
Amber Opheim
Mezzo-Soprano
Welcome
Concert performance of William Walton's "Facades" on September 28, 2025 with the Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein, conducted by William Maxfield
Welcome! I'm a freelance American mezzo-soprano in Bern, Switzerland. From 2015-2025 I sang full-time at Bühnen Bern. My work there included the title roles in Anna Karenina and Die verkaufte Braut, Musetta/La Bohème and Inez/Il Trovatore.
With the American Wagner Project & Wagner Society of Washington D.C. I've performed roles including Sieglinde/Die Walküre, and Elsa/Lohengrin and Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder in concert. I've also been presenting a recital tour throughout Austria and the United States and a series of university master classes.
I moved to Europe in 2011 and spent two seasons in Germany at Theater Koblenz and two years as a freelance artist in Austria thanks to awards received from the Kurt Weill Foundation, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and the Fulbright Foundation. Solo performances have taken me to the Lucerne Festival, Konzerthaus Wien, Hessischer Rundfunk, and the Philharmonie Luxembourg.
I trained for fourteen years as a classical ballerina and hold a Bachelor of Music from Appalachian State University and a Master of Music from DePaul University.
REPERTOIRE
Beethoven 9th Symphony, Soprano Soloist
Bizet Carmen, Micaëla
Britten The Rape of Lucretia, The Female Chorus
Peter Grimes, Ellen Orford
Floyd Susannah, Susannah
Gounod Faust, Marguerite
Herman Hello, Dolly!, Dolly (German)
Hubay Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina (German)
Humperdink Hänsel & Gretel, Sandmann/Taumann
Janaček Katja Kabanova, Feklusha
Mozart Die Zauberflöte, Erste & Zweite Dame, Pamina Don Giovanni, Donna Elvira, Zerlina Le nozze di Figaro, Contessa
Monteverdi Il ritorno d'Ulisse, Ericlea, Pisandro, Fortuna
Nedbal Polenblut, Wanda
Puccini La Bohème, Musetta
Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia, Berta
Smetana Die verkaufte Braut, Marie (German)
Strauss, J. Der Zigeunerbaron, Saffi
Svoboda Robin Hood, Maid Marian
Verdi Nabucco, Anna
Il Trovatore, Inez
Wagner Das Rheingold, Freia, Wellgunde
Die Walküre, Sieglinde, Gerhilde
Lohengrin, Elsa
Wesendonck Lieder
Special thanks to the Wagner Society of Washington, D.C. for their support in the creation of this site and its contents.