Elisabeth Carron (born Elisabetta Caradonna; February 12, 1922 – December 1, 2016),[1] was an American operatic soprano from Newark, New Jersey,[2] who had an active international career from the 1940s through the 1980s.
In 1954 she portrayed the Young Woman in the world premiere of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Saint of Bleecker Street.
Carron was a regular performer at the New York City Opera from 1958 to 1973 where her roles included Anna Maurrant in Kurt Weill's Street Scene,[3] Birdie Hubbard in Marc Blitzstein’s Regina,[4] Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly[5] Cook in The Nightingale,[6] Foreign Woman in The Consul,[7] Liu in Turandot,[8] Mimì in La bohème,[9] Virgin in Arthur Honegger's Joan of Arc at the Stake,[6] and the title role in Suor Angelica.
[11] In 1958 Carron portrayed Glauce opposite Maria Callas in the title role of Luigi Cherubini's Medea at the Dallas Opera, and performed the role of Liu opposite Birgit Nilsson's Turandot and Richard Tucker's Prince Calaf at the New Orleans Opera.
[12] Carron also sang leading roles at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, the Washington National Opera, and in Tokyo.