Mezzo-soprano Camille Sherman captivates audiences on both sides of the Atlantic with a voice that marries lustrous tone to fearless theatrical commitment. This season, Ms. Sherman makes her debut with Opéra de Québec as Angelina in La Cenerentola and returns to Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden for her second season as an Ensemble Artist, singing Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Hansel in Hänsel und Gretel, Flora in La traviata, and Mother Spring in Snow Maiden. She also reprises the roles of Mercédès in Carmen and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
In the 2024-2025 season, she joined Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden as an Ensemble Artist, where her assignments included the title role in Offenbach’s Fantasio, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Mercédès in Carmen, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, and their Salon Strozzi. Ms. Sherman was previously a member of the OperAvenir studio at Theater Basel in Switzerland, where she sang Roßweiße in Die Walküre, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Countess Ceprano/Page in Rigoletto, Mercédès in Carmen, and the title role in Mignon.
In recent seasons, Ms. Sherman sang Jess in the American premiere of Missing with Anchorage Opera and has distinguished herself as a Rossini singer with débuts as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Pensacola Opera and Opera Idaho, and as Angelina in La Cenerentola with Tri-Cities Opera and Syracuse Opera.
Previously, Ms. Sherman also joined Des Moines Metro Opera’s Apprentice Artist Program, performing in Platée, Queen of Spades, and Sweeney Todd. Ms. Sherman was also a member of the Portland Opera Resident Artist Program, where she was seen on their mainstage as Kate Pinkerton in addition to covering Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Sally in A Hand of Bridge, Announcer in Gallantry, Asteria in the American professional premiere of Vivaldi's Bajazet. Flora Bervoix in La traviata, Ramiro in La finta giardiniera, as well as covering Hannah After in As One and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia. Ms. Sherman has been featured at Pensacola Opera, performing the role of María in María de Buenos Aires, Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette, and the Housekeeper in Man of La Mancha, in addition to covering Aldonza in Man of La Mancha and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. On the concert stage, Ms. Sherman has appeared with the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra and débuted with Naples Philharmonic as soloist in Handel’s Messiah.
Ms. Sherman was a 2023 National Semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and has garnered acclaim in several other notable competitions as a Finalist in the Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition (2022), the Giulio Gari Foundation International Vocal Competition, Tier 1 of the James Toland Vocal Arts Competition, and Brava! Opera Theater Competition. During her vocal training, Ms. Sherman was in residence at the Janiec Opera Company and at Opera Works. Ms. Sherman holds degrees in Vocal Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (MM), where she studied with Catherine Cook, and Boston Conservatory (BM).
