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About Amina
Soprano Amina Edris has been hailed as a “revelation” (Forum Opera) and praised for her “lustrous” tone (Opera News). Born in Egypt and raised in New Zealand, she has blended her cultural background to create her own unique artistic identity, performing a variety of roles ranging from baroque music to world premieres with a focus on French repertoire. Recent career highlights include Manon and Juliette at the Opéra national de Paris, Cleopatra in the world premiere of John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra at San Francisco Opera, and Alice in the acclaimed recording of Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable.
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Dis-moi que je suis belle (Thaïs)
Amina Edris sings Thaïs’s aria, “Dis-moi que je suis belle,” in concert in Prague with the Prague Philharmonia, conducted by Lukasz Borowicz. Credit: Mezzo
PlayingAmina Edris: Quando m'en vo (La Bohème)
Ms. Edris in her role debut as Musetta at the Théâtre de Champs-Elysées in Puccini’s beloved La bohème. This new production by Eric Ruf is co-produced with the Opéra national de Bordeaux, Angers-Nantes Opéra and Opéra de Saint-Etienne, in partnership with France TV. Ms. Edris shares the stage with Pene Pati as Rodolfo, Selene Zanetti as Mimi, Alexandre Duhamel as Marcello, Francesco Salvadori as Schaunard, Guilhem Worms as Colline, Marc Labonnette as Alcindoro / Benoît and Rodolphe Briand as Parpignol. Maestro Lorenzo Passerini conducts the Orchestre National de France. Credit: France 5
Playing"Libiamo, ne' lieti calici" from LA TRAVIATA | Amina Edris & Matthew Polenzani
Soprano Amina Edris (Violetta) and tenor Matthew Polenzani (Alfredo) perform "Libiamo, ne' lieti calici" from Act I of Verdi's LA TRAVIATA with the COC Chorus and COC Orchestra, conducted by Johannes Debus. LA TRAVIATA in on stage until May 20, 2022 Tickets are available at http://www.coc.ca/traviata #COCTraviata **** Conductor: Johannes Debus Director: Arin Arbus Set Designer: Riccardo Hernandez Costume & Puppet Designer: Cait O'Connor Lighting Designer: Marcus Doshi Choreographer: Austin McCormick Associate Choreographer: Laura Careless Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst Credit: Canadian Opera Company
PlayingAmina Edris: Antony and Cleopatra Highlights
Amina stars opposite Gerald Finely as Antony and Paul Appleby as Caesar, and the opera is conducted by Eun Sun Kim. Created for San Francisco Opera’s centennial, Antony and Cleopatra is a co-commission and co-production with Barcelona’s Liceu Opera, Palermo’s Teatro Massimo and the Metropolitan Opera. With a libretto adapted from Shakespeare’s tragedy with supplementary passages drawn from Plutarch, Virgil and other classical texts, Adams, director Elkhanah Pulitzer and dramaturg Lucia Scheckner blend the mythic imagery of antiquity with the starry glamour of 1930s Hollywood. Pulitzer heads a production team of Tony Award-winning set designer and MacArthur Fellow Mimi Lien, costume designer Constance Hoffman, lighting designer David Finn, projection designer Bill Morrison and sound designer Mark Grey. Credit: Amina Edris
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Selected Repertoire
| Adams | Anthony & Cleopatra (Cleopatra) |
|---|---|
| Bellini | Norma (Adalgisa) |
| Charpentier | Louise (Louise) |
| Debussy | Pelléas et Mélisande (Mélisande) |
| Gounod | Roméo et Juliette (Juliette) • Faust (Marguerite) |
| Meyerbeer | Le prophète (Berthe) • Robert le Diable (Alice) |
| Mozart | Così fan tutte (Fiordiligi) • Don Giovanni (Elvira) |
| Puccini | La boheme (Mimi) (Musetta) • Turandot (Liu) • La Rondine (Madga) |
| Verdi | La Traviata (Violetta) • |
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La boheme
Canadian Opera Company (Toronto)Oct 2023Amina Edris and Pene Pati appear as doomed lovers, Mimi and Rodolfo. The two are exceptionally well-paired. Generously supported by de Souza and company, the Egyptian-born, New Zealand soprano elicits a profound measure of authenticity, tinting her performance with expressions of stunningly original pianissimo and meticulously considered tempi. Innocence given voice. Pati’s Rodolfo, by way of contrast, is all impetuousness and hyperbole and tumultuous counterpoint. The pair’s treatment of Puccini’s supremely affecting Act III duet, Dunque è proprio finita! (“So, it’s all over!”) soaring and bittersweet, is a moment not soon forgotten.
- Opera Going Toronto
- 10 October 2023
One couldn’t have hoped for a more appealing pair of lovers than Pene Pati and Amina Edris. The Samoan-born Pati possesses one of the most beautiful tenor voices I’ve heard in years. Egyptian-born Amina Edris’ lush lyric soprano is a joy, with warm timbre and natural trills. Unsurprisingly, they’re also a couple in real life, no doubt explaining how their chemistry is so intoxicating. The pair positively exude charisma, and Pati’s charm is life-affirming. Both are such convincing actors that it’s hard to take one’s eyes off them. The Act I sequence of “Che gelida manina”, “Sì, mi chiamano Mimì” and “O soave fanciulla” were moments of pure bliss.
- ConcertNet
- 10 October 2023
