Camille Sherman is a versatile mezzo-soprano bringing beautiful tone and strong dramatic instincts to a wide variety of repertoire across North American stages. Last season, she joined Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden as an Ensemble Artist, where she sang the title role in Offenbach’s Fantasio, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Mercédès in Carmen, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, and in their Salon Strozzi. This season, Ms. Sherman makes her debut with Opéra de Québec as Angelina in La Cenerentola and returns to Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden as an Ensemble Artist, singing Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Hansel in Hänsel und Gretel, Flora in La traviata, and Mother Spring in Snow Maiden. She will also reprise the roles of Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Mercédès in Carmen.

Ms. Sherman was recently a member of the OperAvenir studio at Theater Basel in Switzerland, where she sang Roßweiße in Die Walküre, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Countess Ceprano/Page in Rigoletto, Mercédès in Carmen, and the title role in Mignon. In recent seasons, Ms. Sherman sang Jess in the American premiere of Missing with Anchorage Opera and she was seen onstage at the Metropolitan Opera competing as a National Semifinalist in the Laffont Competition after winning the Northwest Region.

Ms. Sherman has distinguished herself as a Rossini singer with debuts as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Pensacola Opera and Opera Idaho and as Angelina in La Cenerentola with Tri-Cities Opera and Syracuse Opera. Ms. Sherman also joined Des Moines Metro Opera’s Apprentice Artist Program, performing in Platée, Queen of Spades, and Sweeney Todd. Previously, Ms. Sherman completed her second season in the Portland Opera Resident Artist Program, where she was seen on their main stage as Kate Pinkerton in addition to covering Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, and performing Sally in A Hand of Bridge, Announcer in Gallantry, and Asteria in the American professional premiere of Vivaldi's Bajazet. Previous credits with Portland Opera include Flora Bervoix in La Traviata and Ramiro in La finta giardiniera, as well as covering Hannah After in As One and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia.

Ms. Sherman has been featured at Pensacola Opera as an artist-in-residence, performing the role of María in María de Buenos Aires and the Housekeeper in Man of La Mancha, in addition to covering Aldonza in Man of La Mancha and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. Ms. Sherman returned to Pensacola Opera in 2019 to make her role debut as Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette. Other roles include the Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos (Berlin Opera Academy) and Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Janiec Opera Company). On the concert stage, Ms. Sherman has appeared with Nashville Opera and the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra and debuted with Naples Philharmonic as soloist in Handel’s Messiah.

Ms. Sherman garnered acclaim in several recent competitions, including Third Prize in the Grand Junction Symphony Young Artist Competition (2023) and recognition as a Finalist in the Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition (2022). She was a finalist in the Giulio Gari Foundation International Vocal Competition, Tier 1 of the James Toland Vocal Arts Competition, and Brava! Opera Theater Competition. She is a two-time winner of the Kalvelage Memorial Award in the Henry and Maria Holt Competition and secured the Jorge Estebanez Scholarship from The San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

During her vocal training, Ms. Sherman was in residence at the Janiec Opera Company and at OperaWorks. Ms. Sherman holds degrees in Vocal Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (MM), where she studied with Catherine Cook, and Boston Conservatory (BM).