Soprano
Soprano
Soprano Amani Cole-Felder joins the roster of UIA Talent Agency!
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Soprano Amani Cole-Felder joins the roster of UIA Talent Agency!
Please visit the UIA Talent website for more details. Click here
Biography
Hailing from Somerset, New Jersey, Soprano Amani Cole-Felder is an alumna of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Her 2023-2024 season commenced in concert with Opera Carlo Felice at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral where she reprised excerpts of her notable Mozart Opera roles in celebration of Lorenzo Da Ponte’s legacy. In April Amani debuted the role of Liù in Turandot with Fargo Moorhead Opera under the baton of Michelle Rofrano. This summer she performed Opera and Broadway classics in concert with Salt Marsh Opera at the historic Old Lighthouse Museum.
During the Spring of 2023 she made her Opera Theatre of Saint Louis debut as Lucy/Lovie Alexander in the Damien Sneed re-imagined version of Joplin’s Treemonisha. Amani covered the title role of Susannah and performed in the Center Stage Concert with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra during her time as an OTSL Gaddes Festival Artist.
Ms. Cole-Felder recently performed the roles of Angelica/Fiordiligi in the North American premiere of Roberto S. Perino’s Furiosus; in collaboration with New York University’s Casa Italiana under the direction of Robert Tweten. Earlier this season, she performed the role of Woman of Crete in Idomeneo at the Metropolitan Opera. In the Summer of 2022, she performed in the City Parks Foundation’s SummerStage recitals and concluded her summer performances with the role of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with the Aspen Opera Theater under the direction of Dame Jane Glover.
During her tenure as a Met Opera Lindemann Young Artist, Amani’s scene performances and role studies include: Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Liù in Turandot, Sister Rose in Dead Man Walking, Mary in Highway 1, U.S.A., Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and Musetta in La Bohème. In 2021, Amani made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Strawberry Woman in Porgy and Bess. She was a soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Theresienmesse and Mozart’s Sparrow Mass with the New Choral Society. Amani previously performed the role of Pamina in The Magic Flute with the Aspen Opera Theater in 2021 as an inaugural Renée Fleming Artist Fellow, under the direction of Patrick Summers. In Spring 2021, she was a soloist in Brahms Requiem and Williams’ Serenade to Music with the Capital Singers of Trenton.
While completing her graduate studies at the New England Conservatory of Music, she performed the title role in Suor Angelica, First Lady in Die Zauberflöte and in scenes from La Bohème, Florencia en el Amazonas, and Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Previous roles include the Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi and Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro.
Amani was awarded a career grant from the 2023 Pasadena Vocal Competition. She won second place in the 2022 Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition. In 2020, she was a finalist in the Met Opera National Council Auditions Eastern Regionals, a semi-finalist in the Houston Grand Opera Eleanor McCollum Competition as well as an encouragement award recipient in the Giulio Gari Competition.
Ms. Cole-Felder holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Westminster Choir College and a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music.
Media
Klänge der Heimat – Die Fledermaus: Alex Soloway Pianist
Ain’t it a Pretty Night – Susannah: Alex Soloway Pianist
Schedule
Music at the Light House
Salt Marsh Opera
July 21, 2024 – For More Information
Turandot
Liù
Fargo Moorhead Opera
April 12 & 14, 2024 – For More Information
An Afternoon with Lorenzo Da Ponte
Teatro Carlo Felice
September 24, 2023 – For More Information
Center Stage Concert
Soloist
St. Louis Symphony
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
June 20, 2023 – For More Information
Susannah
Susannah (cover)
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
June 10 – 24, 2023 – For More Information
Treemonisha
Lucy/Lovie Alexander
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
May 28 – June 24, 2023 – For More Information
Lindemann Recital Series
Bruno Walter Auditorium
April 6, 2023
Furiosus (US Premiere)
Angelica/Fiordiligi
Merkin Hall Kaufman Center
February 16, 2023 – For More Information
Lindemann Patron Concert
Highway 1 U.S.A – Mary
Dead Man Walking – Sister Rose
Peter Jay Sharp Theater
December 14, 2022
Handel’s Messiah
Soprano Soloist
New Choral Society
December 2 & 4, 2022
Idomeneo
Cretan Woman
Metropolitan Opera
September 28 – October 20, 2022 – For More Information
Past Performances
Don Giovanni
Donna Anna
August 18, 2022, 7:30 PM – More Information
Summerstage Met Opera Recital Series
June 22 – June 29, 2022
https://www.metopera.org/season/summer-2022/recitals/
Mozart: Sparrow Mass and Haydn: Theresienmesse
Soprano Soloist
February 23, 2022 6:00 PM – More Information
La Boheme
Musetta – La Boheme Scene
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre Juilliard School New York, NY
December 16, 2021
Porgy and Bess
Strawberry Woman
October 31- November 21, 2021
The Magic Flute
Aspen Opera Theatre Benedict Music Tent – Aspen, CO
July 17, 2021 7:00 PM More Information