Elisabeth Speiser (born 1 October 1940) is a Swiss classical soprano, known principally for singing Lieder but also active in opera.
Performances included Bach's cantata Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79, and Beethoven's Mass in C major in 1967, Mozart's Requiem and Vesperae solennes in 1968, Ein deutsches Requiem by Brahms in 1969, Arthur Honegger's Totentanz in 1970, Haydn's Nelson Mass the same year, Hermann Suter's Le Laudi in 1972, alongside Marga Höffgen, Kurt Huber and Kurt Widmer, Frank Martin's Golgotha in 1972 and 1975, Cherubini's Missa solemnis in 1977.
[2] Speiser appeared in 1969 as Sandrina in the first recording of Haydn's opera L'infedeltà delusa, conducted by Antonio de Almeida.
She also sang Pamina in Glyndebourne's production of Die Zauberflöte alongside Edita Gruberova as Queen of the night in 1973.
He noted her affinity to Wolf's chromaticism, Webern's fine lines, and to the sounds of Debussy.