Elizabeth Karani began her studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, before postgraduate study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She is a former Park Lane Young Artist, was an inaugural Equilibrium Young Artist, and is an alumna of the National Opera Studio.

Elizabeth’s many operatic projects include her Royal Opera House debut as Nanna/Embla in the premiere of The Monstrous Child, Amy in the British premiere of Mark Adamo's Little Women, Musetta La bohème, Susanna Le nozze di Figaro, and, most recently, Galatea Acis & Galatea (all for Opera Holland Park), Gretel Hänsel und Gretel (ENO and Regent’s Park), and both Gismonda Ottone and Drusilla L'incoronazione di Poppea for English Touring Opera.

Elizabeth’s current and future plans include Pamina in the world premiere of Damon Albarn’s The Magic Flute II: The Curse at the Lido in Paris, a return to Diva Opera as Norina Don Pasquale, touring the UK, with performances also in France and South Africa, and her debut with Grange Park Opera as Jahanara in the world premiere of Nishat Khan’s Taj Mahal.

Her other eclectic roles include Isabella L'inganno felice for West Green House Opera, Rutilia Lucio Papirio Dittatore with the Buxton International Festival and La Serenissima, Rosalinde Die Fledermaus and Berta Il barbiere de Siviglia for Diva Opera, Tatyana Eugene Onegin for Mid Wales Opera and Cino in Vivaldi’s Teuzzone for La Serenissima. Her other stage appearances include Female Chorus The Rape of Lucretia, Helena A Midsummer Night’s Dream and both Frasquita and Micaëla Carmen.

Highlights on the concert platform include Mozart Requiem with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Barbara Hannigan, Handel Solomon for the Musique Cordiale International Festival, Mozart Exsultate Jubilate with the London Mozart Players, and Mahler Symphony No. 2 with the Sheffield Symphony Orchestra.