Emily Pogorelc is an American operatic soprano. She is a member of the
Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and has performed leading roles internationally.
Life
Born in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Pogorelc studied at the
Curtis Institute of Music
The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. All students attend on full scholarship.
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in Philadelphia, graduating in 2018.
She won the Ginette Theano Prize for Most Promising Talent at the first
Glyndebourne Festival Opera competition in 2018.
Pogorelc made her debut as Cunegonde in Bernstein's ''
Candide
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'' at the
Washington National Opera.
She then took part in the Mozart Académie of the
Aix-en-Provence Festival, and at the
Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme
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of the
Aldeburgh Festival.
She performed at the
Glimmerglass Festival, as Romilda in Handel's ''
Serse'' as Berenice in Rossini's ''
L'occasione fa il ladro'',
and as Johanna in Sondheim's ''
Sweeney Todd''.
Pogorelc was a member of the Ryan Opera Center at the
Lyric Opera of Chicago, where she covered Ilia in Mozart's ''
Idomeneo'', Zerlina in ''
Don Giovanni
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'', and the Voice of the Forest Bird and Woglinde in Wagner's ''
Der Ring des Nibelungen''.
She performed several small roles at the Lyric Opera.
Pogorelc became a member of the
Bavarian State Opera in 2020, where her first role was Zaunschlüpfer in ''
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'' by Walter Braunfels, followed by Gretel in Humperdinck's ''
Hänsel und Gretel
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'', Sofia in Rossini's ''
Il signor Bruschino'', Pamina in Mozart's
Die Zauberflöte, Adina in Donizetti's ''
L'elisir d'amore
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'', Musetta in Puccini's ''
La bohème'', and Ilia in
Idomeneo by W. A. Mozart.
She appeared as Cherubino in Mozart's ''
Le nozze di Figaro'' as part of the 2021 Munich Opera Festival.
She performed there as Lauretta in a 2021 revival of a 2017 production of Puccini's ''
Gianni Schicchi'', directed by
Lotte de Beer and conducted
Bertrand de Billy, alongside
Ambrogio Maestri in the title role.
She won a third prize at the
Operalia competition in 2021.
In 2023, she made her house and role debut as Amina in Vincenzo Bellini's ''
La sonnambula'' at
Semperoper Dresden, in a new production by
Rolando Villazón.
References
External links
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Emily Pogorelc / Sopranoperabase.com
Emily Pogorelc / Soprano(management) centrestagemanagement.com 2022
Emily Pogorelc(interview)
Queen Sonja International Music Competition
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American operatic sopranos
Living people
Musicians from Milwaukee
21st-century American women opera singers
Curtis Institute of Music alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
American emigrants to Germany