Emily Magee

{{short description|American opera singer}}

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Emily Magee (born October 31, 1965) is an American operatic soprano.

Born in New York City, Magee studied music at Westminster Choir College, from which she graduated in 1987.{{cite news | url=https://www.rider.edu/ridermagazine/spring-2014/people/alumni/emily-magee-westminster-choir-college-87 | title=Emily Magee, Westminster Choir College '87 | work=Rider Magazine | author=Adam Grybowski | date=Spring 2014 | accessdate=March 11, 2018}} She continued her studies at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University Bloomington, where her teachers included Margaret Harshaw.

In 1995, Magee made her operatic debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, singing the role of Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan tutte. Her international debut came in 1996 at the Berlin State Opera, under the direction of Daniel Barenboim. Magee's selected recordings, on CD and DVD, include:

• Lohengrin (Elsa), with Peter Seiffert; conductor: Daniel Barenboim
• Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Eva); conductor: Daniel Barenboim
• Peter Grimes (Ellen Orford); conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
• Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne); Zurich Opera; conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi{{cite news | url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/strauss-r-ariadne-auf-naxos | title=Strauss, R.: Ariadne auf Naxos |work=Gramophone| author=Mike Ashman | date=August 2008 | accessdate=March 11, 2018}}
• Rusalka; conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
• Tosca, with Jonas Kaufmann and Thomas Hampson; Zürich Opera
• Salome; Frankfurt Radio Symphony; conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada{{cite news | url=https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/reviews/strauss-salome-frankfurt-radio-symphony-andres-orozco-estrada/ | title=Strauss: Salome (Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Andrés Orozco-Estrada |work=Limelight| author=Clive Paget | date=January 4, 2018 | access-date=March 11, 2018}}

Magee and her husband, who is also her agent, live in Boulder, Colorado, United States.{{cite news | url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/13/soprano-emily-magee-i-faced-great-questions-of-mortality-and-motherhood-for-die-frau-ohne-schatten-4544413/ | title=Soprano Emily Magee: I faced great questions of mortality and motherhood for Die Frau ohne Schatten | work=Metro UK | author=Warwick Thompson | date=March 13, 2014 | access-date=March 11, 2018}}