Amanda Lynn Bottoms
Mezzo-sopranoRecent Highlights
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Amanda Lynn Bottoms
Mezzo-soprano
Amanda Lynn Bottoms
Mezzo-sopranoPraised by the New York Times as “commanding with captivating texture”, and Opera News for “luxurious full tone and interpretive intensity”, Bottoms was a featured Apprentice Artist in 2021 with Santa Fe Opera covering Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Fillipyevna in Eugene Onegin, Ino in The Lord of Cries, and singing Carmen in the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Showcase. To much acclaim, Bottoms headlined the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago Fall 2021 recital series – the opening performance, Songs of the New World, was named one of Chicago Classical Review’s ‘Best of 2021’ alongside the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the final recital The Songs We Carried, received honorable mention.
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Prominent debuts include Paquette in Candide with Philadelphia Orchestra and maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Mahler Symphony No.2 with the UCLA Symphony, Mercedes in Carmen with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Songfest with the Juilliard Symphony Orchestra, Richard Danielpour’s The Passion of Yeshua, Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, The Brothers Balliett’s Fifty Trillion Molecular Geniuses at Carnegie Hall, originating the role of Frances in the world premiere of The Flood with Opera Columbus, de Falla’s El Amor Brujo with Lansing Symphony Orchestra and Anita in Bernstein’s West Side Story with the NHK Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo under the baton of maestro Paavo Järvi.
Bottoms has received recognition and awards from prestigious international competitions including the George London Foundation, Loren L. Zachary Society, Operalia, Gerda Lissner, Opera Index, and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Regionals. Bottoms holds a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School where she was a coveted Kovner Fellow, and a Certificate of Professional Studies in Opera from the Curtis Institute of Music.
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