Play on Words

Soprano Lisa Delan has performed on some of the world’s leading concert stages, including Lincoln Center, Davies Symphony Hall, Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional, Moscow Conservatory, Tchaikovsky Hall, and in a special appearance at Windsor Castle. Her festival appearances include the Bad Kissingen Festival in Germany, the Colmar Festival in France, the Rachmaninoff Festival in Novgorod, Russia, Festival Napa Valley, the Tuscan Sun Festival in Taormina, Italy, and the Domaine Forget Festival in Quebec.

Delan is privileged to collaborate with composers whose musical lives are still works in progress. She has performed and recorded music of William Bolcom, John Corigliano, David Garner, Gordon Getty, Jake Heggie, Jack Perla, Mikhail Pletnev, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Luna Pearl Woolf. The soprano's recordings for Pentatone include And If the Song Be Worth a Smile; The White Election; The Hours Begin to Sing; Out of the Shadows: Rediscovered American Art Songs; and A Certain Slant of Light.