Soprano Amanda Lauricella has been described as a voice with an “arching thrill to it” (Isthmus.com). Previous roles include Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gretel in ​Hansel and Gretel, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Goldie B. Locks in Goldie B. Locks and the Three Singing Bears, Rosina in Opera for the Young’s The Barber of Seville, and Belle in Opera for the Young’s Beauty and the Beast. Additional projects include Cedar Rapids Opera, the Berlin Opera Academy, Fresco Opera Theatre, and the Stoughton Chamber Music Festival.

Ms. Lauricella recently received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Voice Performance with a minor in Theatre and Drama at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she offered a lecture recital on the many musical settings of Hamlet’s Ophelia. This recital presented various psychological interpretations of the character, exploring the motivations for the events surrounding her death through a modern lens, with both mental health and feminism considerations.

She has also recently published a vocal repertoire guide for collegiate voice teachers entitled, “Selecting Solo Literature for the Developing Classical Singer: A Pedagogical Repertoire Guide for Teachers of Voice.” This guide enables voice teachers to appropriately select solo repertoire according to three variables: (1) the student’s voice type (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass), (2) the desired language of the repertoire (English, Italian, German, French), and (3) the level of technical difficulty.

Amanda was the 2021 recipient of the Charles and Helen Loeb Voice Award, a national semi-finalist for the 2021 NATS Artist Awards, and a finalist for the Musicians Club of Women 2023 Vocal Competition. She is currently working as an Adjunct Professor of Voice at Carroll University and Beloit College.

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