Soprano Erin
Morley, a native of Salt Lake City, Utah, has been a
member of the Metropolitan
Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist
Development Program since the 2007-08 season. She has
sung several roles at the Met, including 2nd Niece in PETER
GRIMES, Masha in
THE QUEEN OF SPADES, and Frasquita
(CARMEN) in the 125th Anniversary Gala. In the Met's 09-10
season she will sing
Echo in ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, the Dew
Fairy in HANSEL & GRETEL, and the Daughter in THE NOSE.
She will also cover Sophie in DER ROSENKAVALIER.
Upcoming engagements include an appearance with Bernard
Haitink and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the role
of Marguerite in LES
HUGUENOTS at Bard SummerScape.
Ms.
Morley has
sung with the New York City Opera;
as Sophie (DER ROSENKAVALIER) in
the 2006
Gala,
and as Giannetta in L'ELISIR D'AMORE.
Also an alumna of Wolf Trap Opera Company,
Ms. Morley debuted the
role of Zerbinetta in
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS there in 2008. She
also sang Laoula in Chabrier’s L’ÉTOILE
and Frasquita in CARMEN with Wolf Trap.
Having
regularly performed in venues
such as
Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher
Hall, and Alice Tully Hall, Ms. Morley
has been featured
as soloist with the
New York Philharmonic, Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, National
Symphony, Orchestra
of St.
Luke’s, Rochester Philharmonic
Orchestra, Utah Symphony,
and Mormon Tabernacle Choir.