Ermonela Jaho (born July 18, 1974[1]) is an Albanian operatic soprano.

[3] The Financial Times said "Ermonela Jaho throws heart and soul into her singing... Don't even try to resist".

After winning a competition organized by the Italian soprano Katia Ricciarelli in Albania, she moved to Italy in 1993 where she studied for one year at the Academy of Mantova.

She has performed in opera houses worldwide including the Royal Opera in London,[8] the Metropolitan Opera,[9] Teatro Real Madrid,[10] the Berlin Staatsoper, Opera National de Paris,[11] Theatre des Champs-Élysées, Staatsoper Vienna, Bayerische Staatsoper,[12] Opera Australia,[13] Teatro Colón Buenos Aires,[14] Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Teatro alla Scala,[15] Teatro San Carlo Naples, Theatro Municipal de Sae Paulo, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opéra de Marseille, Arena di Verona, etc.

Her repertoire ranges from Violetta in La traviata, Maria Stuarda, Madame Butterfly, Manon, Mireille, Amina in La sonnambula, Mimi in La bohème, Michaela in Carmen, Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Angelica in Suor Angelica,[16] Anna Bolena, etc.