To much acclaim, Bottoms headlined the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago Fall 2021 recital series - the opening performance, Songs of the New World, was named one of Chicago Classical Review’s 'Best of 2021' alongside the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the final recital The Songs We Carried, received honorable mention. Praised by the New York Times as “commanding with captivating texture”, and Opera News for “luxurious full tone and interpretive intensity”, Bottoms was a featured Apprentice Artist in 2021 with Santa Fe Opera covering Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Fillipyevna in Eugene Onegin, Ino in The Lord of Cries, and singing Carmen in the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Showcase. Previously in the 2022/2023 season, she starred as Charlie Tyler in the Dayton Opera world premiere of Finding Wright and debuted as Leocasta in Giustino with Long Beach Opera. An advocate for innovative new works, this spring Bottoms starred in the first opera commissioned for a planetarium Galaxies in Her Eyes, directed by Kristyne McIntyre and written by Mark Lanz Weiser/Amy S. Heralded for her “superb vocal and dramatic chops” by Opera News, with “stunning vocal beauty and absolute sincerity of expression” in Chicago Classical Review, mezzo-soprano Amanda Lynn Bottoms will return to the Santa Fe Opera this summer to cover Carmen followed by performances with the Akron Symphony and Buffalo Philharmonic.

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