Emily Michiko
Jensen
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Emily Michiko Jensen
Mimi (cover)
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Emily Michiko Jensen
Countess Ceprano
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Jessica Jones
Gilda
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Praised for her “theatrical instincts and intriguingly versatile instrument,” Japanese-American soprano Emily Michiko Jensen is an emerging young artist establishing herself as a captivating performer. This season, Emily joins Florentine Opera as the Resident Soprano of the Baumgartner Studio Artist program where she was scheduled to perform the roles of Maguelonne in Viardot’s Cendrillon* while covering the title role. She was also contracted to cover the role of Mimi in the Spring production of La Bohème*. (*Productions postponed due to pandemic.) Last season Emily made her role debut as Suor Angelica at the Indiana University Opera Theatre. She previously sang Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Boston Opera Collaborative, where she made her company debut as Marguerite (Faust) in 2016. Emily was an Apprentice Artist at Sarasota Opera, and a Studio Artist with Chautauqua Opera While at Chautauqua, she sang the role of 2nd Soprano in Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar and covered Annina in La Traviata with Maestro Steven Osgood. She returned the following season to cover the role of Soprano 2 in Hydrogen Jukebox. Previous roles include Blanche in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Foreign Woman in The Consul, Suzel in L’amico Fritz, Governess in The Turn of the Screw, and Tiny in Paul Bunyan. Other engagements included selections as Ilia in Idomeneo, Mimi in La Bohème, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Zdenka in Arabella, Alma in Summer and Smoke, and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte.
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