About
Background
Born in Virginia and raised in Rye, NY, Samantha Britt played trombone and piano for many years before discovering that her voice was her true primary instrument. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Vocal Performance from Carnegie Mellon University and her Master in Music from Manhattan School of Music. She lived in Manhattan until 2017, when she moved to Berlin, Germany.
Awards
Samantha Britt was named Winner of The International Singing Competition Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg and the Winner of the American Prize in Vocal Performance (opera). Samantha won the Boston District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Opera Singers Initiative Young Emerging Artist award, and she was a multi-year Career Bridges Grantee. She was a finalist in Arkadi Foundation’s “Opera Idol” and in the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition. She also won the Charlotte Black Memorial Scholarship at Carnegie Mellon University.
Performances
Samantha currently sings in the left vocal trio of the world premiere opera Sleepless, by Peter Eötvös, at Staatsoper unter den Linden in Berlin and then in Grand Théâtre de Genève in Geneva. She performed Queen of the Night/Königin der Nacht with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker at Tonhalle Düsseldorf in a special family program I.O und die “Golden Records” in collaboration with Puppen Philharmonie Berlin. Samantha made her Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden debut as a soloist in the septet of Babylon by Jörg Widmann, and recently returned there to sing in the soloist sextet of Sleepless by Peter Eötvös. She performed at Deutsche Oper Berlin as the Danish Lady/Strolling player in Death in Venice, by Benjamin Britten. Prior to that, she performed as Artemis in the premiere of Herakleitos by Cyrus Meurant with the Kreuzberger Kamerata in the Hamburg Laeiszhalle (Kleiner Saal). Samantha performed the title role in Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate in German with Opera Incognita in Bavaria, where she has also sung the roles of Lucy in Gian Carlo Menotti's The Telephone and Nella in Gianni Schicchi. She covered Musetta in La Boheme with Stone Opera Berlin and performed the role in a special sold-out Boheme für Kinder (“Boheme for kids"). Samantha has performed Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with San Antonio Opera, Adina in L’elisir d’amore, Miss Wordsworth in Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring, as well as Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore and Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof. She covered the role of Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor with Green Mountain Opera Festival, where she also sang Alisa.
Other recent projects include: Carla in the world premiere of A Certain Quiet by Haim Elisha, libretto by Rina Elisha, at Theater for the New City in Manhattan; the delusional baker Leslie in Companionship, by Rachel Peters, at The Virginia Arts Festival, and In Appetizing Portions, a surrealistic song-cycle by Fritz Myers for soprano, violin, and electric guitar, produced by Platitude Music and now available on all streaming platforms. https://linktr.ee/platitudemusic
