CAMILLE SHERMAN
MEZZO-SOPRANO
BIOGRAPHY
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 Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden as an Ensemble Artist, where she will sing the title role in Offenbach’s Fantasio, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Mercédès in Carmen, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, and in their Salon Strozzi. Last season she was a member of the OperAvenir studio at Theater Basel in Switzerland, where she sang Roßweiße in Die Walküre, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, 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 she was seen onstage at the Metropolitan Opera competing as a National Semifinalist in the Laffont Competition after winning the Northwest Region.
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 Traviata and Ramiro in La finta giardiniera, as well as covering Hannah After in As One and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
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CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"A balance of character and dramatic function with a clear, accurate voice and fine presence." – SF Classical Voice
La Finta Giardiniera – “Mezzo-soprano Camille Sherman was affecting as this Ramiro, managing a balance of character and dramatic function with a clear, accurate voice and fine presence.”
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“Camille Sherman’s plummy mezzo...” – Opera Today
Rameau’s Platée – “Camille Sherman’s plummy mezzo served up a Thalie with great abandon.”
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"Her voice brought all the nuances of this role to life in the most beautiful way." – Das Opernmagazin
Mignon – "Camille Sherman was heard as Mignon. What a sensitive portrayal of this role. Her voice brought all the nuances of this role to life in the most beautiful way. The romance in the first act "Connais-tu le pays" was one of the highlights of the evening."
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"[H]er sensitive and colorful lyrical moments." – BZ Basel
Mignon – "Camille Sherman in the title role made a lasting impression with her dramatic top notes as well as her sensitive and colorful lyrical moments."
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"Camille Sherman's...resources enable her to compose an increasingly endearing character..." – ResMusica
Mignon – "...both also display impeccable French diction. The same can be said of Camille Sherman's Mignon, whose resources enable her to compose an increasingly endearing character, from the elegiac Connais-tu le pays to the jealous fury of Elle est là, près de lui."