Emily Rocha

Soprano Emily Rocha is a Second Prize winner of the Canadian Opera Company Centre Stage Competition and a current member of the COC Ensemble Studio. In spring 2027, she performs Adina (L’elisir d’amore) at the COC. Her 2025/26 season also includes appearances as Countess Ceprano (Rigoletto) and covering Gilda, Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice) and Sophie (Werther). In summer 2025, she joined the National Ballet of Canada as soprano soloist in Anna Karenina, sang Laurie Moss (The Tender Land) with Toronto City Opera and the title role in The Merry Widow with Highlands Opera Studio. She made her COC mainstage debut as Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) last season. Recent concert highlights include Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrection’, Orff’s Carmina Burana and Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder with the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra as Concerto Competition winner. A 2024 Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellow, she holds an Honours BMus and MMus in Opera from the University of Toronto.