Elaine Crane

Susanna

Elaine Crane is honored to be debuting with Panopera, and reprising

her role of Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro as well as costuming the

show. The recipient of the EMACT DASH award for Best Actress in a

Musical (Maria in The Sound of Music, with Concord Players) and

several other nominations, this versatile singing actress enjoys

performing in a variety of genres, from opera (Lauretta- Gianni Schicchi,

Micaëla- Carmen) to musical theatre (Fiona- Brigadoon, Marian- The

Music Man, Guenevere- Camelot, Eliza- My Fair Lady, Lili/Kate- Kiss

Me Kate) to G&S (most of their heroines!) She can be heard on the

original soundtrack recording of the musical Song on the Wind by

Concord composer David MacAdam of New Life Fine Arts, and recently

made her solo debut on NPR as a featured soloist on Says You! An

honors graduate of The Boston Conservatory, Elaine is the founder and

executive director of Greater Worcester Opera, with whom she’ll be

performing the role of Zerlina in Don Giovanni this coming June. In

April, she’ll also be performing Phyllis in Iolanthe with Sudbury

Savoyards. She invites you to visit her website, www.elainecrane.com.

Soli Deo gloria.