Emerging Artists

Our Emerging Artists programme gives early career singers, repetiteurs, wig makers, casting officers, directors, and costume makers the opportunity of a lifetime: a period of full-time work with the Company to help them launch their careers.

In 2025/26, we welcomed:

Soprano Kira Kaplan
Mezzo-soprano Chloe Harris
Tenor Luvo Maranti
Baritone Daniel Barrett
Bass-baritone Edward Jowle
Repetiteurs Meghan Rhoades and Toby Stanford
Casting Officer Joseph Hookway
Elizabeth Salvesen Wigs Trainee Mia Newman

Scottish Opera Emerging Artists 2025/26 (L To R) Toby Stanford, Joseph Hookway, Chloe Harris, Mia Newman, Edward Jowle, Daniel Barrett, Luvo Maranti, Meghan Rhoades and Kira Kaplan. Credit Kirsty Anderson.

In 2026/27, we will be joined by:

Soprano Charlotte Jane Kennedy and Avery Lafrentz
Mezzo-soprano Charlotte Clapperton
Tenor Luvo Maranti
Baritone Daniel Barrett
Repetiteurs Alistair Burton
Casting Officer Joseph Hookway

Emerging Artists are involved in productions throughout the Season, including a recital at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow on 27 November 2026, 1pm.

Kindly supported by Scottish Opera’s Emerging Artist Benefactors, Elizabeth Salvesen, The CMS Charitable Trust, The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, The Garrick Charitable Trust, The H R Creswick Charitable Trust, The Hugh Fraser Foundation, Idlewild Trust, Laidlaw Opera Trust, and The Rowena Alison Goffin Charitable Trust.