“THE RICHLY VIBRANT, DEEPLY EXPRESSIVE VOICE OF BOTTOMS, HER OPULENT SOUND BLOOMING…STUNNING VOCAL BEAUTY AND ABSOLUTE SINCERITY OF EXPRESSION”
CHICAGO CLASSICAL REVIEW
Renowned for her "superb vocal and dramatic chops" (Opera News) mezzo-soprano Amanda Lynn Bottoms continues to captivate audiences this season in perfomances with AMOC, Dayton Opera, Cincinnati Pops, Skidmore College, Moab Music Festival, Chautauqua Opera and more. She makes her debut as Ottone/Fortune in Yuval Sharon’s groundbreaking Comet/Poppea, an opera by composer George Lewis, produced in collaboration with Anthony Roth Costanzo and co-commissioned by AMOC, The Industry and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Bottoms headlines the world premiere of Richard Danielpour’s The Unhealed Wound, and joins UNF School of Music as a Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series guest artist.
2023/2024 SEASON
DAYTON OPERA
SWEENEY TODD
BEGGAR WOMAN
NOVEMBER 4 & 5, 2023
UNF SCHOOL OF MUSIC
C.F.F. CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
GUEST ARTIST
APRIL 2024
AMOC & THE INDUSTRY
COMET/POPPEA
OTTONE/FORTUNE
JUNE 2024
SKIDMORE RESIDENCY
THE UNHEALED WOUND
SOLOIST WORLD PREMIERE
SEPTEMBER 2023
RICHARD DANIELPOUR, COMPOSER
RECENT ENGAGEMENTS
MOAB MUSIC FESTIVAL
2023 SUMMER FESTIVAL
GUEST ARTIST
CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION
CHAUTAUQUA OPERA
FESTIVAL ARTIST
BEGGAR WOMAN - SWEENEY TODD
BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC
THE MAGIC FLUTE
THIRD LADY
APRIL 2023
AKRON SYMPHONY
MAHLER SYMPHONY NO.3
APRIL 2023
OPERA PHILADELPHIA
COMPOSERS CELEBRATION
LIZZIE 10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE
OPERA GRAND RAPIDS
THE LAST AMERICAN HAMMER
DEE DEE REYES
MARCH 2023
LA OPERA
OMAR
FATIMA/MOTHER
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2022
APPRENTICE ARTIST PROGRAM
SANTA FE OPERA
CARMEN, L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI (ISABELLA), M. BUTTERFLY (AGENT 1)
SUMMER 2022/2021
LONG BEACH OPERA
GIUSTINO
LEOCASTA
MAY 2022
LA OPERA
DEATH
WORLD PREMIERE
TYSHAWN SOREY, COMPOSER | NADIA HALLGREN, DIRECTOR
"POIGNANT…A RICHLY EXPRESSIVE MEZZO"
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