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Internationally renowned American soprano Amanda Majeski is a celebrated interpreter of Mozart, Strauss, Wagner and Handel. She is also highly acclaimed for her portrayal of Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová, making her debut with that role at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Best New Opera Production at the 2019 Olivier Awards), and having been described as “Katya of the moment”, following the London Symphony Orchestra concert performance conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in 2023.
Ms. Majeski begins the 2024-2025 in an anticipated return to the role of Strauss’ Salome with Semperoper Dresden. She also joins the Madison Symphony for Strauss’ Four Last Songs and Mozart’s Requiem, and celebrates the centennial of her alma mater, the Curtis Institute of Music, both in residence as a visiting instructor and in recital for a special gala performance.
Forthcoming engagements include appearances at the BBC Proms, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and Opera Frankfurt.
During the 2023-24 season, Majeski made returns to the Teatro Real Madrid as Marta in the Spanish premiere of The Passenger, and to the Semperoper Dresden, as Káťa in a new production directed by Calixto Bieito. She also gave a solo recital at Opera Philadelphia's O23 Festival and returned to the Tanglewood Music Festival as Gutrune in the final act of Wagner's Götterdämmerung, paced by Andris Nelsons.
Amanda Majeski’s 2022-2023 season brought an exciting role debut as Salome, which she sang with Madison Opera in her home state of Wisconsin. She sang Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony with Teddy Abrams and the Louisville Orchestra, and performed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Tanglewood Music Festival with conductor Susanna Mälkki.
Majeski made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Countess Almaviva in a new production of Le nozze di Figaro, returning for a revival of Don Giovanni conducted by Fabio Luisi and new production of Così fan tutte under David Robertson. She made her mainstage debut with the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Countess Almaviva with conductor Sir Andrew Davis, returning as Vitellia in La clemenza di Tito, Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, Marta and Donna Elvira. She sang Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites for Pittsburgh Opera, Countess Almaviva in her debut for the Washington National Opera, and Countess Madeleine in Capriccio, Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte for the Santa Fe Opera. Majeski made her European debut at the Semperoper Dresden, where she performed in new productions of Alcina and La clemenza di Tito, along with revivals of Le nozze di Figaro and Capriccio. She has bowed as Vitellia for Opéra de Paris, Donna Elvira with Dutch National Opera, Countess Almaviva and Eva for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the title role Rusalka and her first Marschallin for Oper Frankfurt, made her debut with the Opernhaus Zürich as Marguerite in Faust, and appeared at the Staatstheater Stuttgart and Teatro Colón.
Majeski sang Gutrune in a concert performance of Götterdämmerung with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and Jaap van Zweden that was released on Naxos Records. Other concerts include Beethoven Symphony No.9 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (Gustavo Dudamel) and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Britten War Requiem with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (Antonio Pappano), Strauss Vier letzte Lieder at Verizon Hall Philadelphia, National Concert Hall Dublin and with the Nürnberger Symphoniker, Berg Sieben frühe Lieder and Mozart Requiem with the Sinfonieorchester Aachen and Wagner Wesendonck Lieder with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Her many recital appearances have included Italienisches Liederbuch at 92nd Street Y with pianist Julius Drake and her solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall.
Majeski holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and Northwestern University. She was a member of the Merola Opera 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.
