Meet WNO

Soraya Mafi

Soraya Mafi studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal College of Music and is a former English National Opera Harewood Artist. In the 2022/2023 Season her opera highlights included Tytania A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Glyndebourne Festival, Opéra de Rouen); Susanna Le nozze di Figaro (Glyndebourne on Tour); Ismene Mitridate, re di Ponto (Garsington Opera). Elsewhere she has sung Musetta La bohème, Despina Così fan tutte, Mabel The Pirates of Penzance and Yum Yum The Mikado (ENO); Susanna The Marriage of Figaro (Seattle Opera, WNO); Gilda Rigoletto (Seattle Opera); Morgana Alcina, Anne Trulove The Rake’s Progress (Glyndebourne); Nanetta Falstaff (Garsington Opera).  

Future engagements: role debut as Pamina Die Zauberflöte and return to the Glyndebourne Festival, Opera North and Garsington Opera.