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Julia Ernst Biography

Julia Ernst, soprano, is currently pursuing her Master of Music at Yale University- School of Music in the studio of the esteemed Gerald Martin Moore. She graduated with honors from Loyola University of New Orleans where she studied under internationally renowned soprano, Irini Kyriakidou-Hymel.
Summer of 2024, while studying as a Lehrer Vocal Institute Fellow, Julia covered the role of Micaëla in Music Academy of the West’s fully staged production of Carmen. While at Music Academy of the West she also sang in Lawrence Brownlee’s masterclass. In March of 2023, Ms. Ernst made her professional debut with New Orleans Opera singing the role of Kate Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly. Summer of 2023, she sang Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze Di Figaro with Saluzzo Opera Academy in Italy. January of 2024, she sang the roles of Lia in L'enfant Prodigue and La Bergere in L'enfant et les Sortilèges with Loyola Opera.

Previous opera and opera scene roles include: Brahms Requiem (Soprano Soloist), Don Giovanni (Donna Anna), Hansel and Gretel (Mother), Die Zauberflöte (Pamina), Die Fledermaus (Orlofsky), Suor Angelica (The Nursing Sister), Cosi Fan Tutte (Dorabella), Dido and Aeneas (Second Woman), and Carmen (Carmen).

Julia won First Place in the Loyola University of New Orleans Concerto Competition, Gulf Coast Steinway Vocal Competition, Neapolitan Masters International Vocal Competition, and NATS Southern Region.

Julia Ernst Biography

She won Second Place in the Orpheus National Vocal Competition, FAVA Grand Concours French Opera and Art Song Competition, Music International Grand Prix, and The John Alexander Vocal Competition. She was a finalist for both Opera Grand Rapids VanderLaan Prize and the Schmidt Vocal Competition Undergraduate Awards.
In January of 2024, Julia won the New Orleans District of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. She then competed in the Gulf Coast Region of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition where she won the Audience Choice Award.

Fall of 2024, Julia will perform in the Yale Opera Scenes Program as both Countess Almaviva from Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and as Iolanta in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta. Spring of 2025, Julia is thrilled to be singing the title role of Iolanta in Yale Opera’s mainstage production of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta.
On October 13, 2024, Julia won the Connecticut District of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and will move on the compete in the New England Region on January 26th, 2025.

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