Elise Hurwitz is a Chicago-based soprano originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. Ms. Hurwitz is an active member of the Lyric Opera of Chicago chorus, having consistently been engaged there since Winter of 2022. She was previously a Young Artist with Opera Festival of Chicago, where she covered Monica in The Medium. Prior to that, she was a Studio Artist at Opera Neo, where she covered Bellezza in Handel’s Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno. She has performed several times as The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, where she has been described as “an agile and convincing soprano” (San Diego Story). She was also recently seen in this role with Salt Marsh Opera. Other credits include Flora/The Turn of the Screw, Giannetta/L’elisir d’amore, Naiad/Ariadne auf Naxos, Papagena/Die Zauberflöte, and Erste Knabe/Die Zauberflöte. 

Ms. Hurwitz graduated with both her Masters and Bachelors degrees in Vocal Performance from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. She currently studies with Alexandra LoBianco.