American soprano Sylvia D’Eramo’s voice is praised for its “purity of timbre, the brilliance of its highs and the powerful lyricism of its line…sonorous nuances that give way to sumptuously ethereal pianissimi” (Olyrix). Having already made debuts in leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Dutch National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and The Philadelphia Orchestra, D’Eramo is in demand internationally for her rich, shimmering instrument and in-depth dramatic interpretations.
American soprano Sylvia D’Eramo’s voice is praised for its “purity of timbre, the brilliance of its highs and the powerful lyricism of its line…sonorous nuances that give way to sumptuously ethereal pianissimi” (Olyrix). Having already made debuts in leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Dutch National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and The Philadelphia Orchestra, D’Eramo is in demand internationally for her rich, shimmering instrument and in-depth dramatic interpretations.
Multiple debuts mark Sylvia D’Eramo’s current season: for the opening of Houston Grand Opera’s 2026/27 season and in celebration of Carlisle Floyd’s centennial year, the soprano stars in the title role of Susannah under the baton of Music Director Designate James Gaffigan, in a production by Patricia Racette. With Theater St Gallen, D’Eramo reprises Susannah and debuts as Antonia in Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann and Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello, all of which are new productions. In her company debut with Seattle Opera, she reprises one of her signature roles, Mimì in Puccini’s La bohème, in James Robinson’s production with Roberto Kalb on the podium. On the concert stage, D’Eramo appears as soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen under Cornelius Meister and gives a recital in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
Among Sylvia D’Eramo’s most recent operatic highlights are her acclaimed house and role debut as Marta in Weinberg’s Die Passagierin at Dutch National Opera, and role debuts as Chrysothemis in Elektra at Theater St. Gallen and Gutrune in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung with The Atlanta Opera. D’Eramo returned to the role of Gerda Wegener – which she created in the world premiere of Tobias Picker’s Lili Elbe at Theater St. Gallen – for the work’s American premiere at Santa Fe Opera. Her Mimì in La bohème has been heard at Dallas Opera under Emmanuel Villaume, at Santa Fe Opera under Iván López-Reynoso, at the Verbier Festival under James Gaffigan, and at Theater St. Gallen. Also at St. Gallen, she has appeared as Elvira in Verdi’s Ernani under Modestas Pitrenas and as Maddalena in Andrea Chénier. Further highlights include Kitty/Vanessa in the world premiere of Kevin Puts’s The Hours and Musetta in La bohème at the Metropolitan Opera, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at North Carolina Opera, and Micaëla in Carmen at Santa Fe Opera and with Jacksonville Symphony.
On the concert stage, D’Eramo has performed Strauss’s Vier letzte Lieder in St. Gallen under Modestas Pitrenas and appeared in Puccini programmes with the PKF – Prague Philharmonia at Prague’s Rudolfinum and with the Tivoli Copenhagen Phil in Copenhagen. She has also performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Kevin Puts’s The Hours under Yannick Nézet-Séguin, appeared at Musikfest Bremen in a concert performance of Verdi’s Il trovatore under Jérémie Rhorer, and sung programmes of Verdi, Puccini and Bizet with the SNG Maribor Symphony Orchestra in Maribor and Ljubljana.
A graduate of the Yale School of Music, D’Eramo sang Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte during her studies. She was subsequently an Apprentice Artist at Santa Fe Opera, where her appearances included Barena in Jenůfa and Cugina in Madama Butterfly, and later joined Los Angeles Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program before becoming a member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program in 2020/21.
D’Eramo can be heard as Abigail Williams on Albany Records’ 2017 recording of Robert Ward’s The Crucible. Her accolades include the 2021 Thierry Mermod Prize for top singer at the Verbier Festival, the Dallas Opera’s Maria Callas Artist of the Year Award, the Lois Alba Aria Competition, and an encouragement award from the Career Bridges Foundation.
© CSAM, August 2026
