Elizabeth Harwood was an English operatic soprano from Leeds who trained at the Royal College of Music and began her professional career in the mid-20th century, specialising in lyric roles across opera, operetta and concert repertoire. Her repertoire emphasised lyric Mozart and English song as well as works by Handel and Strauss, and her career encompassed opera house engagements, concert performances and recordings that contributed to mid-20th-century British operatic life.