Biography
Ellen Myers Kliman (Soprano)
Ellen is a graduate of the University of Maryland’s Opera Studio, where she studied with François Loup, and the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music. She has performed early music, cabaret, opera, operetta, musical theatre and chamber music
throughout the Washington area, appearing with such companies as Signature Theatre, The Bach Sinfonia, The
Washington Savoyards, the IN Series, and the Eldbrooke
Opera Company. Favorite roles include Partenope (Handel’s Partenope), The Queen of the Night (Mozart’s The Magic
Flute), and The Lady with the Hand Mirror (Argento’s Postcards from Morocco). She has also given numerous recitals and
concerts in the Washington D.C. area, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
Ellen can be heard weekly at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Dupont Circle, where she is a cantor and member of the Schola
Cantorum, the Contemporary Choir, and the Gregorian Scholars. She has also been a member of the professional core of
the Master Chorale of
Washington, as well as a member of the National Chamber Singers.
The former General Director of The Other Opera Company, Ellen teaches a weekly opera appreciation class, and has also
lectured on European cabaret of the early 20th century.
Ellen is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), and maintains a large private voice and
piano studio; her students have performed throughout the Washington area and on Broadway. She lives in Hyattsville with
her husband, writer Todd Kliman.
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