Heralded for her “superb vocal and dramatic chops” by Opera News, with “stunning vocal beauty and absolute sincerity of expression” in Chicago Classical Review, mezzo-soprano Amanda Lynn Bottoms will begin her 2023-24 season performing concerts with the Moab Music Festival, followed by a brief residency at Skidmore College during which time she will sing Richard Danielpour’s song cycle The Unhealed Wound alongside Eric Owens. Other recent highlights include her mainstage debut at LA Opera as the Mother in Omar and Paquette in Candide with Philadelphia Orchestra and maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Bottoms is an alumna of the Cafritz Young Artist Program at the Washington National Opera, and has received recognition and awards from prestigious international competitions including the George London Foundation, the Gerda Lissner Foundation, and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Regionals. Bottoms holds a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School and a Certificate of Professional Studies in Opera from the Curtis Institute of Music.