Emma Morwood - Soprano

 

Born in Belfast, Emma Morwood studied at the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Northern College of Music, where she was a major award winner. Described as ‘radiant’ (The Sunday Times), ‘enchanting’ (The Times), ‘superlative’ (Opera Magazine) and ‘brilliant’ (The Telegraph), Emma has performed with some of Europe's finest orchestras and conductors.

Recent concert highlights include appearing as soloist and presenter for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Viennese Gala Concert tour around Scotland; Handel Messiah in Halle, Germany; Schubert Mass in A flat with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Haydn Creation with the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Daniele Rustioni; Handel Messiah at the Usher Hall (Edinburgh Royal Choral Union - ERCU) Strauss Vier letzte Lieder at Glasgow City Halls; a tour of Handel Messiah with the Irish Baroque Orchestra (IBO) and the Ulster Orchestra; Barber's Knoxville (Meadows Chamber Orchestra); Berg's Sieben frühe lieder at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow; Schoenberg's String Quartet no. 2 with the Edinburgh Quartet, and Verdi's Requiem (ERCU).

Opera roles include Italian Singer in Strauss' Capriccio with the Philharmonia at Edinburgh International Festival; Despina in the new Irish National Opera (INO) production of Mozart's Cosí fan tutte; the lead role of Iris Robinson in Abomination: a DUP Opera by Conor Mitchell, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin with the Belfast Ensemble; Musetta in Northern Ireland Opera's (NIO) critically acclaimed production of La Bohème. She also appears in NIO film 'Old Friends and Other Days' which has been a major award winner at film festivals all over the world.

Future engagements include Messiah with the Ulster Orchestra, and Mozart C Minor Mass in Malaga and Fuengirola.

As well as being a qualified paraglider pilot, Emma has two children, Lucas and Orla, and in her spare time enjoys indoor bouldering, open water swimming and dressmaking.