Lindsay Ammann begins the 21/22 season by joining the Ensemble at the Bayerische Staatsoper where she will be seen in new productions of Das schlaue Füchslein, Les Troyens, and Die Teufel von Loudun and revivals of Il trittico, Falstaff, and Die Zauberflöte. Recent engagements include a return to The Dallas Opera for The Golden Cockerel (Amelfa) with Emmanuel Villaume, The Metropolitan Opera for Suor Angelica (La zia principessa & La Badessa) and Gianni Schicchi (Ciesca) conducted by Bertrand de Billy, Washington National Opera for Eugene Onegin (Olga), a debut at Madison Opera in Rusalka (Ježibaba), a return the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for Rigoletto (Maddalena), and a debut at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival in Eugene Onegin (Olga). Lindsay made her debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in David Pountney’s new production of Der Ring des Nibelungen (Floßhilde/Schwertleite) conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. She made her debuts at Opera Omaha in Falstaff (Quickly), The Dallas Opera in Douglas Cuomo’s Arjuna's Dilemma, and Central City Opera in Il trovatore (Azucena). She debuted at the Washington National Opera in Der Ring des Nibelungen (Erda/Die erste Norn/Schwertleite) directed by Francesca Zambello and conducted by Philippe Augin. Other debuts included Grand Théâtre de Genève in Die Zauberflöte (Dritte Dame), North Carolina Opera in Madama Butterfly (Suzuki), Aalto-Musiktheater Essen in a new production of Rusalka (Ježibaba), and the Canadian Opera Company in Die Walküre (Schwertleite). She returned to the COC for Götterdämmerung (Die erste Norn) and The Nightingale (Death), both conducted by music director Johannes Debus. In concert, she sang the Verdi Messa da requiem and Candide (Old Lady) with the South Dakota Symphony, John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary (Martha) with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra, and her Puerto Rican debut at the Casals Festival in a concert version of Tristan und Isolde (Brangäne). Lindsay made her debut at The Metropolitan Opera in LePage's Der Ring des Nibelungen (Roßweiße). While a member of the Ensemble at Staatsoper Stuttgart, she performed in Falstaff (Dame Quickly), Eugene Onegin (Olga), the world premiere of Ayres’ Peter Pan (Tiger Lily), Der fliegende Holländer (Mary), Die Zauberflöte (Dritte Dame), and Götterdämmerung (Die erste Norn/ Floßhilde). Other performances include Alto Soloist in a fully staged production of Messiah with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Le donne curiose (Beatrice) with Wolf Trap Opera Company and Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman) with the National Symphony Orchestra. While a Resident Artist at Pittsburgh Opera, Lindsay was seen in Lucia di Lammermoor (Alisa), Rinaldo (Goffredo), Eugene Onegin (Olga), Falstaff (Dame Quickly), and the title role in The Rape of Lucretia. As a Gerdine Young Artist the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, she was seen in Eugene Onegin (Olga), Madame Butterfly (Kate Pinkerton), and Salome (The Page of Herodias). Ms. Ammann was a National Semifinalist in The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and can be seen on their Die Walküre DVD and documentary Wagner's Dream, as well as on the GRAMMY Award-winning Götterdämmerung CD on Deutsche Grammophon.
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