Elizabeth Harwood

With a crystalline voice of fragile beauty and a sensitive quality of musicianship, Elizabeth Harwood was a lyric soprano of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Her intelligence and musical curiosity led her to a broad range of music, and her lovely, blond appearance and subtle stage manner made her welcome in a number of theaters. Along the way, she attracted the interest of Herbert von Karajan, who cast her in several important productions, featuring her in his 1972 recording of La bohème (as Musetta opposite the Mimi of Mirella Freni and the Rodolfo of Luciano Pavarotti) and as a ...