One of Opera’s Rising Stars

OPERA NEWS Cover story featuring Emily Fons

OPERA NEWS Cover story featuring Emily Fons

Emily Fons is one of the best singing actors of her generation.

“The mezzo’s characterizations have ranged from a sharp-elbowed, drily witty Rosina at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis to an endearingly gawky Cherubino in Santa Fe and a bespectacled, man-hungry Peep-Bo in The Mikado at Lyric Opera of Chicago, where she was a member of that company’s Ryan Center. This past summer, the thirty-two-year-old Wisconsin native created the role of the strong-willed, resourceful Ruby in Santa Fe Opera’s world premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain.”

– Read more in Opera News

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