Mezzo-Soprano
Amy Maude helfer
Amy Maude Helfer, mezzo-soprano, is a versatile singing actor of opera, operetta and musical theatre, especially noted for her “plangent mezzo” (QonStage), “intriguing near-contralto…and a mouth made for sarcastic asides” (Parterre Box). Opera/oratorio: Rosina (Barber), Stéphano (R&J) with NY City Opera at Bryant Park; Carmen at Narnia Festival; Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti) at Boheme OperaNJ; Klytämnestra (Elektra); Baba (Rake’s Progress); Vera (The Consul), Nancy (Albert Herring) at Bronx Opera; Witch (H&G), Berta (Barber), Zulma (L’italiana), Mercédès at Opera Theater of CT; Cherubino, Artist-in-Residence at Dayton Opera; Hansel with Boston Lyric Opera; alto soloist (Haydn Lord Nelson Mass; Stroope American Rhapsody; US premiere of Lera Auerbach’s Vessels of Light with NY City Opera) at Carnegie Hall. Operetta/musical theatre: Petra (Night Music) at Union Avenue Opera; Phoebe (Yeomen) at Winter Opera St. Louis; Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd); Pirate King at Raylynmor Opera, Sister Margaretta (Sound of Music) at Ivoryton Playhouse; Ruth (Pirates); Iolanthe, Phoebe, Tessa (Gondoliers), Pitti-Sing (Mikado), Kate (Pirates), Counsel (Trial by Jury) and more with NY G&S Players. Lotte Lenya Competition semifinalist; Opera CT's American Opera Idol second place 2024. Proud AEA member.
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