Emily Hodkinson | Mezzo-Soprano
NEWS
The Merry Widow to be broadcast on Christmas Day.
December 2024
Glyndebourne's 2024 production of The Merry Widow, in which Emily played Sylviana, will be broadcast on Christmas Day at 8pm on BBC Four and iPlayer.
Find out more here: https://www.glyndebourne.com/events/the-merry-widow-on-bbc-four-iplayer/
Spring 2025 season announcement.
November 2024
The new year will see Emily begin rehearsals with English Touring Opera for three new productions which shall tour from February to April: What Dreams May Come, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, and The Vanishing Forest.
What Dreams May Come is a new studio piece drawing on hundreds of years of music inspired by and adapted from Shakespeare’s plays and poetry to depict the joys and sorrows of a long life, well-lived. Mixing puppetry with music by Purcell, Gerald Finzi and more performed by a chamber ensemble, this new production explores the timeless appeal of Shakespeare’s words and characters for composers and audiences throughout history.
Emily covers the role of Romeo in Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi, directed by Eloise Lally and conducted by Alphonse Cemin.
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Autumn 2024 season announcement.
September 2024
After a very busy summer at Glyndebourne, Emily is now looking forward to an exciting autumn of debuts and lovely music-making!
In September, she performs 'A Musical Evening with Emily Hodkinson', a concert of art-song, classic musicals and popular songs, in aid of the Alzheimer's Society. As part of the programme, she performs 'The Ways of Love', a song cycle written for her by Guy Turner.
In October, she sings her first Mahler's 'Fourth Symphony' with Kew Sinfonia, conducted by Daniel Hogan. She will also premiere three new songs written by Daniel Hogan.
In November, Emily is very excited to sing her first Angel in Elgar's sublime 'The Dream of Gerontius', for Nottingham Harmonic Choir alongside stellar soloist's Joshua Ellicott and Dingle Yandell. Gerontius is a work that Emily has long hoped to perform, so she is greatly looking forward to this debut.
December brings a big debut for Emily, as she is the mezzo-soprano soloist for The Hallé Christmas Concert at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham. Alongside fellow Nottingham-born singer, Lizzie Ryder, they will sing a programme of opera arias, duets, musical theatre classics and festive favourites.
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Emily joins the roster at Berrisford Hills Associates for acting representation.
August 2024
Following her solo debut at Glyndebourne in The Merry Widow as Sylviana, Emily is delighted to have joined the roster of Berrisford Hills Associates for acting representation. She is very much looking forward to seeing where this collaboration takes her.
She continues her opera representation with Musichall.
Emily to make her debut with The Hallé this Christmas.
June 2024
This December, Emily shall make debut with The Hallé orchestra on her home stage at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham, performing as one of the soloists for The Hallé Christmas Concert, alongside fellow Nottingham-born singer, the soprano Lizzie Ryder.
It will be sparkling programme including Handel Qual Leon from Arianna in Creta; Delibes Flower Duet from Lakmé; Massenet Enfin, je suis ici from Cinderella; Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Final Waltz and Apotheosis; Silvestri The Polar Express; Sherwin A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square; Lloyd Webber, Wishing you were here from Phantom of the Opera; Humperdinck Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel; The Christmas Song; Berlin White Christmas.
Tickets can be purchased here: https://trch.co.uk/whats-on/the-halle-christmas-concert/
Emily makes her solo debut at Glyndebourne.
June 2024
Emily is thrilled to have made her solo debut at Glyndebourne in The Merry Widow, performing the role of Sylviana. The show is directed by Cal McCrystal and conducted by John Wilson. It stars Danielle de Niese as Hanna Glawari, and Sir Thomas Allen as Baron Zeta.
The Merry Widow runs until the end of July, and will be available to watch on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer later in the year.