Scottish soprano Emily Wishart graduated from the Royal College of Music in July 2025 with a Master of Performance (Vocal), studying under the tutelage of Ben Johnson and Caroline Dowdle. Emily’s studies at the RCM were generously supported with awards from the James Caird Trust, the Scottish International Education Trust, the Robertson Trust and the Kathleen Trust, and as an RCM Scholar. She previously earned her Bachelor of Music (Hons) at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2021, where she worked closely with mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill as part of the Associate Artist programme.

Recent opera highlights include singing the roles of Belinda in Dido and Aeneas at the Northern Chords Festival and Zerlina in the Brunswick Vocal Arts Concert Highlights of Don Giovanni. Emily also performed several roles in the RCM Opera Scenes productions, such as Amore (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Sandrina (La finta giardiniera), Ernestine (Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui le…) and Ginevra (Ariodante). Whilst at the RCS, Emily’s roles in the Opera Scenes included Emmie in Albert Herring, Flora in Turn of the Screw, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, and Madam Herz in Der Schauspieldirektor.

On the concert platform, Emily recently performed a recital programme of Scots Songs at St James’s Church, Piccadilly and in November 2025 she will compete in the first Scottish Singing Competition at the Caledonian Club, Belgravia.

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