Biography
Soprano
Amanda Forsythe
Amanda Forsythe is a regular soloist with Baroque ensembles and festivals including Les Talens Lyriques, Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, Boston Early Music Festival, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, Tafelmusik, Apollo’s Fire, Opera Prima, Pacific Musicworks, Early Music Vancouver, and Philharmonia Baroque. This season she performs with the Chicago Symphony, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Victoria Symphony, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Boston Baroque, Tucson Baroque Festival, and Boston Early Music Festival. In recent season she has also appeared with the Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Moscow Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Academy of Ancient Music, St. Louis Symphony, Music of the Baroque, and Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. She makes her San Francisco Symphony debut with these performances.
Forsythe sang Euridice on the recording of Charpentier’s La descente d’Orphée aux enfers with the Boston Early Music Festival that won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. Her discography includes more than 25 albums and DVDs, many of them premiere recordings. Forthcoming discs include Handel’s Roman Cantatas, Pergolesi’s La serva padrona, and a solo Telemann album.
Forsythe sang Euridice on the recording of Charpentier’s La descente d’Orphée aux enfers with the Boston Early Music Festival that won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. Her discography includes more than 25 albums and DVDs, many of them premiere recordings. Forthcoming discs include Handel’s Roman Cantatas, Pergolesi’s La serva padrona, and a solo Telemann album.
