Lyric coloratura soprano Julianna Emanski has gained attention for her three octave performance range and a high extension that “soars ecstatically” and is “simply gorgeous” (Music Web International). Julianna’s versatility of musical styles allows her to perform repertoire from the 12-century chants of Hildegard von Bingen to coloratura repertoire such as the Queen of the Night from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Zerbinetta from Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, and Cunegonde from Bernstein’s Candide, leaving in her wake unique musical experiences that are “simply to die for.” (Musical Mayhem)
In 2019, she performed for HBO's Game of Thrones Final Season Activation in collaboration with The American Red Cross and Giant Spoon. In addition, her work appears on Blizzard Entertainment’s soundtracks for Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, and World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor.
Julianna's solo voice can be heard on the 2018 Grammy Nominated album “Tyberg Masses” and 2015 album “Sacred Songs of Life and Love” with the South Dakota Chorale under Pentatone records, as well as the world premiere recording of Giovanni Felice Sances' Missa Sancta Maria Magdalenae (Viva Italia!).
In Dallas, Ms. Emanski is frequently a featured soloist with Dallas Bach Society, most recently at Moody Performance Hall in the title role of Nicolas Bernier, Les Nuits des Sceaux. In 2018, she was the featured soloist at the Dallas Choral Festival performance of Howells' Hymnus Paradisi and Poulenc's Stabat Mater. She has sung the title roles in the North American premieres of the 1732 version of Handel’s oratorio Esther and Reinhard Kaiser’s opera Der Sieg der fruchtbaren Pomona.
Ms. Emanski is highly specialized in historically informed performance practices of baroque repertoire. She has performed at every major baroque summer program in North America: Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute (OH), Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute (Toronto), Amherst Early Music Festival (CT), American Bach Soloists Academy (San Francisco), Accademia d’Amore (Seattle), Early Music Vancouver Summer Programme and Festival (Vancouver), Baroque Opera Workshop at Queens College (NYC), and International Baroque Institute of Longy (Boston), Boston Early Music Festival (MA), Berkeley Early Music Festival (CA).
Ms. Emanski is the founder and president of Lumedia Musicworks, an early music ensemble based in Dallas/Fort Worth TX, who performs unique live shows and produce studio recordings accompanied by cleverly crafted storytelling visuals.
Ms. Emanski studies voice with Dr. Stephen Morscheck, maintains a private vocal studio of her own in Frisco, Texas. Most recently, she has been invited to give lectures in Music Entrepreneurship and masterclasses in vocal historically informed performance practices.
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER FESTIVALS AND PERFORMANCES
Accademia d’Amore 2010, 2011, 2012
American Bach Soloists Academy 2012, 2015
Amherst Early Music Festival 2008, 2009, 2016
Baroque Opera Workshop in Queens 2010
Berkeley Early Music Festival 2012, 2014
Boston Early Music Festival 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017
Early Music Vancouver 2011
International Baroque Institute at Longy 2011
Tafelmusik Summer Baroque Institute 2013
Baroque Performance Institute 2013
OPERATIC ROLES
Bernier
Les Nuit des Sceaux, as La Nuit
Moody Hall, Dallas, TX
Blow
Venus & Adonis, as Venus
Accademia d'Amore, Seattle WA
Charpentier
Actéon, as Diane
Queen City Musicians, Seattle WA
Conrade
Ariadne, as Venus
Amherst Early Music, New London CT
Händel
Esther (1732 ), as Esther
Austin Baroque Orchestra, Austin
Austin Baroque Orchestra, San Antonio TX
Marais
Sémélé (first performance outside of Europe), as The Grand Priestess of Bacchus
- American Bach Soloists Academy, San Francisco CA
Monteverdi
Incoronazione di Poppea, as Drusilla/Poppea
Baroque Opera Workshop, NYC
Accademia d'Amore, Seattle WA
Mozart
Die Zauberflöte as Queen of the Night
Murschison Performing Arts Center, Denton, TX
- UNT Fundraising Gala, Denton, TX
- Collin College, Plano, TX
Purcell
Dido and Aeneas, as 2nd Woman/1st Witch
American Bach Soloists, San Francisco CA
Faery Queen, as Fairy
Dallas Bach Society, Dallas TX
Rameau
Pygmalion, as la Statue -
American Bach Soloists, San Francisco CA
Rossi
L'Orfeo, as Venus
Accademia d'Amore, Seattle WA
Smetana
Bartered Bride, as Esmeralda
Murchison Performing Arts Center, Dallas TX
MAJOR CONCERT SOLO PERFORMANCES
JS Bach
Mass in B minor: Domine Deus, Christe eleison, Et in unum dominum
American Bach Soloists Academy, San Francisco CA
St. Matthew Passion - Denton Bach Society
Murchison Performing Arts Center, Denton TX
St. John Passion - Colleigium Singers
Murchison Performing Arts Center, Denton TX
Siehe zu, dass deine Gottesfurcht, BWV 179
Buxtehude
Quaemadmodum desiderat cervus, BuxWV 92
Duke Chapel, NC
Frohlocket mit Händen, BuxWV29
American Bach Soloists Academy, San Francisco CA
Ešenvalds
O salutaris hostia - South Dakota Chorale
St. Joseph Cathedral Sioux Falls SD
ACDA, Salt Lake City UT
Händel
Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Queen City Musicians, Seattle WA
Esther (1732 version)
Austin Baroque Orchestra, Austin TX
Austin Baroque Orchestra,San Antonio TX
Israel in Eqypt
Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple, Scranton PA
Messiah - South Dakota Chorale
-Sioux Falls SD
- Irving Chorale, Irving TX
- Our Lady of Fatima, Seattle WA
- St. Monica Catholic Church, Dallas TX
Haydn
Missa Cellensis in C Major, Hob XXII 8,
Murchison Performing Arts Center, Denton TX
Howells
Hymnus Paradisi - Dallas Choral Festival
Moody Performance Hall, Dallas TX
Mouliné
Cantate Domino canticum novum
American Bach Soloists Academy, San Francisco CA
Marais
Sémélé (first performance outside of Europe) as The Grand Priestess of Bacchus
- American Bach Soloists Academy, San Francisco CA
Mozart
Missa Brevis in F
Murchison Performing Arts Center, Denton TX
Vesperae solennes de Dominica
Murchison Performing Arts Center, Denton TX
Poulenc
Stabat Mater
Moody Performance Hall, Dallas TX
Ryba
Česká mše vánoční - Prague, Czech Republic/Texas, U.S.A Tour
Sances
Missa Sanctae Mariae Madalenae
Duke Chapel, Durham NC
2015 BEMF Fringe Festival
Tyberg
Mass in G - South Dakota Chorale
- Pentatone Records
Vivaldi
Gloria - Collegium Singers and Baroque Orchestra
Murchison Performing Arts Center, Denton TX