When Elizabeth DeShong sang the title role of Rossini's La Cenerentola, at the Glyndebourne Festival The Guardian wrote: . . "this is, quite simply, one of the great operatic performances. It is dominated by DeShong, whose voice combines a contralto opulence with blazing top notes and some of the most staggering coloratura you will ever hear..."

Next season, Ms. DeShong will perform multiple roles in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Berg's Lulu, conducted by James Levine, followed by Fenena in Nabucco at Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Calbo in Rossini's Maometto II at the Canadian Opera Company. She will also perform Handel's Messiah with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.

Ms. DeShong's operatic and orchestral engagements during the 2014/15 season took her to the Canadian Opera Company for performances as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, the Orchestra of St. Luke's for Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht in Carnegie Hall, the Wiener Staatsoper for Angelina in La Cenerentola, and the Los Angeles Operawhere she performed Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. In addition, Ms. DeShong will sing Elgar's The Kingdom with the Radio Symphony Orchestra in the Netherlands, and theRoyal Flemish Orchestra in Belgium, the Mozart Requiem with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Verdi Requiem with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Hermia in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Festival Aix-en-Provence, and Baba the Turk in The Rake's Progress at the Edinburgh International Festival.

In the 2013/14 season, Ms. DeShong sang two Hermias at the Metropolitan Opera: in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and in the pastiche opera, The Enchanted Island; as well as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly; a role she also sang at the San Francisco Opera. In addition, she performed Handel's Messiah with the National Symphony Orchestra, Bernstein's "Jeremiah" Symphony with the Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien, under the direction of Marin Alsop, and the Mozart Requiem with the Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of David Robertson, and with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall conducted by Manfred Honeck.

Further performances of note include Maffio Orsini in Lucrezia Borgia with San Franciso Opera and English National Opera, Angelina in La Cenerentola at the Canadian Opera Company, and Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

The recipient of numerous awards, Ms. DeShong received the Washington National Opera's "Artist of the Year Award" in 2010, for her debut performance as the Composer in Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos. Her portrayal of Maffio Orsini in the San Francisco Opera's production of Lucrezia Borgia, was released on DVD on EuroArts Music and Naxos of America.