Amanda Majeski

Internationally renowned American soprano Amanda Majeski is a celebrated interpreter of Mozart, Strauss, Wagner, and Handel. She is also highly acclaimed for her portrayal of Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová, making her debut with the role at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, which won best new opera production at the 2019 Olivier Awards. She was described as “Katya of the moment” following the London Symphony Orchestra concert performance conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in 2023.

Majeski began the 2024-25 season with an anticipated return to the title role in Strauss’ Salome at Semperoper Dresden. She also performed as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons, join the Madison Symphony for Strauss’ Four Last Songs and Mozart’s Requiem, and celebrate the centennial of her alma mater, the Curtis Institute of Music, as a visiting instructor and in a special gala recital.

During the 2023-24 season, Majeski returned to Teatro Real Madrid as Marta in the Spanish premiere of The Passenger and to Semperoper Dresden as Káťa in a new production directed by Calixto Bieito. She also gave a solo recital at Opera Philadelphia's O23 Festival and performed at the Tanglewood Music Festival as Gutrune in the final act of Wagner's Götterdämmerung with Andris Nelsons conducting.

In the 2022-23 season, Majeski debuted in the title role of Salome with Madison Opera in her home state of Wisconsin. She also performed Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony with Teddy Abrams and the Louisville Orchestra and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at the Tanglewood Music Festival with Susanna Mälkki conducting.

Majeski made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Countess Almaviva in a new production of Le nozze di Figaro and returned for a revival of Don Giovanni conducted by Fabio Luisi and a new production of Così fan tutte under David Robertson. She made her mainstage debut with the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Countess Almaviva under Sir Andrew Davis and returned for roles including Vitellia in La clemenza di Tito, Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, Marta in The Passenger, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. Additional performances include Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites for Pittsburgh Opera, Countess Almaviva for Washington National Opera, and Countess Madeleine in Capriccio, Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte for Santa Fe Opera.

In Europe, Majeski debuted at Semperoper Dresden, performing in new productions of Alcina and La clemenza di Tito and revivals of Le nozze di Figaro and Capriccio. She has performed Vitellia for Opéra de Paris, Donna Elvira with Dutch National Opera, and Countess Almaviva and Eva at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Other notable roles include the title role in Rusalka and her first Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier for Oper Frankfurt, Marguerite in Faust at Opernhaus Zürich, and performances at the Staatstheater Stuttgart and Teatro Colón.

Majeski sang Gutrune in a concert performance of Götterdämmerung with the Hong Kong Philharmonic under Jaap van Zweden, which was released on Naxos Records. Other notable concert appearances include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Britten’s War Requiem with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Antonio Pappano; Strauss’ Four Last Songs at Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, National Concert Hall in Dublin, and with the Nürnberger Symphoniker; Berg’s Seven Early Songs and Mozart’s Requiem with the Sinfonieorchester Aachen; and Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Her many recital appearances include Italienisches Liederbuch at the 92nd Street Y with pianist Julius Drake and her solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall.

Majeski holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and Northwestern University. She participated in the Merola Opera Program, the Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and the Steans Institute at Ravinia. Her awards include the George London Foundation Award, first prize at the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition, and a Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation.