Emily Rooke is a soprano from Hereford and Worcester. She gained a Master of
Performance (Distinction) at the Royal College of Music and was a British Youth Opera
Serena Fenwick Young Artist.
Opera roles include: Frasquita (Carmen) with Oxford Opera Society, Belinda (Dido and
Aeneas) with Leighton Buzzard Festival Singers, Lucy (Cherry Town, Moscow) with Welsh
National Youth Opera, and Léonore (Campra’s Les Fêtes Vénitiennes) at the Liszt
Academy, Budapest.
Scenes include: Griselda (Deutcher’s Cinderella), Damigella (L’incoronazione di Poppea),
Lucia (The Rape of Lucretia), and Donizetti’s Betly.
Emily performs regularly with the Philharmonia Chorus and has sung with the Opera
Holland Park Chorus for the last three years. She has performed throughout Europe and
was a step-out soloist for TV series Wonders of the Celtic Deep.
Through the European Opera Academy, Emily previously studied in Geneva and Florence.
www.emilyrooke.com