Bio
American soprano Amanda Sheriff is currently in her second year as Glynn Studio Artist at Atlanta Opera, where she will sing Papagena (Die Zauberflöte). Later this season Amanda will make her Opera Philadelphia debut as Jess (The Listeners) and will return to perform Zerlina (Don Giovanni).
In 2024 she made her role debut as Musetta (La Bohéme) at Opera Montana and returned to the Glimmerglass Festival to perform Satirino/L’Eternita (La Calisto). During 2023 Amanda was a finalist for the Ryan Center, joined the Glynn Studio program and was a Young Artist at the Glimmerglass Festival, premiering the role Calista (Rip Van Winkles).
In 2022, Sheriff was awarded first prize in the Lotte Lenya Competition and returned to Opera Delaware as Despina (Così fan tutte) and also rejoined Opera Baltimore as Miss Jessel (Turn of the Screw).
During 2021, Amanda joined Des Moines Metro Opera as an Apprentice Artist and made her debut as Miss Lightfoot (Fellow Travelers). Amanda was also a Studio Artist at Florida Grand Opera, and performed the roles of Beatrice (Three Decembers),1st Trio member (Trouble in Tahiti) and Célie (Signor Deluso). Amanda performed Norina (Don Pasquale) with Opera Delaware and Monica (The Medium) with Opera Baltimore.
Sheriff was a Young Artist at Seagle in 2019 and performed Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro).
She received her BM: music education and MM: vocal performance from Stephen F. Austin State University.