Emily Ann Pulley (born 14 April 1967) is an American opera soprano. As of 2010, she had performed in more than 150 operas.

Education

Pulley earned a Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum laude from West Texas A&M University in 1989 and a Master of Music degree in voice (with a focus on opera performance), in 1995, from the University of North Texas, where she studied with Pattye Johnstone. At West Texas A&M, Pulley had been a student of Elsie "Elsa" Ruth Porter (1920–2006).

Selected productions

  1. Peter Grimes (1995)[1]
    Metropolitan Opera
  2. La Fanciulla del West[2]
     Glimmerglass Opera
    Title role
  3. The End of the Affair
    Lyric Opera of Kansas City
    Pulley as Sarah Miles[3]
  4. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, (2008)[4]
    Robert Bass, conductor
    Pulley was a soloist
  5. The Turn of the Screw (2010)
    Pulley as The Governess[5]
  6. Three Decembers (2010)
    Central City Opera
    Pulley as Beatrice

Selected discography, filmography, and videography

Live performances of the Metropolitan Opera

March 29, 2003
Pulley as Marguerite
January 27, 2004
Emily Pulley as Valencienne
April 16, 2005
Pulley as the First lady

Awards

References

  1. ^ Alex Ross, In Performance; Classical Music, The New York Times, January 7, 1995
  2. ^ Classical Music and Dance Guide, The New York Times, July 2, 2004
  3. ^ Brian Kellow, The Americanization of Emily, Opera News, Vol. 71, No. 9, pps. 38–40 (March 2007) OCLC 108376225
  4. ^ Warren Hoge, Bernstein's Singing Presidents: A Recount, The New York Times, March 31, 2008
  5. ^ David Shengold (review), Opernwelt, April 2010, pg. 73 OCLC 1645860


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