A lyric soprano, Amy Guevara has been commended by Opera News and the Washington Post for her portrayal of Carmela in Manuel De Falla's opera, La Vida Breve. Originally from Redding, California, Amy has performed extensively on the east coast, most specifically in the Washington D.C. metro area. She has had the opportunity to work with many different directors, including Darko Tresniak and Ellen Douglas Schlaefer. Amy was in the ensemble of the first fully staged production of Glacomo Puccini's opera, Edgar, in the United States which was attended by the composer's granddaughter. From this period, Amy's favorite roles include: Monica (The Medium), Valencienne (The Merry Widow), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and Princess Rhyme (The Phantom Tollbooth) - a children's opera that was performed on tour for Virginia schools. She also had the opportunity to cover the role of Salud from La Vida Breve.
Favorite roles/performance credits include Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Vanessa (Vanessa), Lucy (The Telephone), The Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors), and Kate Pinkerton (Madame Butterfly) among others. Amy has sung with the Phoenix Symphony in a special production of the St. John's Passion. As a recitalist, she has performed throughout the Washington D.C. area, most notably in the historic Dumbarton Church, Arizona, California, and Nebraska.
Amy holds a Bachelor's Degree in Voice Performance with Dance and Theatre Minors from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana; where she was a winner of the Butler University MacAllister Student Opera Award. Her Masters of Music in Opera Performance is from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, where she was privileged to work with Darleen Kliewer-Britton.
As well as operatic repertoire, she has appeared in performances of Candide, The Music Man, West Side Story, Oklahoma!, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Gondoliers, Edgar, The Devil and Daniel Webster, Sunday in the Park with George, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Globolinks, The Moon and the Clever Woman, and Il Corsaro. Amy teaches applied voice at Concordia University and Doane College in addition to her studio at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
