Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop, by singing Wagner sublimely Saturday with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, made an overwhelming declaration
... Superlative musicianship is what matters, her singing seemed to say ...
Bishop accomplished all this when she sang the “Liebestod,” ... her mellow, perfumed-tone, tight control and insight into the texts showed her a mezzo without flaws.

The excellent Young American mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop is a vocally lustrous and moving mother Marie. (She did double-duty at the Met on Saturday, taking over in the evening as Fricka in Wagner's "Rheingold" for Stephanie Blyth, who was Ill.)

Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop, cherished locally for her roles with Washington National Opera, reigned over the evening in her exquisite solos in Mahler’s symphonic song cycle Das Lied von der Erde. Her voice boasted a complex bouquet of tonal colors, from controlled tenderness to blazing force, a sound refined throughout its entire rounded compass. Her German diction, in these heady translations of Chinese poetry, was impeccable.

Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop (Marcellina) is an experienced Met performer ... the singing was outstanding all around ... Muraro and Bishop had the ease and confidence of the veterans they are, producing much of the comedy.

Betsy Bishop as Marcellina is always a treat to watch, and her dynamic with Sir Willard White as Bartolo made for a great pairing ... physicality played a role in Bishop’s comedy. The duet “Via resti servita” is already intrinsically hilarious, but who can resist dying of laughter when Susanna has to get a chair for Marcellina as the constant sarcastic bowing and curtsying starts to take a toll on her body?