Washington, DC-based mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Mondragon’s performance experience ranges from opera and art song to musical theater and oratorio. Principal roles include Carmen, Rosina, Penelope and Dido, and she has been a featured soloist in the Verdi Messa di Requiem, Bach Christmas Oratorio, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solenelle, and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor. She has performed medieval music of Spain and Mexico with the Ars Musicae Hispaniae Harp Ensemble, and American Songbook reviews with DC’s Songs for Seniors. She is an avid recitalist, featured in concerts at the Wiscasset Salon Series, New York Arts Society, and Weill Recital Hall, and is co-director of the DC Metro chapter of Opera on Tap. Her enthusiasm for new music has led to her regularly performing and premiering new works, including those of her dearest friend David Sisco, with whom she has collaborated musically for the entirety of the almost three decades they have known each other. His songs are her favorites!