Mezzo-soprano Emily Heumann is gaining recognition for her "credible" storytelling (Orlando Sentinel), and "delicious vocals" (Arts + Culture Texas Magazine). She has performed with dozens of companies including St. Petersburg Opera Company, First Coast Opera, Opera Orlando, The Villages Philharmonic Orchestra, Rec Room Arts, The Savannah VOICE Festival, Operativo Houston, and The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. Recent appearances include Alto Soloist in Handel's Messiah with The Villages Philharmonic Orchestra, Soloist in the world premiere of Juliano's The Brightest Star, and Lydia in a workshop reading of Curt Tucker's Penelope Ann's Revenge with First Coast Opera. In the 19/20 season, Emily appeared on tour with The Chapelwood Choir, as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Orlando, in Rigoletto with St. Petersburg Opera, in Harmony: Tolerance and Acceptance with St. Petersburg Opera, and as The Fox in The Little Prince with First Coast Opera. In the 18/19 season, Emily was a Studio Artist with Opera Orlando, where she appeared as Mrs. Noye in Noye's Fludde, Nicklausse in the outreach tour of Les contes d'Hoffmann, and covered Hansel in Hansel and Gretel. Emily made her debut as Cherubino with First Coast Opera in 2018. Emily is an alumna of The University of Houston and Rollins College.