Amy Pfimmer

Amy’s credits include performances as Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) with Teatro Lirico d’Europa, L'Opéra de Montréal (The Rape of Lucretia), engagements with the New Orleans Opera (Il Trittico, Das Rheingold, The Medium and Don Carlo), Florida Grand Opera (L’incoronazione di Poppea, Cosi fan Tutte, La Serva Padrona and The Rape of Lucretia), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Messiah and Wachet Auf), Memphis Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven’s 9th Symphony), Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (Mozart Requiem, Carmina Burana, Judas Maccabeaus, Messiah, pops and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony), Opera Birmingham (Micaela, Musetta and Viva Verdi!), Ohio Light Opera (assistant stage directing as well as singing with the company as Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, Lisa in Das Land des Lächelns, Rose Maurrant in Street Scene, as well as the leading roles in such American operettas as Romberg’s Maytime and Friml’s Rose-Marie), Virginia Opera (Gretel in Hansel und Gretel), Shreveport Opera (Cio-Cio-San, Gilda, Adina, Violetta and Musetta), JPAS (Violetta), Michigan’s Opera Grand Rapids (Musetta), and Florida’s Pensacola Opera (as the title characters in La Traviata and Die Lustige Witwe, as well as an upcoming Musetta).

Outside of the classical arena, Pfrimmer’s successes also include her New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival appearance with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in Brubeck’s classical jazz mass To Hope! Additionally, Pfrimmer was heard as the vocalist in Target’s nationally televised ClubWedd commercial called Dare Devil.

Pfrimmer attracted considerable attention as a national finalist of the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions. The awards she has received include a fellowship from Louisiana Division of the Arts, a study grant from the Metropolitan Opera’s Education Fund, the Florida Grand Opera’s Gilbert Artist of the year award (Drusilla in L’incoronazione di Poppea), awards from the Mobile Opera’s Rose Palmai-Tenser competition, Opera Birmingham, NATS, the Baton Rouge Music Club and Baton Rouge Opera Guild. Pfrimmer is an alumna of the distinguished young artist programs of the Florida Grand Opera, Virginia Opera, and Chautauqua Opera. In New Orleans, she was selected to sing the St. Louis Cathedral Hurricane Katrina memorial service where she performed for national and state dignitaries, including President George W. Bush, Governor Kathleen Blanco and Archbishop Hughes of New Orleans. In addition to performing, Pfrimmer is a dedicated teacher. She previously taught as an Artist in Residence at the University of West Florida and was a voice instructor at Loyola University of New Orleans. In the fall of 2007, Pfrimmer joined the voice faculty of Tulane University where she is currently head of vocal studies.

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