Lyric coloratura Emma Petersen’s recent roles include Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff, Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème, Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata, Second Wood Sprite in Rusalka, Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Contessa di Folleville in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims, Yvettte in the Western Canadian premiere of Weinberg’s The Passenger, and La Fée in Massenet’s Cendrillon. She has performed concert and recital works such as Strauss’ Brentano Lieder, Edvard Grieg’s Sechs Lieder, and Prevost’s Musiques Peintes. She has performed at Taos Opera Institue and also in the University of Miami Frost School of Music's program in Salzburg, Austria, where she worked with Barbara Bonney. She was the featured soloist in the finale episode of The Amazing Race Canada’s 2022 season, performing Libiamo from Verdi’s La Traviata. She will sing the role of Johanna in Opera Idaho’s production of Sweeney Todd in fall 2025, and she is self producing and performing two winter charity concerts in Arizona and in Alberta, Canada in December 2025. The 1st place winner of the Seattle Opera Singer’s Development Competition, she will debut with them next Spring, singing Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance. She will make her company debut as Gretel in Vashon Opera’s production of Hansel und Gretel in Spring 2026. She received her Bachelors of Music in Voice from the University of Arizona and her Masters of Music from the University of British Columbia.