Soraya Mafi studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal College of Music. A former English National Opera Harewood Artist she won the 2014 Maggie Teyte Prize and the 2016 Susan Chilcott Award. Career highlights include Tytania A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Glyndebourne Festival and Opéra de Rouen), Susanna and Gilda Rigoletto (Seattle Opera), Ismene Mitridate, re di Ponto and Nanetta Falstaff (Garsington Opera), Musetta La bohème, and Despina Così fan tutte (English National Opera), Gretel Hänsel und Gretel (Grange Park Opera).

In concert, Soraya has performed with many of the finest conductors and orchestras. She has a fast-growing discography that includes Lucy in Menotti’s The Telephone (Edinburgh International Festival) for Linn Records.