Emily Geller

Lauded for her "lower extension that has to be heard to be believed," NYC-based contralto Emily Geller is establishing herself as a singer to watch. 2024/25 season performances include the Marquise of Berkenfield in La fille du régiment with Opera Santa Barbara and Opera Company of Middlebury, Second Lady in a projection-based production of The Magic Flute with Tri-Cities Opera, Ježibaba in Rusalka with Gulfshore Opera, Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance with Salt Marsh Opera, and a return to Pacific Opera Project as Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus and Mrs. Cripps in H.M.S. Pinafore in a co-production with Opera Las Vegas. Her recent performances include Mistress Quickly in Falstaff and Zita in Gianni Schicchi with Salt Marsh Opera, Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance with Pacific Opera Project, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with Teatro Lirico d’Europa (US Tour), and Benoît/Alcindoro in La bohème with Newport Classical. In addition to opera, Ms. Geller appeared in numerous concerts, including Brahms’s Alto Rhapsody and Elgar’s The Music Makers with Cappella Cantorum, Brahms’s Alto Rhapsody with the Mendelssohn Glee Club of New York City, Handel’s Messiah with Taconic Opera, Honegger’s King David with the Westchester Oratorio Society, Vivaldi’s Gloria and Saint-Saëns’s Oratorio de Noël with the Putnam Chorale, and Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb and Duruflé’s Requiem with The Taghkanic Chorale. Ms. Geller has performed with St. Petersburg Opera, Opera North, Opera on the James, Natchez Festival of Music, Opera Fayetteville, and Experiments in Opera.