Eliza Bagg
About this Artist
Eliza Bagg is an experimental musician, performing as a vocalist in contemporary opera along with composing her own work. She has collaborated with prominent avant-garde artists, from singing in Meredith Monk’s opera Atlas with the LA Philharmonic to touring with Roomful of Teeth and premiering new compositions with the New York Philharmonic and at Carnegie Hall. Her singing has been called “ethereal” and “luminous" by The New York Times and “gossamer” by The New Yorker.
Bagg is known for her unique performance and improvisational practice, and frequently develops new work in collaboration with composers, including David Lang, Caroline Shaw, Julia Wolfe, Gabriel Kahane, Ellen Reid, Ted Hearne, and John Zorn. Highlights of the ‘24-’25 season include performing Ted Hearne’s The Source at Festival Musica Strasbourg, Ellis Ludwig-Leone’s The Night Falls at the Spoleto Festival USA, and singing with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Wild Up, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Bagg’s compositional work combines virtuosic singing and historical performance with electronic processing, exploring the “valley between authenticity and artifice” (The Guardian). This season, she will participate in composition residencies at Yaddo and Avaloch Farm, and will create and perform “7 Early Songs,” an experimental opera presented as part of REDCAT’s NOW Festival. She has released several solo albums and toured globally under the artist name Lisel.
Bagg has sung as a soloist with major symphonies including the Chicago Symphony, the Boston Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She has performed lead roles in new operas with The Komische Oper Berlin, Prototype Festival, The Industry, Opera Philadelphia, CAL Performances, Wild Up, and Re:Naissance Opera, and has performed at venues around the world from the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Concertgebouw to Bard Summerscape and Big Ears Festival.