AMANDA
TESTINI
AMANDA
TESTINI
AMANDA
TESTINI
director & CHOREOGRAPHER
director & CHOREOGRAPHER
director & CHOREOGRAPHER
Orpheus and Eurydice
Stage Director
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Pacific Opera Victoria
The Handmaid’s Tale
Revival Director
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Detroit Opera
The Medium
Stage Director
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Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra
The Hafu Project
Stage Director
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Vancouver City Opera
RUR Torrent of Light Workshop
Choreographer
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Tapestry Opera/Banff Centre
Where Have All The Buffalo Gone
Director
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Axis Theatre
AMANDA TESTINI
AMANDA TESTINI
AMANDA TESTINI
(she/her)
(she/her)
Amanda is an Italian-Canadian director and choreographer based on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Amanda is an Italian-Canadian director and choreographer based on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Amanda is an Italian-Canadian director and choreographer based on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Her work spans opera and theatre across Canada and the U.S., with credits at Detroit Opera, Vancouver Opera, the Glimmerglass Festival, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Arts Club Theatre Company, Bard on the Beach, Edmonton Opera, and Pacific Opera Victoria.
Her work spans opera and theatre across Canada and the U.S., with credits at Detroit Opera, Vancouver Opera, the Glimmerglass Festival, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Arts Club Theatre Company, Bard on the Beach, Edmonton Opera, and Pacific Opera Victoria.
Her work spans opera and theatre across Canada and the U.S., with credits at Detroit Opera, Vancouver Opera, the Glimmerglass Festival, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Arts Club Theatre Company, Bard on the Beach, Edmonton Opera, and Pacific Opera Victoria.
A graduate of Studio 58’s Acting Program, Amanda is a two-time Jessie Award nominee and was the Miriam Bennett Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Club for the 2024/25 season. She began her opera career as a Young Artist with Vancouver Opera, where she has since returned as associate director on East Van Panto: West Van Story (Theatre Replacement).
A graduate of Studio 58’s Acting Program, Amanda is a two-time Jessie Award nominee and was the Miriam Bennett Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Club for the 2024/25 season. She began her opera career as a Young Artist with Vancouver Opera, where she has since returned as associate director on East Van Panto: West Van Story (Theatre Replacement).
A graduate of Studio 58’s Acting Program, Amanda is a two-time Jessie Award nominee and was the Miriam Bennett Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Club for the 2024/25 season. She began her opera career as a Young Artist with Vancouver Opera, where she has since returned as associate director on East Van Panto: West Van Story (Theatre Replacement).
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PRESS
PRESS
Opera Canada
23 Qs for Amanda Testini
23 Qs for Amanda Testini
Vancouver Guardian
“A Day in the Life” with: Vancouver Dancer Amanda Testini
“A Day in the Life” with: Vancouver Dancer Amanda Testini
Opera Canada
Orpheus in the Underworld — A hell of a good time
Orpheus in the Underworld — A hell of a good time
British Theatre Guide
Orpheus & Eurydice from Pacific Opera Victoria at Royal Theatre
Orpheus & Eurydice from Pacific Opera Victoria at Royal Theatre
Stir
Big laughs as East Van Panto: Robin Hood satirizes a city bent on selling out
Big laughs as East Van Panto: Robin Hood satirizes a city bent on selling out
