Emily Amesquita

Emily Amesquita is a mezzo-soprano from Seattle, WA who excels in operatic, concert, and choral settings. As an alumna of St. James Cathedral's Jubilate! Young Women's Ensemble, she continues to cantor regularly and has performed in many large choral works, including: the Duruflé Requiem, the Mozart Requiem, the Fauré Requiem, Mahler's Second Symphony, and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater (Soloist). In 2018, she traveled with the St. James choirs on a tour in Rome, Vatican City, Florence, and Assisi, Italy, where she was the soprano II soloist in Fauré's "Tantum Ergo." She has also performed with Seattle Opera on the mainstage - in the children's chorus of Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel" (2016) and as Zweite Knabe in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" (2017). Other past roles include Mrs. Hildebrand in Kurt Weill's "Street Scene," Isabel in Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," and Erste Dame in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" as a participant in Pacific Lutheran University's Summer Opera Workshop; Odysseus in Ben Moore's youth opera "Odyssey" performed with Seattle Opera's Teen Vocal Studio (TVS); and Cupid in Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld,” The Old Lady in “Candide,” and Prince Charming in Massenet’s “Cendrillon” with Northwestern’s undergraduate opera company, Opera Projects For Undergraduate Students (OPUS). She has had the immense pleasure of working under such incredible professionals as Kelly Kitchens, Nicole Sonbert, Paul Thornock, Joseph Adam, and her voice teacher, Nancy Zylstra. She currently attends Northwestern University, studying English Literature and Vocal Performance under the tutelage of Karen Brunssen.