Camille Sherman is a versatile mezzo-soprano bringing beautiful tone and strong dramatic instincts to a wide variety of repertoire across North American stages. This season, she joins Theater Basel in Switzerland as part of their OperAvenir studio where she will sing Roßweiße in Die Walküre, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Ceprano/Page in Rigoletto, Mercédès in Carmen, and the title role in Mignon. Last season, she sang Jess in the American premiere of Missing with Anchorage Opera and she was seen onstage at the Metropolitan Opera competing as a National Semifinalist in the Laffont Competition after winning the Northwest Region.

In recent seasons, Ms. Sherman 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. Ms. Sherman also joined Des Moines Metro Opera’s Apprentice Artist Program, performing in Platée, Queen of Spades, and Sweeney Todd. Previously, Ms. Sherman completed her second season in the Portland Opera Resident Artist Program, where she was seen on their main stage as Kate Pinkerton in addition to covering Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Sally in A Hand of Bridge, Announcer in Gallantry, and Asteria in the American professional premiere of Vivaldi's Bajazet. Previous credits with Portland Opera include Flora Bervoix in La Traviataand Ramiro in La finta giardiniera, as well as covering Hannah After in As One and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia.[read more...]