Amy Manford
Amy ManfordFeatured in our Spring-Summer 2017 Issue
Official Biography
Amy is an Australian-born Opera singer currently performing as Christine Daaé in Andrew Loyd Webber’s, The Phantom of the Opera.
Prior to her West End debut last September, Amy had performed internationally as a soloist with the London Handel, London Cello and the Perth Symphony Orchestras. She had also sung at iconic venues such as the Seoul Arts Center in South Korea and at Buckingham Palace for the Prince of Wales. Most recently she was the featured performer at the closing event of London Fashion week 2018.
Amy graduated with honors from the Royal College of Music studying a Masters in Vocal Performance. Throughout her time at the RCM, she held a Basil Coleman Opera Scholarship and studied with world-renowned lyric soprano, Janis Kelly. Here she sang the title roles of Gontran in Chabrier’s Une éducation manquée with the RCM International Opera School and Clotilde in the London Handel Festivals production of Faramondo.
Amy’s undergrad was completed at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts where she received a Bachelor of Music in Classical Voice in 2013 and Post-Graduate Diploma in Music in 2014 under the tutelage of Patricia Price. She was awarded the prestigious Barbara MacLeod Scholarship for Most Outstanding Female Classical Student in 2014 and also received the Michelle Robinson Award for most outstanding first-year recital in 2011. Title roles at WAAPA include Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel and Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.
A diverse performer, Amy also has a unique history in rhythmic gymnastics and pole vaulting, winning gold medals at the Australian National Championships in both fields. She has also completed up to grade 7 in the AMEB exams for violin, under the teachings of Loretto Pell.
