SorayaMafi
Representation
About Soraya
Soraya Mafi studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal College of Music and is a former Harewood Artist at the English National Opera.
In the 2024/25 season she will sing Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto for both Welsh National Opera and Irish National Opera and Pamina in Die Zauberfloete for Opera North. Following a great success as Valencienne in Glyndebourne's The Merry Widow conducted by John Wilson, she returns to the festival for Michal in Barrie Kosky's renowned production of Handel's Saul. In concert she sings Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the RIAS Kammerchor on tour in Europe, Viennese concerts with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Handel arias with Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen.
In the last two seasons she has sung Tytania A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Glyndebourne Festival and Opéra de Rouen; Susanna Le nozze di Figaro for Glyndebourne on Tour, and Ismene Mitridate, re di Ponto for Garsington Opera.
Elsewhere she has sung Tytania, Musetta La bohème, Despina Così fan tutte, Mabel The Pirates of Penzance and Yum Yum The Mikado for English National Opera, Susanna and Gilda Rigoletto for the Seattle Opera, Susanna for Welsh National Opera, Morgana Alcina and Anne Trulove The Rake’s Progress for Glyndebourne, Nanetta Falstaff for Garsington Opera, Gretel Hänsel und Gretel for Grange Park Opera and Echo Ariadne auf Naxos at the Edinburgh International Festival.
An accomplished recitalist, she has delighted audiences on tour in the UK with her programmes including Persian songs, reflecting her Iranian heritage.
Representation
Season Highlights
Video
Soraya Mafi sings 'Deh Vieni' from The Marriage of Figaro
Credit: Seattle Opera
PlayingSoraya Mafi sing 'Credete al mio dolore' from Alcina
Credit: Glyndebourne
PlayingSoraya Mafi sings 'Tornami a vagheggiar' from Alcina
Credit: Glyndebourne
PlayingSoraya Mafi sings 'Sul fil d'un soffio etesio' from Falstaff
Credit: Garsington Opera
Playing
Audio
- Mendelssohn Die Mainacht
- Mendelssohn Wanderlied
- Strauss Frühlingsstimmen Waltz
Photos
Selected Repertoire
Jenkins | The Peacemakers • The Armed Man |
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Press
Verdi Rigoletto
Irish National OperaDec 2024Soraya Mafi, fresh from singing the role for Welsh National Opera, returns to her part-Irish roots in what for me is the operatic performance of the year … almost floating away from the balcony in a breathtaking "Caro nome"
- David Nice, The Arts Desk
- 02 December 2024
As Gilda, the English soprano Soraya Mafi … scales with incredible comfort and sweetness Verdi’s unforgiving vocal high-wire act.
- Michael Dungan, The Irish Times
- 04 December 2024
Soraya Mafi offering a soaring innocence in her exquisite Gilda
- Emer O'Kelly, Irish Independent
- 04 December 2024
Possessing a voice of angelic purity, Soraya Mafi unfurled the gossamer threads of her arias with grace and delicacy, her soprano silkily seductive and there was an effortless beauty as she reached up to those scarily high top notes.
- Andrew Larkin, Bachtrack
- 01 December 2024
... the sweet, rounded tone of soprano Soraya Mafi made her a perfect Gilda and she comfortably handled technical challenges such as the coloratura aria ‘Caro nome'
- Adrian Smith, The Journal of Music
- 05 December 2024