British soprano, Emily Christina Loftus, “ideal in her unforced eloquence” (Arcana) and praised for their “rich, glowing colours” (Opera Wire) is a Welsh National Opera Associate Artist 23/24 and alumna of the Royal College of Music and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Roles for the Welsh National Opera 2023/2024 season include: Strawberry Seller Death in Venice, cover Nuria Ainadamar, Prima Sorella Cercatrice Suor Angelica, cover Lauretta Gianni Schicchi and Young Lover Il tabarro. Emily will return to WNO for the 2025/2026 season to cover and perform Cherubino (Figaro CWTA) in the Tobias Richter production of Le Nozze di Figaro.

Previous operatic roles include: Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel (Opera Holland Park), cover Daughter 2 in Akhnaten (English National Opera), Pamina in WSO: The Magic Flute (Opera North), Papagena in Die Zauberflöte (Royal College of Music Opera) and Girl in Jeans/Evita in Scoring a Century (British Youth Opera). Emily has also performed as part of the chorus for English National Opera, Opera North and the Glyndebourne Festival.

Emily is a Samling Artist, Oxford International Song Artist and an Edinburgh International Festival’s Rising Star of Voice 2025 . Most recent concert highlights include: soprano II soloist for Elijah (Usher Hall, Edinburgh International Festival), soprano for Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes with James Baillieu (The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh International Festival), soprano soloist for A Viennese Celebration and Opera Favourites (WNO Orchestra), Associate Artist recital with Malcolm Martineau (BBC Hoddinott Hall), guest recital for the Spring Song Festival (Oxford International Song Festival) and the Opera in Song Series (Opera Holland Park).

Competition successes include being a semi-finalist in the inaugural Sumi Jo International Singing Competition 2024, finalist in the Kathleen Ferrier Awards and Somerset Song Prize 2022, and semi-finalist in the Royal Overseas League Vocal Competition and the Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition 2021.

Emily was a Leverhulme Arts scholar at the Royal College of Music, studying with Rosa Mannion and Caroline Dowdle, and previously holds a First-Class degree from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, studying with Patricia MacMahon as an RCS Scholar. Emily is grateful for the additional support from the Derek Butler Scholarship, Helen Marjorie Tonks Scholarship, the Josephine Baker Trust and Sir James Caird Travel Scholarship during her studies.