Praised for her “rich color palette” and “deft high range,” soprano Emily Finke performs works spanning the medieval period through contemporary opera and art song. She is committed to storytelling with the utmost artistry and authenticity. Emily is thrilled to be joining Minnesota Opera as a Resident Artist in the 26/27 season. She will also be an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera in 2026, appearing in Puccini’s Tosca and Szymanowski’s King Roger.

In 2025, Emily was a Studio Artist with the Chautauqua Opera Company where she sang the role of Willie in the orchestra workshop of Lincoln in the Bardo by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek along with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. She also workshopped the role of Joan in Sitcom, a neo-baroque opera by Luke Styles and Alan McKendrick, and covered the role of Musetta in Puccini’s La bohème.

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Emily holds degrees from the University of Miami Frost School of Music (BM) and the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program (MM), where she performed the role of Eurydice in Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers and appeared in Bard SummerScape’s production of Meyerbeer’s Le prophète.

Equally passionate about song repertoire, Emily made her New York Festival of Song debut in 2025 as part of their contemporary music series: NYFOS Next. In 2023, she collaborated on curating and presenting a recital, That’s All Folk!, at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY, featuring music from a diverse array of folk music traditions from across the United States. She also appeared in a recital at Bard College’s Rethinking Place Conference in a program featuring music of living Métis composers and music composed and performed by Indigenous women in the convent schools of 17th century Quebec.

Emily has also performed on the concert stage as the soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany NY and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Additional concert credits include Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Palm Beach Symphony, Part VI of Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium with the Albany Symphony, Mendelssohn’s Magnificat with the Bard Chamber Singers, Fauré’s Requiem with the Frost Chorale, and excerpts from John Adams’ Christmas oratorio, El Niño, with Frost Opera Theater.