Praised for her “full voice and striking presence” soprano, Emily Newton, is at home on both the opera and concert stage. Performances this season include Elisabeth in the 5-act French version of Don Carlos, Mimi and Ellen Orford in Nürnberg, as well as Hanna Glawari in Koblenz. Since 18/19 she has been a member of the ensemble at Staatstheater Nürnberg, where she has appeared as Anna Nicole, Elsa and Madama Butterfly.
In 2016 she made her debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in the role of Ellen Orford and also made her house debut in Lisbon’s Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in the same role in 2017. After a critically acclaimed debut in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Anna Nicole in 2013 with Oper Dortmund in the continental premiere of the work, she became a member of the ensemble. At Theater Dortmund she has expanded her repertoire in a variety of roles including Marschallin, Desdemona, Arabella, Tatiana, Contessa, Donna Elvira and Rosalinde.
Other complete roles have included Leonore (Fidelio), Elisabetta (Don Carlo), Lady Macbeth, Nedda, Mimi, Fiordiligi, Anna Bolena, Donna Anna, Micäela and Female Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia). She has worked at theaters such as The Metropolitan Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Theater Aachen, Theater Koblenz, Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Opera Saratoga, Opera New Jersey, Opera in the Heights, and Amarillo Opera.
On the concert stage, she joined the Dortmunder Philharmoniker for Mahler’s 8th Symhony, which was recorded live and released on the Dreyer Gaido label. Previously Ms. Newton has performed the soprano solos in Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, Debussy’s La Damoiselle Èlue, Beethoven’s Mass in C and 9th Symphony, Brahm’s Requiem, Elijah, The Creation, Mahler’s Zweite Symphonie and Schubert’s Mirjam’s Siegesgesang.
Ms. Newton is from Lake Jackson, TX. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at University of North Texas and continued her studies University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she was awarded a Master of Music as an A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute Fellow.
Premiere: September 29, 2019
October 4, 8, 13, 20 & 30, 2019
November 1, 4, 7, 11, 16 & 22, 2019
Staatstheater Nürnberg
Nürnberg, Germany
Sun., Dec. 1, 2019, 19:30
Tues., Dec. 3, 2019, 19:30
Sat., Dec. 7, 2019, 19:30
Fri., Dec. 13, 2019, 19:30
Sun., Dec. 22, 2019, 19:00
Thurs., Dec. 26, 2019, 18:00
Mon., Dec. 30, 2019, 19:30
Nürnberg, Germany
Premiere: Sat., January 18, 2020, 19:30
Tues., January, 21, 2020, 19:30
Mon., January 27, 2020, 19:30
Fri., January 31, 2020, 19:30
Thurs., February 6, 2020, 19:30
Sat., February 15, 2020, 19:30
Sun., February 23, 2020, 18:00
Sat., February 29, 2020, 19:30
Wed., March 4, 2020, 19:30
Thurs., March 19, 2020, 19:30
Sun., March 22, 2020, 14:30
For tickets and Information: Theater Koblenz
Koblenz, Germany
Premiere: Sat, May 16, 2020, 19:00
Thurs., May 21, 2020, 19:30
Mon., May 25, 2020, 19:30
Sun., May 31, 2020, 19
Sun., June 14, 2020, 19:30
Tues., June 23, 2020, 19:30
Wed., July 1, 2020, 19:30
Sat., July 4, 2020, 19:30
For tickets and information: Staatstheater Nürnberg
Nürnberg, Germany
Klassik Open Air - Luitpoldhain
Sun., July 26, 2020, 11:00 and 20:00
For more information: Staatstheater Nürnberg
Nürnberg, Germany
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