Chinese-Canadian mezzo-soprano Emma Parkinson is a modern and dynamic artist known for her versatility and expressiveness in opera and on the concert stage. She has been praised by La Scena Musicale as having “an outstanding voice…hall-filling, supple, rich, dark-tinged, with a golden sheen.”

Emma is looking forward to an exciting 26/27 season including making her debut with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in Handel’s Messiah, and a repertoire debut of St. Matthew Passion with the Vancouver Bach Choir. She is delighted to be making her role debut as Hansel in Hansel and Gretel with Pacific Opera Victoria.

The 25/26 season saw Emma returning to the mainstage at Vancouver Opera as Maddalena in Rigoletto, and she joined the Vancouver Bach Choir as alto soloist for Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in December. She appeared as guest soloist with Victoria Baroque for Bach’s St. John Passion, and with Victoria Symphony for Mozart’s Requiem with the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.‍ ‍

Emma has been a soloist for the Vancouver Bach Choir  in Handel's Messiah, Mahler's Symphony No. 8, and Duruflé's Requiem, and with the Okanagan Festival Singers in Mozart's Requiem.  Emma has performed with multiple symphonies including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Alberta Baroque Ensemble, Kingston Symphony Orchestra,Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestre Métropolitain.