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Amanda Forsythe

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Amanda Forsythe (born 1976 in New York City) is an American light lyric soprano known for her interpretations of Baroque music and the operas of Rossini. She studied at Vassar College and the New England Conservatory of Music, making her professional debut in 2001 as Proserpina/Ninfa in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo with Boston Baroque, the period-instrument ensemble with which she developed a long-standing artistic partnership.

Forsythe has built an international career centered on Handel, Vivaldi, and Rossini, appearing with the Boston Early Music Festival, the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and the Bayerische Staatsoper, and has recorded extensively in the historically informed performance tradition. In 2026 she shared a Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for her recording of Telemann’s opera arias with the Boston Early Music Festival, underscoring her standing as one of the leading Baroque sopranos of her generation.

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Orfeo ed Euridice: “Vieni, appaga il tuo consorte”— Christoph Willibald Gluck, with Philippe Jaroussky
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Orfeo ed Euridice: “Senza un addio? … Ah! Crudel” (Euridice)— Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Ouverture-Suite in D Major, TWV 55:D23: I. Ouverture— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Ino, TWV 20:41: I. Wohin, wo soll ich hin— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Ino, TWV 20:41: II. Ungöttliche Saturnia— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Ino, TWV 20:41: IIIa. O all ihr Mächte des Olympus— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Ino, TWV 20:41: IIIb. Wo bin ich? O Himmel— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Ino, TWV 20:41: IVa. Tanz der Tritonen— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Ino, TWV 20:41: IVb. Vivace spiritoso e con affetto— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Ino, TWV 20:41: V. Ungewohnte Symphonien— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Ino, TWV 20:41: VI. Meint ihr mich, ihr Nereiden?— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Ino, TWV 20:41: VII. Und nun! Ihr wendet Euch so schnell zurück?— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Ino, TWV 20:41: VIII. Tönt in meinem Lobgesang— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Germanicus, TWV 21:deest: Rimembranza crudel— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Emma und Eginhard, TWV 21:25: Das Auge starrt— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Emma und Eginhard, TWV 21:25: Erscheine bald, du Irrstern meiner Sinnen— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Emma und Eginhard, TWV 21:25: Ich habe mit mir selbst— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Emma und Eginhard, TWV 21:25: Je mehr, dass ich mich widersetze— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Flavius Bertaridus, TWV 21:27: Armselige, wie weit— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Flavius Bertaridus, TWV 21:27: Gemahl und Sohnes Angedenken— Composer not yet identified
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Flavius Bertaridus, TWV 21:27: Ihr Götter— Composer not yet identified
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Flavius Bertaridus, TWV 21:27: Beliebte Zephir— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Flavius Bertaridus, TWV 21:27: Mischt, ihr muntern Nachtigallen— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Flavius Bertaridus, TWV 21:27: Unschuld’gen Blutes— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Flavius Bertaridus, TWV 21:27: Ach komm, und schwebe— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Fanfare in D Major, TWV 50:44— Georg Philipp Telemann
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Der neumodische Liebhaber Damon, TWV 21:8: Lache nur, du Tigerherze!— Georg Philipp Telemann
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