Dr. Christine Amon

Christine Amon is a versatile mezzo-soprano excelling in opera, musical theater, and art song. Her stage roles include Dorabella in Così fan tutte, the title role in Cendrillon, Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, Erika in Vanessa, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, and Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel among many others. She has appeared with Nashville Opera, Opera Carolina, Toledo Opera, Opera Grand Rapids, Union Avenue Opera, and Opera Memphis where she created the role of Mich in Mich and the Moon in the world premiere of The Ghosts of Crosstown. In 2018 she was a finalist in the international Lotte Lenya Competition hosted by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music.

Dr. Amon hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and earned her BM at Grand Valley State University where she was named a Distinguished Alumna in 2015. At Bowling Green State University, she took first place in the Marjorie Conrad Art Song Competition while earning her MM. During her DMA studies at the University of Michigan, she worked as a graduate student instructor, teaching applied voice and vocal pedagogy.