British-American soprano Shafali Jalota was a 2023/24 Young Artist at the National Opera Studio and Britten Pears Young Artist. She has received awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Eastbourne International Singing Competition, the Bel Canto Vocal Scholarship Competition, and the Camille Coloratura Awards. Recent highlights include Argene in Pergolesi’s L’Olimpiade with Vache Baroque, Anne Trulove (cover)/Rake’s Progress with English Touring Opera, and Romilda in Handel’s Serse with Opera Neo.
Shafali completed her second festival season at Glyndebourne in 2023, as Zerlina (cover) in Mariame Clément’s new production of Don Giovanni and a member of the prestigious Glyndebourne Chorus. Previous summers were spent singing Giunone in Cavalli’s La Calisto and Countess Almaviva (cover) in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Neo, and Annu in Sankaram’s Thumbprint at Chautauqua Opera (cancelled due to COVID-19). With Hampstead Garden Opera, Shafali sang Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and Clori in Cavalli’s L’Egisto, garnering praise for her “radiant and captivating” performance (The Stage). While at the Maryland Opera Studio, Shafali’s roles included Rose Maurrant/Street Scene and the Toy Fairy/Die Zaubernacht as part of the Kurt Weill Festival, as well as Countess Almaviva/Le nozze di Figaro.
Shafali is a member of the Extra Chorus at the English National Opera and the Royal Ballet & Opera, where she performs regularly. Shafali earned her Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Master of Music Degree from the Maryland Opera Studio.