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Avery Amereau

Mezzo-soprano

  • Since making her professional debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2016 as the Madrigal Singer in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Avery Amereau has rapidly drawn international attention for her remarkably rich mezzo and commanding stage presence, appearing with the top houses and orchestras across the US and Europe.

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  • In the 2025/26 season, Amereau makes two major role debuts: as Irene in Handel’s Theodora in her first collaboration with Jupiter Ensemble, and as Didon in performances of Berlioz's Les Troyens with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. Amereau also returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper as Bradamante in a new production of Handel’s Alcina, and reprises the role of Cherubino in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal under Rafael Payare.


    In concert, Amereau makes a debut with the National Symphony of Ireland in Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri led by Alexander Shelley. Further highlights include a U.S. concert tour of Handel’s Messiah with the Handel & Haydn Society conducted by Jonathan Cohen, and Ravel’s Shéhérazade with the Jacksonville Symphony.


    Amereau made her house and role debut as Dorabella in a new production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte conducted by Vladimir Jurowski for the Bayerische Staatsoper in 2022, later joining the ensemble in Munich from the 2023/24 season. Her association with the house includes notable debuts in three new Da Ponte productions: as Zerlina Don Giovanni and as Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro.


    Recent operatic highlights include her house debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Olga in a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin directed by Ted Huffman; the title role in Bizet’s Carmen with the Jacksonville Symphony; Marguerite La Damnation de Faust with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (Federico Cortese); and Serena Joy in Ruders's The Handmaid’s Tale for English National Opera. Amereau has also appeared with Santa Fe Opera, Opéra de Lille, Opéra de Lyon, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Seattle Opera, as well as at the Glyndebourne and Salzburg Festivals.


    Highly sought after on the international concert stage, Amereau’s recent engagements include Elgar’s Sea Pictures with the Cleveland Orchestra (Daniel Harding); her Tanglewood Festival debut singing Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (Dmitri Slobodeniouk); Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Swedish Radio Orchestra (Daniel Harding); Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (Leonardo García Alarcón), Orchestra of St. Luke’s, & Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (Richard Egarr); St. John Passion with the Seattle Symphony (Nicholas McGegan); Das Paradies und die Peri with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Daniel Harding); and Brahms’s Alto Rhapsody with the American Classical Orchestra.


    A regular interpreter of Mozart’s Requiem, her recent performances include engagements with the Kansas City Symphony (Bernard Labadie), Boston Symphony Orchestra (Dima Slobodeniouk), Cleveland Orchestra (Franz Welser-Möst), and Barcelona Symphony (Trevor Pinnock). Amereau has sung Handel’s Messiah with the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Bernard Labadie), Handel & Haydn Society (Václav Luks), St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (Paul McCreesh), Nashville Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Saint Thomas Church in New York City, for the Cambridge Music Festival, and on a European tour with Collegium 1704 (Václav Luks).


    As a recording artist, Amereau appears as the Sorceress in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with La Nuova Musica for the Pentatone label, and created her role in Caroline Shaw’s The Listeners with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra on their own label. Her first solo album of Handel arias with Nicholas McGegan and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, selected as Editor’s Choice in Gramophone Magazine, was released in 2020 to widespread critical acclaim.

    2025/26 season / 560 words. Not to be altered without permission.

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'Amereau has a beautifully dark and sensuous contralto, which she used convincingly to capture her humiliation and pain, with an emotionally compelling performance.'

Opera Wire, April 2022

'...the rapidly rising contralto Avery Amereau delivered a sumptuous, often rapturous traversal through the six songs. Her rich, deep-toned range rang out over the orchestra — a refined, ravishing performance.'

The Berkshire Eagle, July 2023

'Teasing, brilliant acting, comedic and yet with a slight hint of melancholy from Avery Amereau 's Cherubino . Not to forget the erotic charisma. Charming.'

IOCO, November 2023

Intermusica represents Avery Amereau worldwide.

Natasha Worsley
Associate Director
+44 (0) 7870 979 794
nworsley@intermusica.com

LeOui van Rensburg
Artist Manager
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lvan-rensburg@intermusica.com

All artists

Contralto

Avery Amereau

Actor / Narrator

Amira Casar

Chansonnier

HK Gruber

Harpsichord

Richard Egarr

Piano accompanist

Roger Vignoles

Saxophone

Branford Marsalis