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Serena Eduljee’s soaring, rich, precise coloratura and “magnetic” (Entertainment News Northwest) acting have made her one of the Pacific Northwest’s most in-demand singers, and a favorite of opera audiences everywhere.

Serena has had the honor of representing the entire Northwest District and won 5th place overall in the United States and Canada in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award (NATSAA). She made her Seattle Symphony debut performing the iconic role of Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), a role she is well known for. Serena has performed with Pacific Northwest Opera, Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony, and Noise and in numerous concerts and recitals, including the soprano solos in Carmina Burana with the Kirkland Choral Society and Messiah with the Whatcom Chorale and Sinfonia.

Other roles include Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) with Pacific Northwest Opera, Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Pacific Northwest Opera, Nanetta (Falstaff) with Puget Sound Concert Opera, Walter (La Wally) with Puget Sound Concert Opera, Frasquita (Carmen) with Pacific Northwest and Opera Bend, Alkandre (Penelope) withVespertine Opera, and Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) with Opera Mariposa. Ms. Eduljee is a frequent singer with Seattle Opera and has completed a season as Princess Gilda in the touring production of Laitman’s The Three Feathers as well as a tour of Cinderella in Spain in the title role. Her recent performance as Amore (A) in Seattle Opera’s highly acclaimed production of O+E earned much praise. Previous roles with Seattle Opera include preview performances of Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Queen of the Night, Katya (Katya Kabanova), Violetta (La Traviata), Gretel, Alitsa, and Raccoon in Seattle Opera's commissioned cycle, Our Earth, as well as many concerts, recitals, and gala events on behalf of Seattle Opera around the greater Seattle area. She has been an honored singer of the Seattle Opera Guild and received their Opera Plus Artist Scholarship of 2015/2016 for her work.

Serena’s education and training include OperaWorks Advanced Artist Program in Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from the prestigious Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where she studied under world-renowned opera star Carol Vaness. She currently resides in Issaquah, WA.

Her 2022 season concludes with Violetta/Norina (The Drunken Tenor’s Operapalooza Spectacular Shindig) with Tacoma Opera, and returning as soprano soloist (Messiah) with Whatcom Chorale and Sinfonia.