About April

Born and raised in Southern California, April Amante is a versatile soprano with expertise and facility in repertoire spanning from early music to contemporary musical theater. Described as "heavenly to listen to" by the Daily Nexus, her strong musicianship draws her toward contemporary and modern music. Five-time Grammy award winner, John Corigliano (The Ghosts of Versailles, The Red Violin, Symphony No. 2) once described Amante’s singing as “beautiful [with …] a long line and a beautiful sound …”

April made her Carnegie Hall solo debut as Mrs. Sinclair in Eric Whitacre's The Gift of the Magi for the New York City premiere with DCINY and recently reprised this role again for the orchestrated premiere at Carnegie Hall in 2024, conducted by Eric Whitacre. She also played one of the solo Handmaidens, Seconda Ancella, in Los Angeles Opera's Turandot (2024). More recently she sang Joseph Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne with the Santa Barbara Chamber Players. In February 2027 she will sing Grieg’s Six Songs (Op. 48) with Le Salon de Musiques in San Diego.

In 2020 April made her Los Angeles Opera debut as the Solo Soprano Voice and Chorus Soloist in the world premiere of Matthew Aucoin's "Eurydice". She has been the Soprano Soloist for Handel's "Messiah" with the Los Angeles Master Chorale twice (both performed in Walt Disney Concert Hall) and once for the Santa Barbara Choral Society in Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West. April sang the Mozart Requiem Soprano Solo with the Angeles Chorale and was one of the Vocal Soloists in Dylan Mattingly's Bakkhai with Jacaranda Music for their 2022 season opener. April played the role of Mrs. Sinclair in the world premiere of Eric Whitacre's mini-opera "The Gift of the Magi" at Walt Disney Concert Hall at the 2019 Los Angeles Master Chorale's Festival of Carols concert. She has performed and covered mainstage roles with Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Opera San Luis Obispo, Pacific Opera Project, New York City Opera's 'Opera for Kids!', and the Los Angeles Opera Outreach Program. Favorite roles performed include Laurey (Oklahoma), Johanna (Sweeney Todd), Pamina & First Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Frasquita (Carmen), and Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi). She has been a featured soloist with the Opera San Luis Obispo Grand Orchestra in concert at the Vina Robles Amphitheater and  Opera San Luis Obispo’s Broadway by the Sea.

In addition to her solo performance credits, April, a member of SAG-AFTRA, has lent her voice to the score choir of several films including Wicked: Part I (2024), Wicked: For Good (2025), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), and Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025). She has been a roster soprano of the Los Angeles Master Chorale since 2017. April holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) from the University of California Santa Barbara in Vocal Performance, a Master of Music (MM) from the University of Arizona, and her Bachelor of Music (B.M.) magna cum laude from California State University Northridge.