Emma Marhefka



Performance Year: 2025

Emma Marhefka, soprano, has country-wide performance credits including Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi) with Opera Tampa, Younger Alyce (Glory Denied) with Knoxville Opera and Opera Roanoke, and Frasquita (Carmen) with Des Moines Metro Opera. She has been a young artist with Des Moines Metro Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, and Santa Fe Opera. While at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Marhefka sang Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro), Mary Johnson (Fellow Travelers), The Vixen (The Cunning Little Vixen), and Sandrina (La Finta Giardiniera). She was a regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and a 2023 finalist in Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition.

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