She also worked under the direction of Franco Zeffirelli in Carmen. For anywhere from $5 to $10 a night, Rossum sang in six different languages in 20 different operas, including La bohème, Turandot, a Carnegie Hall presentation of La damnation de Faust, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Over the course of five years, she sang onstage with the chorus and had the chance to perform with other opera greats, such as Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. Upon singing "Happy Birthday" in all 12 keys, Rossum was welcomed to join the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus by chorus director Elena Doria at the age of 7. She was raised by her mother and only met her father twice while growing up. Rossum's parents divorced before she was born. Her mother is Jewish and her father is "a WASP".
She is the niece of Vera Wang, to whom she is related by marriage. She was named after her grandfather, whose first name was Emanuel, using the feminine spelling Emmanuelle. Rossum was born in New York City, New York, the only child of Cheryl, a single mother who worked as a corporate photographer and an investment banker.
3 Charity work and public service campaigns.
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