Amanda is the fifth-prize winner in the 2023 Giulio Gari Foundation Vocal Competition.
AMANDA BATISTA is a Puerto-Rican Cuban-American Soprano singing with passion, power, and purpose. This is Ms. Batista’s second season with the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera where she studies under the tutelage of Darrell Babidge.
This season she makes two role debuts at the Metropolitan Opera: First Lady in the English Holiday Production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, and Bianca in Puccini’s La Rondine.
Ms. Batista made her Met debut in the 22/23 season as the High Priestess in Verdi’s Aida, and this past summer, she appeared as an artist in residency with the Académie du Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in France. She also made her role debut as Elettra in Mozart’s Idomeneo with the Aspen Music Festival, as a Renée Fleming Artist.
In the 22/23 season, Ms. Batista joined the prestigious Merola Opera Program where she sang the title role in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, and Salud in de Falla’s La Vida Breve on the Schwabacher Summer Concert. She appeared as a featured soloist on the Merola Grand Finale concert where she sang the act one duet from Madama Butterfly on stage at the San Fransisco Opera.