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Amanda Forsythe’s Astonishing Feats

April 24, 2021, 4:30 pm

Soprano Amanda Forsythe portrait in emerald gown

Soprano Amanda Forsythe (Photo: Arielle Doneson)

Amanda Forsythe, “one of the best Baroque sopranos on the scene today,” (Boston Classical Review) is Oliver’s guest this week. Forsythe combines astounding agility, staggering breath control, and imaginative ornamentation with beautiful tone in works by Handel and his contemporaries.

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Playlist to include arias from George Frideric Handel’s operas Almira and Giulio Cesare; a chamber duet by Agostino Steffani; and a preview of Amanda Forsythe’s new recording of music by Johann Gottlieb Graun.

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Meet the Host

Oliver Camacho joined the announcer team in February of 2019. He is the co-host and creative consultant of Opera Box Score and co-host of OperaNow! Podcast. A proud graduate of Chicago’s Lane Technical High School, where he was mentored by George Rico, Oliver went on to study music at Northwestern University, and historically informed performance practice at the Amherst Early Music Festival and Early Music Vancouver. His musical passions are opera, art song, choral music, Early Music, and discovering new composers as well as those who have been previously marginalized or disenfranchised. In January of 2021, Oliver began hosting Listening to Singers, and in October of the same year, he was named WFMT’s Music Director.

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Amanda Forsythe’s Astonishing Feats

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