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A native of Crestwood, Kentucky, soprano Amanda Woodbury has been praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as having a voice that is “bright, beautifully colored, and full of strength and passion.” The 2022 – 2023 season sees Ms. Woodbury’s return to Los Angeles Opera for her role debut in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor, which the LA Times said “all flows from her without effort.” Ms. Woodbury also returns to the Metropolitan Opera to sing Adina in Bartlett Sher’s production of L’elisir d’Amore, while covering Donna Anna in a new production of Don Giovanni.

The 2021 – 2022 season saw Ms. Woodbury’s debut with the Glyndebourne Festival as Countess in the Michael Grandage production of Le nozze di Figaro. Ms. Woodbury also returned to the Metropolitan Opera to sing Une voix d’en haut in a new production of the original five act French version of Don Carlos, and cover the title role in Rodelinda. She also made her house debut as Micaëla in Carmen with Palm Beach Opera. Orchestral engagements included Handel’s Messiah with the United States Naval Academy.

Career highlights include multiple appearances at the Metropolitan Opera including Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, a role debut as Juliette in the new Bartlett Sher production of Roméo et Juliette, Leïla in Les Pêcheurs des perles, Woglinde in Robert Lepage’s productions of Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung, Tebaldo in Don Carlo, appearances on the Rising Stars concert series, and covers of the title role in Manon, Norina in Don Pasquale and Antonia in Les contes d’Hoffmann. Ms. Woodbury has also been regularly seen on the stage of LA Opera with roles including Micaëla in Carmen, Musetta in La bohème, and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte. Additional operatic highlights include the role of Violetta in La traviata with both the Glimmerglass Festival and San Antonio Opera, Pia in Donizetti’s Pia de’ Tolomei with the Spoleto festival, the title role in Bellini’s La straniera with Washington Concert Opera, her role debut as Marguerite in Faust with Tulsa Opera, Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Des Moines Metro Opera, Madison Opera, Opera Omaha, and Dayton Opera, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Madison Opera, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with the Merola Opera Program, and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi at the Aspen Music Festival. Ms. Woodbury was scheduled to make her debut with the Glyndebourne Festival in the role of Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and her debut with Opera Hong Kong as Opehlia in Thomas’ Hamlet, both of which were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Concert work includes her LA Phil debut as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, Handel’s Messiah with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Mahler’s Symphony Number 8 and Haydn’s Creation with the Cincinnati May Festival conducted by James Conlon, the soprano soloist in Carmina Burana with the Aspen Music Festival, Fauré’s Requiem with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, and her international debut singing Ophelia’s mad scene from Hamlet by Thomas with Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Additional appearances include American Symphony Orchestra for a concert of Bach Arias, marking her Alice Tully Hall debut, and Mozart Mass in C with the New Choral Society.

In 2014 Ms. Woodbury was honored as a Grand Final Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and second place and audience choice award in Plácido Domingo’s Operalia competition. Ms. Woodbury was also awarded both a Sarah Tucker Study Grant and Richard Tucker Career Grant, as well as Second Place and audience choice award in both the Eleanor McCollum Houston Grand Opera competition and the Dallas Opera competitions.

Ms. Woodbury received a Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, a Bachelor of Music degree at Indiana University, and currently resides in New York.

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