The voice and opera faculty offer students a variety of courses that promote a strong technical and pedagogical foundation. Recent graduates include Madison Leonard ’16 MMus, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions winner Paul Corona ’06, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions winner and Lyric Opera of Chicago Ryan Opera Center alumnus Amanda Majeski ’06, Richard Tucker Foundation Grant Winner and Lyric Opera of Chicago Ryan Opera Center alumna Matt Hanscom ’05, ’07 MMus, San Francisco Merola Opera Program alumnus and Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions finalist and David Govertsen ’10 MMus and Evan Boyer ’07, Lyric Opera of Chicago Ryan Opera Center alumni. Alumni fill the ranks of national and international opera houses and university faculties worldwide. Sorenson is a graduate of the Boston Lyric Opera’s Emerging Artist program.The voice and opera program at Northwestern University has a long and illustrious history. Sorenson recently returned to Boston Lyric Opera to perform the role of “Girl” & ensemble work in their critically acclaimed production of The Handmaid’s Tale, which Margaret Attwood attended.
Critics praised Emma as a "striking and graceful presence, sang with an attractive, flexible voice and brought strong dramatic engagement throughout, from Isabelle’s joy at discovering Islam, to her pain and anger at a lover’s betrayal, and solace and resignation at her death."
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 Laura in Chicago Opera Theater’s production of Tchaikovsky’s Iolantha, played Jill All Alone in the Gilbert & Sullivan Company of Chicago’s Merrie England, and Isabelle Eberhardt in Chicago Fringe Opera's critically acclaimed production of Missy Mazzoli's Song from the Uproar: the Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt. 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.
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