Emily Hodkinson | Mezzo-Soprano
Emily Hodkinson
Mezzo-Soprano
About
Emily is a mezzo-soprano hailing from Nottingham.
A graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Alexander Gibson Opera School and the University of York, she was a 2022 Opera Holland Park Young Artist, and winner of the Rodney Gibson Early Music Prize at the 2021 Patricia Routledge National English Song Competition.
The 2023-24 seasons includes her solo debut at Glyndebourne as Sylviana in The Merry Widow, her debut with the Hallé, the premiere of Nobody/Somebody with Northern Ireland Opera, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro for Saffron Opera Group, her first Angel in The Dream of Gerontius for Nottingham Harmonic Choir, chorus at Glyndebourne, and covering the roles of Nerone and Ottavia in The Coronation of Poppea with English Touring Opera.
2025 shall see Emily touring What Dreams May Come and The Vanishing Forest with English Touring Opera, and covering Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, also for English Touring Opera.
With a voice described as 'silvery, mellifluous and warm', Emily is forging a path as a dynamic and exciting young operatic lyric mezzo-soprano.
When not singing, Emily can be found repairing watches and helping at the family pick-your-own farm, growing thousands of pumpkins and sunflowers!