opera, singing Sally in The Day the Dogs Began to Talk, and Chicago Opera Theater in Falstaff by Salieri.  Returning to her hometown of Des Moines, Iowa, she sang the soprano solo in Mozart's Missa brevis with the Umeri Chorus. In the summer of 2025, she performed with Bellissima Opera in the roles of Stella in Pauline Viradot's Le dernier sorcier and Titania in Brittan's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Miss Fisher recently played the role of Mabel in Pirates of Penzance with Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company. She sang with Bellissima Opera in 2024 playing the roles of Anny Ondra in Outside the Ring and a Dater in Speed Dating Tonight! She recently performed the role of Ruth, along with understudying the role of Rose, in Ruddigore with the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company. During the summer of 2022, Ms. Fisher was a Festival Artist with Utah Festival Opera, covering Laurie in The Tender Land and Pamina in The Magic Flute, in addition to multiple ensemble roles.