1st Season with Seraphic Fire
Wilmington, NC
Praised for her “dark amaretto-flavored voice” (Brooklyn Discovery) and “eloquence” and “tonal beauty” (San Francisco Chronicle), mezzo-soprano Emily Skilling enjoys a dynamic career as both performer and educator. Recent opera credits include Mary in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer (Buffalo Philharmonic), Myrtale in Massenet’s Thaïs (Spoleto Festival USA), Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (Music in the Somerset Hills), Countess Ceprano in Verdi’s Rigoletto (Rochester Philharmonic), and Madame de Croissy in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites (Eastman Opera Theatre).
A frequent concert soloist, she has performed in major works such as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Chattanooga Symphony), Bach’s Mass in B Minor (Spoleto Festival USA), Handel’s Messiah (Messiah University), and Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Berkeley Orchestra). Emily appears in Netflix’s Academy Award-nominated film Maestro, and is also on its GRAMMY-winning soundtrack. She holds degrees from Eastman School of Music, Westminster Choir College, and the University of Georgia and currently serves as Lecturer of Voice at UNC Wilmington.
