Emma Jüngling

Emma Jüngling is a Swiss mezzo-soprano based in London. She is the laureate of various prizes such as the Friedl Wald Prize 2016, the Geneva Richard Wagner Bursary in 2017 and the Alice Gamble Prize in 2019, amongst others. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with Distinction and is currently a student of Cathy Pope. Emma started at the Opéra de Lausanne as a soloist for their young audience series in the roles of Cherubino, Carmen, Count Orlofsky and Isabella. The mezzo has also been a chorus member at the Grange Festival 2021 and the Wexford Festival Opera 2021. She returned to Wexford in Autumn 2022 to sing the role of Sicorace in La Tempesta by Halévy under the baton of Francesco Cilluffo. ​ In the summer of 2022, she was chosen to be an Artist of Promise at the Verbier Festival Academy where she worked with exceptional mentors such as Caroline Dowdle, James Baillieu, Ken Noda and Barbara Frittoli. ​ As well as opera, the mezzo is passionate about recitals and oratorio. She has performed as alto solo in Saint-Saens' Oratorio de Noël, Beethoven's Mass in C, Palmeri's Misatango, Dvorak's Requiem, Scarlatti's Dixit Dominus, Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Israel in Egypt (conducted by Leonardo Garcia Alarcon) and Handel's Dixit Dominus.