Amina Edris

Amina Edris Soprano

Biography

Born in Egypt, Amina Edris was a member of the Merola Program and the Adler Fellowship Program at San Francisco Opera.

She made her European debut in 2019 in the title role of Manon at the Bordeaux National Opera and subsequently performed Micaëla (Carmen) at the Opéra national du Rhin, Violetta (La Traviata) in Limoges and Toronto, Marguerite (Faust) in Detroit, the title role of Manon in Barcelona, Musetta (La Bohème) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the title role of Ariadne with Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich, Cleopatra in the world premiere of John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra, Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) in San Francisco, and Liù (Turandot) in Naples.

Last season, she notably performed Juliette in Los Angeles and Musetta in London. During the 2025–2026 season, she will perform the four women (The Tales of Hoffmann) at the Opéra Comique, Antonia (The Tales of Hoffmann) at the Lyon National Opera and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, Musetta for her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Juliette in Dresden and Warsaw, and the title role of Manon in Wellington.

At the Paris Opera: Manon (title role), 2020, 2025; Platée (La Folie / Thalie), 2022; Romeo and Juliet (Juliette), 2023; The Exterminating Angel (Beatriz), 2024; Faust (Marguerite), 2024

Amina Edris about Manon

Amina Edris returns to Vincent Huguet's production of Manon, which premiered in 2020 at the Opéra Bastille.

The production plunges us into the world of the Roaring Twenties, when Josephine Baker, a woman as free and passionate as Massenet's heroine, was at the height of her fame. This is the Egyptian soprano's favourite role.

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