Boston Baroque and Boston Conservatory at Berklee Present a Master Class with Amanda Forsythe, Soprano
Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Vocal Arts Division joins Boston Baroque to present a master class led by Grammy-winning American soprano Amanda Forsythe. The session offers students the opportunity to work with a distinguished specialist in opera and historically informed performance.
Forsythe is a frequent soloist with leading early-music ensembles including Les Talens Lyriques, the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, the Boston Early Music Festival, the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, Tafelmusik, Apollo’s Fire, Opera Prima, Pacific MusicWorks, Early Music Vancouver, and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. Her operatic work includes roles such as Poppea in *L’incoronazione di Poppea*, Pamina in *Die Zauberflöte*, Semele, Nannetta in *Falstaff*, Manto in *Niobe*, Amour in *Orphée*, Marzelline in *Fidelio*, and Corinna in *Il viaggio a Reims*. She has performed under conductors including Sir Colin Davis, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Riccardo Muti, Andris Nelsons, Sir Antonio Pappano, Martin Pearlman, and Christopher Rousset.
When: Sunday, November 15, 2026
Showtime: 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Venue: Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, 8 Fenway, Floor 4, Boston, MA 02215
Tickets: Free
Featured artist: Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Presenters: Boston Conservatory at Berklee Vocal Arts Division and Boston Baroque
Program: Master class with Amanda Forsythe; an artist-provided program is available through the event page
Background: Forsythe made her American stage debut with the Boston Early Music Festival, where her roles have included Poppea, Eolie in *Circé*, Angelica in *Orlando generoso*, Isabelle in *Le carnaval de Venise*, Serpina in *La serva padrona*, and Edilia in *Almira, Königin von Castilien*. With Boston Baroque, she has performed Poppea in *Agrippina*, Melissa in *Amadigi*, and the title roles in *L’incoronazione di Poppea* and *Partenope*.
Additional credits: Her European operatic debut was as Corinna in *Il viaggio a Reims* at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. She later returned there for *L’equivoco stravagante* and *Guillaume Tell*. At London’s Royal Opera House, she has appeared in *Falstaff*, *Niobe*, *Orphée*, and *Fidelio*. She has also performed *Die Zauberflöte* at Seattle Opera, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, and the Komische Oper in Berlin, and made her role debut as Handel’s *Semele* with Opera Philadelphia.
Accessibility and logistics: The event page lists the hall address and map location but does not provide runtime, age guidance, or additional accessibility information.