Biography
Lyric mezzo soprano, Emma Sorenson, is currently based in Chicago. Ms. Sorenson was a recent semifinalist in the Lotte Lenya competition hosted by the Kurt Weill Instituted. She also won first place in the Kansas City District Metropolitan Opera Auditions. In the 2019/2020 season, Ms. Sorenson will be featured in her first season as a Chorister at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, associate member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, ensemble at Chicago Opera Theater and will be reprising her role in the ensemble quartet and understudy for Old Lady in The Knight’s Orchestra’s production of Bernstein’s Candide at the Ravinia Music Festival. In previous Chicago seasons, Emma sang the role of Stasi in her debut with Chicago Folk's Operetta in their production of The Csardas Princess, covered the role of
Performance credits
Past performances 2013 — Yesterday
Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande), Debussy
Santa Fe OperaGeneviève (Genevieve)
View cast and crewLes contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Offenbach
Union Avenue OperaNicklausse + 1 roles
View cast and crewA City Of Works: Micro-Operas For Chicago - A Site-Specific Digital Experience, Jacques, K. F.RecioJoostenRudolph, ElizabethCoberlyR. OldhamBousteadBaker, ReneeGueglio
Chicago Fringe OperaVoice
View program, cast and crewLes contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Offenbach
Nicklausse
View cast and crewFeatured past performances
Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande), Debussy
Santa Fe OperaGeneviève (Genevieve)
View cast and crew
Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Offenbach
Union Avenue OperaNicklausse + 1 roles
View cast and crew
A City Of Works: Micro-Operas For Chicago - A Site-Specific Digital Experience, Jacques, K. F.RecioJoostenRudolph, ElizabethCoberlyR. OldhamBousteadBaker, ReneeGueglio
Chicago Fringe OperaVoice
View program, cast and crew
Biography
Lyric mezzo soprano, Emma Sorenson, is currently based in Chicago. Ms. Sorenson was a recent semifinalist in the Lotte Lenya competition hosted by the Kurt Weill Instituted. She also won first place in the Kansas City District Metropolitan Opera Auditions. In the 2019/2020 season, Ms. Sorenson will be featured in her first season as a Chorister at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, associate member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, ensemble at Chicago Opera Theater and will be reprising her role in the ensemble quartet and understudy for Old Lady in The Knight’s Orchestra’s production of Bernstein’s Candide at the Ravinia Music Festival. In previous Chicago seasons, Emma sang the role of Stasi in her debut with Chicago Folk's Operetta in their production of The Csardas Princess, covered the role of
