“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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