Amanda Majeski

About Amanda

Internationally renowned American lyric soprano Amanda Majeski is rapidly garnering critical acclaim for a voice of “silvery beauty” (Musical America).

Ms. Majeski made her Metropolitan Opera debut on the opening night of the 2014-2015 season as "Countess Almaviva" in a new production of Le nozze di Figaro conducted by James Levine. Since then, she has returned for revivals of Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni, both conducted by Fabio Luisi, and a new production of Così fan tutte conducted by David Robertson.

She made her critically-acclaimed role debut as "The Marschallin" in Claus Guth’s new production of Der Rosenkavalier at Oper Frankfurt, where she has also been seen as "The Goose-Girl" in Humperdinck’s Königskinder, "Vreli" in Delius’s A Village Romeo and Juliet, and the title role in Dvořák’s Rusalka. Ms. Majeski made her European debut at the Semperoper Dresden where her performances included new productions of Alcina and La clemenza di Tito, as well as revivals of Le nozze di Figaro and Capriccio.

On the concert stage, Ms. Majeski made her debut with the Hong Kong Philharmonic as Gutrune in Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung conducted by Jaap van Zweden. She has appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and sang her first performances of Strauss’ "Vier letzte Lieder" at Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall with the Curtis Orchestra conducted by Karina Canellakis.

Ms. Majeski holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and Northwestern University. She was a member of San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program, the Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and the Steans Institute at Ravinia. Awards include the George London Foundation Award, first prize of the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition, and a Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation.