Soprano Amanda Sheriff
ROLES PREPARED AND/OR PERFORMED
Ashley – The Listeners
Aveline – Elizabeth Cree
Barbarina – Le Nozze di Figaro
Beatrice – Three Decembers
Carrie – Carousel
Catherine – Suddenly Last Summer
Despina – Così fan Tutte
Gilda – Rigoletto
Helena – Midsummer Night’s Dream
Iris – Semele
Jazz Trio – Trouble in Tahiti
Jess – The Listeners
Lauretta – Gianni Schicchi
Mařenka – The Bartered Bride
Miss Jessel – Turn of the Screw
Miss Lightfoot – Fellow Travelers
Monica – The Medium
Musetta – La Bohème
Norina – Don Pasquale
Pamina – Die Zauberflöte
Papagena – Die Zauberflöte
Rosabella – The Most Happy Fella
Sarah – Ragtime
Satirino – Calisto
Susanna – Le Nozze di Figaro
Titania – Midsummer Night’s Dream
Yniold – Pelleas et Melisande
Zerlina – Don Giovanni
ROLES IN PREPARATION/UNDER CONSIDERATION
Adina – l’elisir d’amore
Sophie – Der Rosenkavalier
Melisande – Pelleas et Melisande
Adele – Die Fledermaus
Clara – Porgy and Bess
Marie – La Fille du Regiment
American soprano Amanda Sheriff has been celebrated for her luminous voice, compelling stage presence, and versatility across genres spanning the classic operatic repertoire, contemporary classical works, and musical theater.
Planned engagements for the 2026-2027 season include reprising the role of Beatrice in Three Decembers with Opera Grand Rapids, appearing as soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, making a Carnegie Hall debut as soprano soloist in Schubert’s Mass in G Major, and a Tulsa Opera debut as Despina in Così fan tutte.
2025–26 season highlights included Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro with The Atlanta Opera, a musical theater debut as Sarah in Ragtime with Opera Montana, and a return to Opera Baltimore as Yniold in Pelléas et Mélisande. She also covered the role of Catherine in the world premiere of Suddenly Last Summer, a new opera presented at Bard SummerScape.
Other recent engagements include Musetta in La Bohème with Opera Montana, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte and Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro with The Atlanta Opera, Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Jess in The Listeners with Opera Philadelphia, Satirino/L’Eternità in La Calisto at The Glimmerglass Festival, and soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra.
The First Prize winner of the 2022 Lotte Lenya Competition, Sheriff is an alumna of The Atlanta Opera‘s Studio Artist Program and The Glimmerglass Festival Young Artist Program. She has appeared with Opera Philadelphia, The Atlanta Opera, Opera Montana, Greenville Symphony Orchestra, Opera Baltimore, Des Moines Metro Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Delaware, Seagle Music Colony, and Bard SummerScape.
