About Emily

Emily Pogorelc is an American soprano known for her expressive voice and dynamic stage presence. In the 2025–2026 season, she makes role debuts as Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Nannetta (Falstaff), Marie (The Bartered Bride), Leïla (The Pearl Fishers), and Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro). She also makes house debuts at the Wiener Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich, and Dutch National Opera, and returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Danish Opera, and Mozartwoche for a new Magic Flute directed by Rolando Villazón. This season includes solo debuts with the Pittsburgh Symphony in Messiah and with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic in an operetta concert. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Emily is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and a former ensemble member at the Bayerische Staatsoper.

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Mahler Symphony No. 4 & Strauss: Tod und Verklärung – Royal Danish Opera

Soprano Soloist

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Emily Pogorelc opens her 2025–26 season with Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 at the Royal Danish Opera, conducted by Marie Jacquot. This performance also marks the Royal Danish Orchestra’s season launch, featuring a powerful program of Mahler’s radiant vision of the afterlife and Strauss’s Tod und Verklärung. Pogorelc returns to Copenhagen after her acclaimed role in La clemenza di Tito, now lending her voice to Mahler’s luminous final movement, Das himmlische Leben.

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