
Woodbury has also been regularly seen on the stage of LA Opera with roles including Micaëla in Carmen, Musetta in La Bohème, and Papagena in The Magic Flute. Her appearances for the 2022/23 season include Adina in L'Elisir d'Amoreat the Metropolitan Opera.Ĭareer highlights include multiple appearances at the Metropolitan Opera including the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, a role debut as Juliette in the new Bartlett Sher production of Roméo et Juliette, Leïla in The Pearl Fishers, Woglinde in Robert Lepage’s productions of Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung, Tebaldo in Don Carlo, appearances on the Rising Stars concert series, and covers of the title role in Manon, Norina in Don Pasquale and Antonia in The Tales of Hoffmann. Orchestral engagements include Handel’s Messiah with the United States Naval Academy. She will also make her house debut as Micaëla in Carmen with Palm Beach Opera. Woodbury also returns to the Metropolitan Opera to sing the Celestial Voice in a new production of the original French version of Don Carlos, and cover the title role in Rodelinda.

Woodbury’s debut with the Glyndebourne Festival as the Countess in the Michael Grandage production of The Marriage of Figaro. Soprano Amanda Woodbury has been praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as having a voice that is “bright, beautifully colored, and full of strength and passion.” The 2021/22 season sees Ms.

Director Simon Stone creates a powerful new production that moves the story to a present-day world of desperation and decline.

Lina González-Granados leads the proceedings in her first outing as the company's new Resident Conductor. Tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz returns as Lucia's beloved Edgardo, with Alexander Birch Elliott as Enrico and bass Eric Owens as Raimondo. Two extraordinary sopranos-who launched their careers at LA Opera-will take on the iconic title role: Amanda Woodbury, who's now a star at the Metropolitan Opera, and Liv Redpath, who'll sing Lucia at the Deutsche Oper Berlin this year. Her only way out seems to be murder.ĭonizetti's gorgeously moody score masterfully conveys Lucia's isolation and instability as she slips into a terrifying world of madness.

Worse, he's forcing her to marry someone else in a last-ditch effort to shore up the family's failing finances. Her abusive brother hates the man she loves. Lucia is trapped in an impossible situation.
