Emma Marhefka has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for worldwide general management.

The soprano, a 2025 Grand Finals Winner in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, will be managed at Askonas Holt by Kate Robson.

Marhefka, who is now in her second year of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, has performed  with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, The Philadelphia, and at the Brevard Music Center. She is a finalist in Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition in 2023 and is an alumna of Arizona Opera’s Marion Roose Pullin Studio Artist Program, Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artist Program, Wolf Trap Opera Studio, and the Des Moines Metro Opera Apprentice Artist Program.

This season, she will perform at the Met’s 2026-27 season, appearing as Pamina in “The Magic Flute” and Madeleine Audebert in Kevin Puts’ “Silent Night.” She will also make her Seattle Opera debut singing Musetta in “La Bohème.”

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