Emmeline

Role: Sophie

Manhattan School of Music | 2019

Summary

Set in 19th-century New England, Emmeline follows a young woman abandoned at birth and raised in a mill town, unaware of her origins. As an adult, she falls in love with a man named Matthew, and the two plan to marry—only to discover too late that he is her long-lost son, whom she had been forced to give up as a child. The opera builds from quiet realism into devastating tragedy, exploring themes of fate, identity, and the unintended consequences of secrecy.