Amy Guevara

Soprano Amy Guevara – praised by Opera News for “bringing sunny passion to Carmela” in Manuel de Falla’s La Vida Breve – has been heard on opera, concert, and recital stages throughout the United States and abroad.  Favorite opera and musical theatre roles include Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), the Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Roselinde (Die Fledermaus), Vanessa (Vanessa), Salud (La Vida Breve) Lucy (The Telephone) Valencienne (The Merry Widow), Frieda (Sunday in the Park With George), Georgette (The Amorous Flea) and Monica (The Medium). Guevara has sung with Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia under the baton of John Jacob Niles as well as performing with Victorian Lyric Opera in Northern Virginia, Mesa Light Opera (AZ), Lyric Opera Theatre (VA), Opera in the Ozarks (AR) and Indiana Opera Theatre (IN) among other companies.  In collaboration with Gillian Cookson, Guevara sang a concert tour in the Washington DC/Northern Viginia region showcasing early Italian repertoire as part of an educational outreach program.  Recital and concert appearances include the Phoenix Symphony, in Bach's St. John's Passion as part of a select choir, the Redding Performing Arts Society (CA), Reston Performing Arts (VA), and the Dumbarton Recital Series in Washington DC. 

A Lecturer of Vocal Studies at the Glenn Korff School of Music, Amy Guevara has been teaching voice in the Lincoln area for over 18 years.  In addition to teaching voice students, Guevara helps facilitate and teach the Opera Scenes Program, and was the Assistant Director for UNL's opera Le Nozze di Figaro in 2022.  In collaboration with the Voice Area, Guevara has performed on the Voice Faculty recitals, as well as the Opera Scenes Faculty/Student program and Ukraine Song Recital.  Amy was granted the distinction of Distinguished Member of the Sigma Alpha Iota Sorority in the spring of 2023.  Originally from California, Guevara completed her undergraduate studies in Indiana, worked on the east coast singing musical theatre and opera, and finished graduate studies at Arizona State University.