American soprano Emily Pogorelc is quickly gaining notice for her “marvellously flexible lyric soprano, both warm and luminous” (Opera magazine) and captivating stage presence. During the 2023–24 season she made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Lisette in Puccini’s La rondine and made her role debut as Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Other 2023–24 performances included a house and role debut as Servilia in La Clemenza di Tito (Royal Danish Opera), also the vehicle for her debut with the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Over several seasons as an ensemble member of Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, her roles have included Ilia in Idomeneo, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Adina in L’elisir d’amore, Sister Constance in Dialogues des Carmelites, Xenia in Boris Godunov, and Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel. She has performed Amina in Rolando Villazón’s production of La sonnambula at Semperoper Dresden, the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at Staatsoper Hamburg, and Juliette in Roméo et Juliette in her hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Recent concerts include an open-air gala in Bratislava with Rolando Villazón, a recital debut at the Kennedy Center, and Mozart’s Requiem with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg. Passionate about performing new works, she sang the role of Chan Parker in Opera Philadelphia’s production of Daniel Schnyder’s Charlie Parker’s Yardbird at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem in 2016. Additional credits include the title role in David Hertzberg’s The Rose Elf at Opera Philadelphia and Norma in Marina Abramovic’s 7 Deaths of Maria Callas at Royal Theatre Carré, Amsterdam.