Elisa Ramon

Elisa Ramon is a native Italian soprano, voice teacher, and diction coach. She is a Ph.D. student in Vocal Pedagogy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a recipient of the prestigious Hixson-Lied Graduate Fellowship. Additionally, she is completing coursework for a Certificate in Vocology at the National Center for Voice & Speech in Salt Lake City, Utah. She holds a Diploma in Voice and a M.Mus. in Music Education from the Pollini Conservatory of Padua (Italy), together with a B.A. in Musicology from the University of Padua (Italy). Prior to moving to Nebraska, she taught at the University of North Texas and the PennWest Edinboro University. She researches Italian diction and its application to achieve ease and clarity while singing Belcanto. Likewise, she actively performs and studies Ibero-Latin music, promoting the application of Spanish in developing vocal technique. She is the creator of The Italian IPA Project, an online video repository of audio sync IPA transcriptions. In the last decade, she has been primarily engaged in chamber music, with a strong emphasis on Italian and Spanish art songs from the nineteenth and twentieth century. She premiered the CD recording of the art songs by the Apulian composer Michele Bellucci, with pianist Davide Osellame. Together with the Italian classical guitarist and musicologist Alessio Olivieri, she established the Operaperta Duo, performing extensively throughout Italy, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. The duo published a CD with songs from Italy and Spain, including the world premiere recording of some Venetian boat songs.