Amina Edris Soprano

Biography

Born in Egypt, Amina Edris was part of the Merola Program at San Francisco Opera, where she made her debut as Norina (Don Pasquale). She then joined the Adler Fellowship Program at San Francisco Opera.

She made her European debut in 2019 in the title role of Manon at the Opéra National de Bordeaux, and subsequently appeared as Alice (Robert le Diable) at the Opéra National de Bordeaux, Micaëla (Carmen) at the Opéra National du Rhin, Violetta (La Traviata) at the Opéra de Limoges and in Toronto, Marguerite (Faust) in Detroit, the title role of Manon at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Musetta (La Bohème) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the title role in Ariane with Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich, Cleopatra in the world premiere of John Adams’s Antony and Cleopatra, and Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) at San Francisco Opera.

Last season, she notably performed as Mimì (La Bohème) in Toronto, Liù (Turandot) in Naples, the title role in Thaïs in Toulon, and Berthe (Le Prophète) at the Bard Festival.

During the 2024–2025 season, she makes her debut at Los Angeles Opera as Juliette and at the Royal Opera House in London as Musetta. She also performs Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) at Detroit Opera.

At the Opéra National de Paris: Manon (title role), 2020; Platée (La Folie / Thalie), 2022; Roméo et Juliette (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.