EMILY SIERRA
 
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Biography

About the Artist

Emily Sierra, lauded for her "marked lyricism,...rare quality of timbre, [and] ...suave voice", is a Cuban-American mezzo-soprano currently singing in the Ensemble of the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. Sierra began her European career in the Opera Studio of the Bayerische Staatsoper, after having been awarded the Opera Foundation Scholarship for the 2021/22 season. Roles in the 2023/24 season include: Idamante (Idomeneo), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Clotilde (Norma), La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), Dritte Magd (Elektra), and Fyodor (Boris Godunov). She also makes her main stage US debut as Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette) at Dallas Opera… (biography continued)

 

News

Emily Sierra Announced as a Sara Tucker Study Grant Recipient…

Bayerische Staatsoper 24/25 Season Announced…

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Press

Impetuously passionate and radiantly warm: Emily Sierra and Emily Pogorelc form a dream couple in Mozart’s “Idomeneo” at the National Theater.
— Süddeutsche Zeitung, 28 Sept 2023
It is the two roles of mezzo-soprano Emily Sierra as Idamante and American soprano Emily Pogorelc as Ilia that catch the attention of regulars on the Munich stage… Mezzo-soprano Emily Sierra sings her first major role as a member of the Munich troupe, after training at the Opera Studio. A role supported by good technique, a seductive timbre and a nuanced lyricism in the expression of emotional variations.
— Luc-Henri Roger, 29 Sept 2023


 

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