Program Books/Erin Morley, soprano; Malcolm Martineau, piano/Erin Morley
Portrait photo of artist Erin Morley, with brown hair pulled back into a bun and large silver circle-shaped earrings.

Erin Morley

soprano

One of today’s most sought-after lyric coloratura sopranos, Erin Morley has garnered huge critical acclaim worldwide; she regularly appears on the greatest opera stages, including the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opéra National de Paris, Glyndebourne Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera.

During the 2023–24 season, Morley makes her highly anticipated debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Gilda in Rigoletto and returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper as Chief of Police and Venus in Krzysztof Warlikowski’s new production of Le Grand Macabre. On the concert platform, Morley performs Morgana in Alcina with Les Musiciens du Louvre under the baton of Marc Minkowski at Teatro alla Scala, to mark the release of a new recording. Further concert engagements include Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Orchestre de Paris under the baton of Andrés Orozco-Estrada; a gala concert with the Washington Concert Opera; and a recital at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC.

Last season’s highlights included a double appearance at the Metropolitan Opera as Sophie in Robert Carsen’s production of Der Rosenkavalier and as Pamina in a new production of Die Zauberflöte; Wiener Staatsoper as Gilda in Rigoletto; Morgana in a tour of Alcina with Les Musiciens du Louvre; Poulenc’s Gloria with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lorenzo Viotti; Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Riccardo Muti; and Mozart’s Mass in C minor for the Mostly Mozart Festival at the Lincoln Center, conducted by Louis Langrée.

A dedicated recitalist, her appearances include recitals with pianist Vlad Iftinca (Salt Lake City’s Virtuoso Series, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, and Festival du Lied in Fribourg, Switzerland), and with pianist Ken Noda (at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Brigham Young University, and the Alice Tully Hall Vocal Arts Honors Recital).

Morley spent her early years studying violin and piano. An undergraduate of the Eastman School of Music, she earned her Master of Music voice degree from the Juilliard School and her Artist Diploma from the Juilliard Opera Center in 2007, where she received the Florence & Paul DeRosa Prize. She won 1st Prize in the Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition in 2002, 1st Place in the Licia Albanese – Puccini Foundation Competition in 2006, and Third Place in London’s Wigmore Hall International Song Competition in 2009, and received the Richard Tucker Career Grant in 2013.

Erin Morley is represented by MWA worldwide.