About
Hailed by The New York Times as "delightful and vocally strong and versatile," Emily Albrink is a soprano whose career already sports esteemed collaborations with venerable composers and conductors such as James Levine, Plácido Domingo, Robert Spano, Marin Alsop, Jake Heggie, and John Musto. An alumna of the Young Artist Program at the Washington National Opera, Ms. Albrink has appeared their many times in roles including Gretel in Hansel und Gretel, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Sophie in Werther, and Frasquita in Carmen. She made her debut with Kentucky Opera as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore and has returned to sing Musetta and Boheme and Magnolia in Show Boat. She has sung leading roles with Ash Lawn Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Boston, Indianapolis Opera, and Chicago Opera Theater and has been a featured soloist with orchestras including the Boston Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, and The Phoenix Symphony. Ms. Albrink made her Carnegie Hall debut opposite Dawn Upshaw as Nuria in Ainadamar with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and her Alice Tully Hall debut singing Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. In 2010, Ms. Albrink made her international debut with a 10 day tour of China as the soprano soloist in the Brahm’s Requiem.