AMANDA SHERIFF
SOPRANO
BIOGRAPHY
American soprano Amanda Sheriff recently completed her second year as a Studio Artist with The Atlanta Opera, where she performed and covered multiple roles. This season, she returns to Atlanta as Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro, makes her musical theater debut as Sarah in Ragtime with Opera Montana, and returns to Opera Baltimore as Yniold in Pelléas et Mélisande.
Last season featured a series of notable debuts, including Musetta in La Bohème at Opera Montana, Satirino/L’Eternità in La Calisto at the Glimmerglass Festival, and Jess in The Listeners with Opera Philadelphia. She also joined the Greenville Symphony as soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and closed the year as Papagena in Die Zauberflöte with The Atlanta Opera.
Other recent highlights include Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Opera Philadelphia and the world premiere of Steele Roots for Atlanta Opera’s 96-Hour Opera Project. Sheriff joined The Atlanta Opera Studio in 2023 following her time as a Young Artist at the Glimmerglass Festival, where she premiered the role of Calista in Rip Van Winkle.
In 2022, Sheriff won first prize in the prestigious Lotte Lenya Competition and appeared with Opera Delaware and Opera Baltimore. Additional credits include performances with Des Moines Metro Opera, Florida Grand Opera, and Seagle Music Colony, where she was acclaimed for her Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro.
With a repertoire that spans from Mozart to contemporary premieres, Sheriff is recognized for her dynamic versatility, luminous voice, and compelling stage presence.
Current as of September 1, 2025
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"...soft high tones that caress the ear..." – South Florida Classical Review
Three Decembers – "Beatrice is a less clearly defined character but Amanda Sheriff, a member of the FGO Studio Artist program, is a real find. With soft high tones that caress the ear and the ability to fully command the stage, her voice blended felicitously with Solis in their duets. She displayed deep pathos in Beatrice’s alcohol-tinged narrative of her loveless marriage."
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"...wildly funny and elegantly lyrical..." – South Florida Classical Review
Signor Deluso – "Deploying a soprano of strength, tonal beauty and dramatic depth, Sheriff, one of the most impressive singers in this season’s FGO Artists’ Studio, was both wildly funny and elegantly lyrical in Cèlie’s send up of anguish and despair."
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"...silvery soprano..." – Opera Today
Fellow Travelers – "...the petite, cute-as-a-button soprano Amanda Sheriff, used her silvery soprano to good effect as the malevolent Miss Lightfoot."
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"...she was riveting..." – MD Theatre Guide
The Medium – "Amanda Sherriff’s voice has a richness that grabs you by the ear from her first notes to her final scene. There is something haunting, almost unusual in its beauty. As Monica, she is playful and funny in her scenes with Toby. When she tries to be defiant, threatening to leave with Toby if Madama throws him out, she is totally believable. In her Black Swan aria, she was riveting. Menotti’s writing for this character suits Ms. Sherriff’s soprano to a “T” which stands for terrific."
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"...stole every scene she was in..." – Opera Today
La Calisto – "Petite soprano Amanda Sheriff stole every scene she was in as the Young Satyr, dominating the action with her vibrant, sassy singing, and her animated, randy, suggestive gyrations. She tamed this joyous abandon to double effectively [sic] as Eternity."
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"...beautiful voice and good comedic timing..." – Speakeysie
Die Zauberflöte – He along with Amanda Sheriff as Papagena played off each other in the infamous lighthearted duet and made the audience laugh and smile...Amanda is in her second year as an Atlanta Opera Studio Artist and executed her role with a beautiful voice and good comedic timing.