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Amy Manford

australian-American Opera singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ115047886
Source-derived summary

Amy Manford (born 25 December 1993) is an Australian soprano and stage actress. Manford graduated with honours from the Royal College of Music, studying for a Masters in Vocal Performance. She has performed in a number of theatre productions and events around Australia and the globe.

Career

Some of Manford's career highlights include performing alongside Andrea Bocelli for his Australian tours in 2022 and 2025, starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, singing the Australian national anthem for the 2021 AFL Grand Final in Perth, and singing for members of the British royal family on multiple occasions.

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This entry incorporates text from Amy Manford” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.