Shafali Jalota

Shafali Jalota has been praised for her “stunning vocal technique and poised stage presence” (Opera Today). Shafali was born in the UK and began her training as a chorister at St. Albans Cathedral. She moved with her family to the US at the age of ten, where she studied at the Peabody Institute, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Maryland Opera Studio. In 2023/24, she was a Young Artist at the National Opera Studio, London and a Britten Pears Young Artist. She is a prize-winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Camille Coloratura Awards, the Bel Canto Vocal Scholarship Competition, and the Eastbourne International Singing Competition.

Shafali has performed internationally with companies including the Royal Ballet and Opera, Glyndebourne, Opera Neo and Chautauqua Opera. Most recently, Shafali sang Argene in Pergolesi’s L’Olimpiade with Vache Baroque, and covered Zerlina in Mariame Clément’s new production of Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne.

Shafali is a member of the Extra Chorus of both English National Opera and the Royal Ballet and Opera. Her roles include Zerlina, Don Giovanni (Glyndebourne); Anne Trulove, Rake’s Progress (ETO); Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro (Hampstead Garden Opera, Amalfi Coast Summer Music Festival); Romilda, Serse (Opera Neo); Suor Genovieffa, Suor Angelica (Random Opera Company, Halifax Summer Opera Festival); and Rose Maurrant, Street Scene (Maryland Opera Studio). She is proud to be of mixed British and Indian heritage.