Soprano
Recipient of the 2010 First Place
Mack & Marie Milner Award
Amanda Grooms
Soprano Amanda Grooms recently attained her Master’s Degree from Rice University where she sang the roles of Donna Elvira in DON GIOVANNI, Adina in L’ELISIR D’AMORE and Armida in Handel’s RINALDO. Ms. Grooms performed the roles of Micaëla in CARMEN and Violetta in LA TRAVIATA with the Aspen Music Festival under the baton of Julius Rudel and was a winner of the 2006 Vocal Concerto Competition and performed in concert under the baton of George Manahan and the Sinfonia Orchestra. Operatic roles include Fiordiligi in COSÌ FAN TUTTE with Opera Vivente, Giannetta in L’ELISIR D’AMORE with Opera Birmingham, the title role in Mozart’s ZAÏDE in the Midwest premier of his unfinished opera with the Milwaukee Opera Theater. In 2005, Ms. Grooms was a studio artist with Sarasota Opera where she sang Ellen in Delibes’ LAKMÉ and covered Donna Anna in DON GIOVANNI and she was an apprentice artist the previous season where she covered the role of Königen der Nacht in DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE.
Amanda has been a winner of he Saint Louis District Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions on three different occasions, taking 2nd place at the Regional Finals in 2003 and 2006.
Equally at home on the recital and concert stage, Ms. Grooms has made concert appearances in Salzburg, Vienna, Milan, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Washington D.C., Milwaukee and St. Louis.
Ms. Grooms has performed numerous works by new composers, including two world premieres and most recently the American Premiere of celebrated Italian composer Matteo D’Amico’s STABAT MATER hosted by Rice University and the Italian Consulate of Houston.
Sunday, May 2, 2010 Das war sehr gut from ARABELLA by Richard Strauss Amanda was accompanied by Scott Holshouser HD Video by Roberi Land Productions