Emily Dyer (she/her)

Soprano Emily Dyer has been noted as a dynamic singing actor at home on both operatic and musical theater stages. Her recent season includes The Baker’s Wife in Pacific Opera Project’s sold-out production of Into the Woods. Previous engagements include Pacific Symphony at Segerstrom Hall as Adina in their concert adaptation of L’elisir d’amore, and Lyric Opera Orange County as Mother and Lia in their double-bill of Amahl and the Night Visitors and L’enfant Prodigue.

Emily has appeared with Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater, performing an “exquisitely sung” Lily (The Secret Garden—UTB Association) and Rapunzel (Into The Woods). In 2019, Emily presented a “brightly-lit” performance as Berta in Opera Roanoke’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and debuted with Joie de Vivre Opera as Micaela in their production of La tragedie de Carmen. She was featured at the Festival of the Arts Boca, singing Musetta in Puccini’s La bohème as part of the festival’s acclaimed “Opera for the 99%” campaign. Her bright performance was hailed as “a very fine Musetta, bossy and free-spirited, with an agile, strong voice” (Palm Beach Arts Paper).

Other favorite roles include Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Marian Paroo (The Music Man) Laurey Williams(Oklahoma!>). Ms. Dyer has concertized with the California Philharmonic, The New West Symphony, Golden State Pops Orchestra, The Redlands Bowl Symphony, The Marina Del Rey Symphony Orchestra, and Amici Symphony Orchestra.

Emily is a proud alumnus of Aspen Opera Theater Company, OperaWorks, and Songfest. She is passionate about bringing opera and musical theater to children, and has collaborated with the Pacific Symphony in its endeavor to produce family-friendly opera performances. Her love of teaching voice was fostered by her mentors, Carol Neblett, Timothy Noble, Fred Carama and Marya Basaraba.