Avery Boettcher
Soprano
Soprano Avery Boettcher has been deemed “a formidable talent”, praised for her captivating stage presence and dramatic vocal expressivity. This season sees Ms. Boettcher reprising the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Sociedad Artística del Tec & Teatro Graticello in Monterrey Mexico, as well as making several debuts which include the role of Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus with Pacific Opera Project, Gretel in Hansel & Gretel with Opera Tampa, and Dot/Marie in Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George with El Paso Opera. Ms. Boettcher will also join the Panama City Symphony Orchestra as the featured soloist for the symphony’s Viva Italia! gala. Highlights from the 2022-2023 season include performing Adina in L’elisir d’amore with Vero Beach Opera, Violetta Valéry in La Traviata in concert with Panama City Symphony Orchestra, a concert of “Opera Classics” with the Washington Opera Society at the French Embassy in Washington D.C., and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Gulfshore Opera. Ms. Boettcher was also invited to perform in an exclusive masterclass in New York City with tenor extraordinaire Javier Camarena, an event which was sponsored by the American Friends of the Donizetti Opera Festival.
Ms. Boettcher has been a young artist with Santa Fe Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Detroit Opera. She has won 3rd place in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Midwest Region, 1st place in the MIOpera Competion, 3rd place in the Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition, 3rd place in the Opera Birmingham Competition, and was a finalist in both the Belvedere International Vocal Competition and the Giulio Gari Vocal Competition. She attended Viterbo University for her bachelors and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music for her masters.