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Cherubino was represented with complete grace by Amanda Crider, whom we have been able to admire on other occasions with the Florida Grand Opera.                         Diario Las Americas

Praised for her “focused golden toned voice,” young American mezzo-soprano Amanda Crider is quickly gaining recognition for her extraordinary musicality and assured dramatic presence.  Ms. Crider’s current season includes appearances as Nellie Forbush in Anchorage Opera’s production of South Pacific, as well as performances in De Falla’s The Three-cornered Hat with the New World Symphony, Mozart’s Mass in c minor with the Bach Festival Society, and Messiah with Apollo’s Fire. In the upcoming 2011-2012 season Amanda will make her debut with Dallas Opera in La traviata, Opera Omaha in La cambiale di Matrimonio and Eugene Symphony Orchestra as the Alto soloist in the Mozart Requiem; as well as her return to Eugene Opera in Nixon in China.

In recent seasons,  Ms. Crider debuted with Florida Grand Opera singing the role of Mallika in Lakmé, and went on to delight audiences as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro. She was also heard in 2008 singing the role of Diana in Eugene Opera’s hilarious production of Orpheus in the Underworld. Additionally, was seen as Cherubino with the Des Moines Metro Opera and the Eugene Opera, as well as The Monitor in Suor Angelica, Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor, Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Mercedes in Carmen with the Florida Grand Opera.

Ms. Crider joined the roster of the New York City Opera in the fall of 2007 in Barber’s opera Vanessa covering the role of Erika. She has also performed with such companies as the Des Moines Metro Opera as Siébel in Faust, Opera Boston as Nellie Forbush in South Pacific, Gotham Chamber Opera as the 2^nd Gypsy in Scenes of Gypsy Life, as well as many others.  For her first foray into the operatic world, Ms. Crider performed the role of L’Enfant in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges at the Tanglewood Music Center.  The Boston Globe said she sang with “ineffable tenderness”, and was hailed by Opera News as “delightful.”

Ms. Crider has been lauded for her fine interpretations of early music.  This year she’ll debut with the Bach Festival Society in Florida and renown baroque group from Cleveland Apollo’s Fire  She was heard as Pastore #3 in the 2007 Glimmerglass Opera production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, and returned for a second season in 2008 where she excelled in a performance of the role of Sesto in Handel’s Giulio Cesare, when the artist she was covering was indisposed.  She also performed an evening of Baroque arias and duets with internationally renowned soprano Lisa Saffer and the Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival in the summer of 2008.

An impeccable interpreter of song and oratorio, Ms. Crider made her Carnegie Hall debut in the fall of 2007 singing as mezzo soloist in Messiah with the New England Symphonic Ensemble.  She returned to Carnegie Hall in April of 2008 as mezzo soloist in Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass.  Her other concert credits include mezzo soloist in Messiah with numerous orchestras such as the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and the Savannah Symphony, as well as appearances with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, the International Contemporary Ensemble, and the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.

A 2009 Finalist in the Jose Iturbi International Voice Competition, Ms. Crider was also the 2nd Place Winner in the 2008 Shreveport Opera, 2007 Recipient of the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition David and Ingrid Kosowsky Award, Finalist in the 2006 Oratorio Society of New York Vocal Competition and 2005 Center for Contemporary Opera Competition, and 2003 recipient of a Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation.

Ms. Crider received her Master’s degree in vocal performance from the Manhattan School of Music, and earned her Bachelor’s degree in piano performance.