Canadian-American soprano Eliza Jane Johnson has been praised for her honest characterizations, fluid legato, and sparkling upper register. Her current repertoire includes Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), and Elettra (Idomeneo); Donizetti heroines such as Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Elisabetta (Roberto Devereux); Mathilde (Guillaume Tell) and Verdi roles from his early and middle years, including Violetta (La traviata) and Elvira (Ernani).

Past operatic appearances include Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Despina (Così fan tutte), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Adina (L'elisir d'amore), Rita (Rita), Berta (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare), Pulcheria (Riccardo Primo), Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Lucy (The Telephone), and Rob Ford's Mother (Rob Ford: The Opera); concert appearances include Mozart's Exultate, Jubilate!, Beethoven's Mass in C, Handel's Solomon (Solomon's Queen), and excerpts from La traviata (Violetta), La bohème (Mimì), Die Zauberflöte (Königin der Nacht), and Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Antonia), Bach's Hymnbook, and music of Harry Somers, in collaboration with institutions and ensembles such as Opera Lyra Ottawa, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Victoria Symphony, the Saint Louis Symphony, Stratford Symphony Orchestra, Stratford Summer Music, Tapestry New Opera, Soundstreams International, Highlands Opera Studio, UofT Opera, and the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Recordings include Eliza Sings Rodgers and Hart and Four New Voices.

In competition, Eliza won first prize and audience choice in the prestigious Brian Law Competition (National Capital Opera Society), and was the winner of the Artist's Diploma category at the OMFA Provincial Finals (Royal Conservatory of Music). She has also appeared as a finalist in the Canadian Opera Company Centre Stage Competition and for the Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Eliza is the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships from the University of Toronto, including the Gretta Kraus Award for excellence in Lieder, the Douglas Bodle Graduating Award for Oratorio, the Ruber Mercer Opera Fellowship, and the Mary Morrison Award for vocal excellence.

She holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Opera from the University of Toronto, and is an alumna of training programs with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Highlands Opera Studio, Queen of Puddings Music Theatre, Tapestry New Opera, Contemporary Opera Lab, St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, and the Victoria Conservatory. She has appeared in masterclasses with Sondra Radvanovsky, Marlena Malas, Steuart Bedford, Richard Margison, Stephen Lord, Warren Jones, Michael Schade, and Edith Wiens.

Eliza has worked as an artistic and music educator for young children with organizations in Canada and Germany including Heart to Art, Arts Alive, and Little Music Makers, and as an early years educator at Phorms Berlin Süd. She has taught voice and piano with Firefly Music Co, Music Academy Berlin, and privately for over a decade. She has a background in ballet, tap, jazz, and contemporary dance.

Eliza is based in Berlin. She currently studies with Michelle Wegwart (Opéra national de Paris, Salzburger Festspiele, Opernhaus Zürich etc). Coaches include Adrian Kelly (Opernhaus Zürich IOS), Rupert Dussmann (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Berlin, etc), and Muriel Corradini (Opéra National de Paris).