Emily Albrink, soprano, just released her debut album Force of Nature with pianist, Kathleen Kelly, on the Lexicon Classics Label. The album debuted at #1 on the Classical Billboard Charts and features world premiere commissions by Jake Heggie, Rene Orth, Nailah Nombeko and Steve Rouse. She has sung leading roles with the Washington National Opera, Kentucky Opera, Charlottesville Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Boston, Indianapolis Opera, and Chicago Opera Theater and has been a featured soloist with orchestras including the Boston Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Baltimore Symphony, the Phoenix Symphony, and the Louisville Orchestra. Ms. Albrink has appeared at Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall and has performed internationally in China and France. She is on the voice faculty at the University of Louisville School of Music.
Emily maintains an active performing schedule and can be heard in a wide array of operatic roles, concert works, and recital repertoire across the country. Her career has been graced by collaborations with such conductors as Robert Spano and Marin Alsop and composers such as Jake Heggie, Ned Rorem, and John Musto.
Emily holds a Master of Music degree and a Professional Studies Certificate from the Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan.
She currently resides in Louisville, KY where she is an Associate Professor of Voice at the University of Louisville School of Music. She and her husband, David, have two small boys.
