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.

For the 2023/2024 season, Emily performed the following roles for Welsh National Opera: Strawberry Seller Death in Venice, Sorella Cercatrice Suor Angelica, Lauretta (Cover) Gianni Schicchi and Young Lover (Cover) Il tabarro. Additionally, Emily was the soprano soloist for A Viennese Celebration and the Opera Favourites Gala Tour with the WNO Orchestra, and gave an Associate Artist recital with Malcolm Martineau.

Emily’s 2022/2023 season included: debuting Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel for Opera Holland Park (Young Artist) and covering Daughter 2 in Akhnaten for English National Opera. On the recital platform, Emily returned to Oxford Lieder as part of the Spring Song Festival and performed in the Opera in Song Series at Opera Holland Park. During 2021/2022, Emily performed the role of Pamina in WSO: The Magic Flute for Opera North and joined the chorus for English National Opera, Opera North and the Glyndebourne Festival. Recital engagements included an Emerging Artist recital at Oxford Lieder along side Mary Bevan and a Guest Recital for Howdenshire Music.

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.

Whilst at the Royal College of Music (2019-2021), Emily worked closely with Rosa Mannion and Caroline Dowdle, and was generously supported by the Leverhulme Arts Scholarship. 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. Emily is also a First Class graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where she completed her undergraduate degree as a RCS Scholar, studying with Patricia MacMahon. 

Recent roles include: Strawberry Seller Death in Venice, Sorella Cercatrice Suor Angelica, Lauretta (Cover) Gianni Schicchi, Young Lover (Cover) Il tabarro and Nuria (cover) Ainadamar all for Welsh National Opera, Gretel Hänsel und Gretel (Opera Holland Park), Daughter 2 Akhnaten (English National Opera, cover), Pamina The Magic Flute (Opera North, WSO), Papagena Die Zauberflöte (RCMIOS) and Evita/Girl in Jeans Scoring a Century (British Youth Opera).