Emili Rice

Cantorei Soprano

Seattle-based soprano Emili Rice is celebrated for her captivating stage presence and vocal agility. She made her operatic debut as the First Spirit in Seattle Opera’s 2017 production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte before furthering her studies. Emili earned a Bachelor of Music from McGill University under Dominique Labelle and a Master of Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Susanne Mentzer, exploring a wide range of repertoire along the way. Her notable roles include Gretel in Hansel and Gretel (Northwest Opera in Schools, Etcetera), Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare (Saluzzo Opera Academy) and Cendrillon in Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon (SFCM). In addition to opera, she has appeared multiple times as soloist with the Northwest Chorale, and recently completed several concerts with the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria.