Soprano Amanda Raddatz (Pamina) made her Opera Theatre of the Rockies debut as Cunnegonde in Candide in 2002. She began her professional career with a year-long contract with Utah Opera as a Young Artist and performed with the Nashville Opera. Amanda has been a featured soloist with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, the Boulder Philharmonic, the Colorado Music Festival and the Black Hills Symphony. A first place winner in the Birmingham Opera competition and High Plains Opera Singing Competition, she was also a finalist in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild competition and a three-time Regional finalist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.