French and originally from Cameroon, Elisabeth Moussous obtained in 2014 the grade of Master in the class of Yves Sotin at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.
She was then admitted to the Atelier Lyrique of the Opéra National de Paris where she participated in master classes with Philippe Jordan, Hedwig Fassbender, Janina Baechle and Regina Werner.
Elisabeth Moussous then obtained the two prestigious lyric prizes awarded by the patrons of the Paris Opera: the prix du Cercle Carpeaux and the prix de l’AROP.
She is heard at the Paris Opera in the second mother of the world premiere of Maudits les Innocents (Mikel Urquiza et al.), in the title role of Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck), in the Vier letzte Lieder (R. Strauss), in Miss Wingrave by Owen Wingrave (Britten), as well as at the Opéra Garnier and the Musikverein in Vienna. In parallel, she performed at the Zénith de Pau and at the Auditorium Baluarte in Verdi’s Requiem, as well as in Biarritz in the Wesendonck Lieder (Wagner).
She made her stage debut with the Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro and Arbate by Mitridate re di Ponto (Mozart), Gertrud by Hansel und Gretel (Humperdinck), Simone from the Musketeers at the Convent (Varney), a peasant from Treemonisha (Scott Joplin) alongside Grâce Bumbry, as well as the Amie de Du jour au lendemain (Schönberg).
In 2019, Elisabeth Moussous was admitted to the Accademia Verdiana of the Teatro Regio di Parma. There she perfected the roles of Aida, Leonora in La forza del destino, Elvira in Ernani, Abigaille in Nabucco, Leonora in Il Trovatore, alongside great artists and Verdi specialists, including Anna Pirozzi, Barbara Frittoli, Sonia Ganassi, Leo Muscato, Alessandro D’Agostini, Giulo Zappa, Franscesco Izzo and many others. She was heard in Italy at the Verdi festival of the Teatro Regio (Parma).
She performed at the “Grandes Voix Lyriques d’Afrique” concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées with the Republican Guard’s symphony orchestra and choir to benefit the organization Woman of Africa. She has performed at the Montpellier Opera, the Rouen Opera, and the Tours Opera, as well as at the Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, the Atrium in Martinique, and the Théâtre de l’Athénée in Paris. More recently, she has performed at the Toulouse Opera, the Salle Cortot in Paris and the Cordes-sur-Ciel Festival.
She is currently preparing for the roles of Bess in Porgy and Bess (Gershwin), Aida (Verdi), and Tosca (Puccini), as well as the title role in a contemporary opera to be announced shortly.