Lunchtime Music
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Free - booking required
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Elissa Street soprano
Accompanist and programme tbc
Other performers tbc
Elissa ‘Eli’ Street is a British soprano drawn to emotionally complex characters and twentieth-century performance practice. In 2025, they were a National Opera Studio Academy singer and the winner of the RBC Singing Prize.
Recent roles include Dido (Dido and Aeneas), described as “hugely confident in the role, delivering a heart-rending lament… there is a regality to [their] performance” (What's On Birmingham), and Lady Billows (Albert Herring), where “the slightest twitch of [their] haughty features instilled fear” (Opera Magazine).
Eli holds master's degrees with Distinction from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (MMus) and the University of Birmingham (MA), where they developed a strong foundation in performance and musicological study. They have also performed extensively in opera outreach programmes, including with Birmingham Opera Company and Opera Anywhere.
Eli continues to study at RBC as a Headley Trust scholar and Help Musicians Postgraduate Award holder for the Advanced Postgraduate Diploma under the tutelage of Louise Crane.
Running time approx. 55 minutes