Amanda Forsythe
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Georg Philipp Telemann: Ino · Opera Arias for Soprano
RecommendedAmanda Forsythe (soprano), Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Paul O'Dette
Amanda Forsythe and the orchestra of the Boston Early Music Festival conjure exceptional stylish elegance and theatrical vitality in the flowing sequence of orchestrally accompanied recitatives,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, Editor's Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Finalists, Voice & Ensemble
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New. Giacomo Carissimi: Jephte · Judicium Salomonis · Motets
Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Danielle Reutter-Harrah, Felix Schwandtke, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble, Paul O’Dette, Stephen Stubbs, James Reese, Aaron Sheehan, Cecilia Duarte, Sarah Hayashi
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Special offer. Charpentier: La couronne de fleurs & La descente d'Orphée aux enfers
RecommendedAaron Sheehan (tenor), Teresa Wakim (soprano), Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Douglas Williams (bass-baritone), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Dorothee Mields (soprano), Mireille Lebel (mezzo-soprano), Jason McStoots (tenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor)
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Boston Early...
Sheehan, who sings the role of Orpheus, [delivers] a finely nuanced interpretation...Amanda Forsythe is a charming Euridice and Roselie, Teresa Wakim a beautifully styled Flore, and Dorothee... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Grammy Awards, 57th Awards (2014), Best Opera Recording
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Opera, August 2014, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona and Livietta e Tracollo
Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Carlotta Colombo (soprano), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Boston Early Music Festival, Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Robert Mealy
Soprano Amanda Forsythe and baritone Christian Immler make a lovely pairing...Under the joint direction of Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, these productions possess all the fizz they must have... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2024, Opera Choice
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Mozart: Betulia liberata
Sandrine Piau (Amital), Amanda Forsythe (Cabri/Carmi), Teresa Iervolino (Giuditta), Pablo Bernsch (Ozia), Nahuel Di Pierro (Achior), Accentus, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
[Bemsch's] brilliant tenor voice never fails to light up the landscape...Another very impressive vocal presence is the contralto Teresa Iervolino ( Judith), who is vividly dramatic in the recitative... —
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Record Review, 17th October 2020, Record of the Week
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Special offer. Lully: Thesée
Howard Crook, Laura Pudwell, Ellen Hargis & Harry van der Kamp
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs
This studio recording follows staged performances at the Boston Early Music Festival and is well presented in every aspect… The whole is driven with taste, style and sure dramatic sense by the... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Lully: Psyché
Carolyn Sampson, Karina Gauvin, Aaron Sheehan, Colin Balzer, Amanda Forsythe, Mireille Lebel, Yulia Van Doren, Olivier Laquerre, Jason McStoots, Matthew Shaw, Aaron Engebreth, Ricard Bordas, Teresa Wakim & José Lemos
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Paul O’Dette &...
It's a slight story but the opera contains dramatic dialogues of typical realism and emotional power. Carolyn Sampson, charming of voice and intelligent with detail as ever, is Psyché, and... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Georg Friedrich Händel: Italian Cantatas & Arias
Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Opera Prima Ensemble, Opera Prima, Cristiano Contadin
Amanda Forsythe copes admirably with this emotional roller coaster [Armida], and she rises to the even greater challenge of Agrippina condotta a morire...The vocal delights are complemented... —
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Steffani: Niobe Regina di Tebe
Veronique Gens (Niobe), Jacek Laszczkowski (Anfione), Delphine Galou (Nerea), Iestyn Davies (Creonte), Tim Mead (Clearte), Lothar Odinius (Tiberino), Amanda Forsythe (Manto), Bruno Taddia (Tiresia) & Alastair Miles (Poliferno)
Bathasar Neumann Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock
a central performance of extraordinary spirit and plangency from Veronique Gens...Hengelbrock's ensemble boasts a rich and characterful continuo section...The dance music is muscular, the violins... —
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Special offer. Haydn: The Creation
(sung in German)
Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Keith Jameson (tenor) & Kevin Deas (bass-baritone)
Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman
[a] clean account, nicely scaled and finely balanced...There's skilful work throughout from the three soloists...Pearlman displays a keen sense of the music's shape and encompasses its range... —
