Emily Geller

NYC-based contralto Emily Geller has been praised for her “lower extension that has to be heard to be believed” (Seen and Heard International) and for being “hilariously over the top” (Opera Magazine). Her 2024-2025 season performances included 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, the Page of Herodias in Salome with Union Avenue 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 Buttercup in H.M.S. Pinafore in a co-production with Opera Las Vegas. In 2026, she makes her Opera Modesto house debut reprising Ježibaba in Rusalka and returns to Salt Marsh Opera this fall in the same role. This summer, she makes her Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre house debut appearing as Counsel for the Plaintiff in Trial by Jury and revisiting Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance. Drawing on her extensive Gilbert and Sullivan experience, this marks her 17th production in the repertoire. Emily's recent performances include Mistress Quickly (Falstaff) , Zita (Gianni Schicchi), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly),  Mercédès (Carmen), Lola (Cavalleria rusticana), Marthe (Faust), Ma Moss (The Tender Land), Hattie (Kiss Me, Kate), Oreste (La belle Hélène), and Mrs. Jones (Street Scene). In addition to opera, Ms. Geller appeared in numerous concerts, including Brahms’s Alto Rhapsody , Elgar’s The Music Makers, Handel’s Messiah, Honegger’s King David, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Saint-Saëns’s Oratorio de Noël , Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, Duruflé and Mozart's Requiem, and Bach’s Weihnachts-Oratorium and Schwingt freudig euch empor. Ms. Geller has performed regionally with St. Petersburg Opera, Newport Classical, Opera North, Opera on the James, Natchez Festival of Music, Opera Fayetteville, and Experiments in Opera.