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Majeski, Amanda (soprano)
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Amanda Majeski (soprano)

Internationally renowned American soprano Amanda Majeski is a celebrated interpreter of Mozart, Strauss, Wagner and Handel. She is also highly acclaimed for her portrayal of Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová, having made her debut with that role at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Best New Opera Production at the 2019 Olivier Awards), and described as “Katya of the moment” following her concert performances with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in 2023.

Amanda Majeski made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Countess Almaviva in a new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, returning for a revival of Don Giovanni conducted by Fabio Luisi and new production of Così fan tutte under David Robertson. Her mainstage debut with the Lyric Opera of Chicago was as Countess Almaviva with conductor Sir Andrew Davis, returning as Vitellia (Mozart La clemenza di Tito), Eva (Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Marschallin (Strauss Der Rosenkavalier), Marta (Weinberg The Passenger) and Donna Elvira (Mozart Don Giovanni). She has worked with many leading opera houses including Teatro Real Madrid, Washington National Opera, Dutch National Opera, Opéra national de Paris, Pittsburgh Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Semperoper Dresden, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Oper Frankfurt, Opernhaus Zürich, Staatstheater Stuttgart, and Teatro Colón (Argentina), in performances that include the title role in Dvořák’s Rusalka, Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Komponist (Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos), Marguerite (Gounod Faust), and 3rd Norn and Gutrune in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung.

Notable appearances on the concert stage include Gutrune in a concert performance of Götterdämmerung with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and Jaap van Zweden that was released on Naxos Records; Beethoven Symphony No 9 (Los Angeles Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel, and Sydney Symphony Orchestra); Strauss Vier letzte Lieder at Verizon Hall Philadelphia, National Concert Hall Dublin, and with the Nürnberger Symphoniker; Berg Sieben frühe Lieder and Mozart Requiem with the Sinfonieorchester Aachen; and Wagner Wesendonck Lieder with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Her many recital appearances have included Italienisches Liederbuch at 92nd Street Y (New York) with pianist Julius Drake, and her solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall.

Amanda Majeski holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and Northwestern University. She was a member of San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program; the Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theatre of St. Louis; the Ravinia Steans Music Institute; and is an alumna of the Ryan Opera Center (Chicago). Awards include the George London Award (George and Nora London Foundation), first prize of the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition, and a Sara Tucker Study Grant from The Richard Tucker Music Foundation.

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