Soprano

Soraya Mafi

Rigoletto

Biography

Lancashire-born soprano Soraya Mafi studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and Royal College of Music. A former Harewood Artist at the English National Opera, her roles for the company include Tytania in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mabel in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, Yum Yum in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado and Amor in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. Elsewhere, she has appeared as Morgana in a new production of Handel’s Alcina for Glyndebourne; Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro for Seattle Opera and Welsh National Opera; Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte for English National Opera; Anne Trulove in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress for Glyndebourne on Tour; Musetta in Puccini’s La bohème for ENO at Alexandra Palace, Echo in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos at the Edinburgh International Festival, Nanetta in Verdi’s Falstaff for Garsington Opera, Gretel in Humperdink’s Hänsel und Gretel, Constance in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites and First Niece in Britten’s Peter Grimes for Grange Park Opera, Aminta in Mozart’s Il re pastore at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, Cintia in Legrenzi’s La divisione del mondo for the Opéra national du Rhin (Strasbourg), Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare for English Touring Opera, and Suor Genoveva in Puccini’s Suor Angelica for Opera North. On the concert platform she has sung with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Academy of Ancient Music, and Ensemble Matheus with conductors such as Jonathan Cohen, Jean-Chrisophe Spinosi and Ludovic Morlot.

November 2024