Amanda Achen

Bio

Classically trained, genre-fearless, heard in Final Fantasy XIV & XVI and on stages from Tokyo Dome to Carnegie Hall.

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Chapter I

Training and awards

Amanda earned her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance at Cal State Fullerton, where she trained as a classical soprano. Her opera repertoire includes Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus and Musetta in La Bohème, and she was a finalist in the Handel Aria Competition.

Seasons with American Bach Soloists, the Corona del Mar Baroque Festival and Pacific Symphony built the technique; new-music festivals made her the singer composers call when a piece has never been performed before.

2014
B.M. in Voice Performance
Cal State Fullerton
2017
American Bach Soloists Academy & Festival
San Francisco
2018
Finalist, Handel Aria Competition
+ Semi-finalist, Lotte Lenya Competition, NY
2019
NEO Voice Festival
Los Angeles
Chapter II

Video games

Work with composer Masayoshi Soken brought her voice into Final Fantasy XIV and XVI, and the credits kept arriving, each one asking for something she hadn’t done before. She kept saying yes.

“Flow” · “Tomorrow and Tomorrow” · “Footfalls”
Final Fantasy XIV
Soloist, Shadowbringers and Endwalker main themes, with Masayoshi Soken
“My Star”
Final Fantasy XVI
Soloist, ending theme, award-winning
“As Night Dwells”
Duet Night Abyss
Main theme vocalist
Lizzie
Warframe
Voice acting role. The voice of a possessed guitar
Featured vocalist, in-game and on tour
Wuthering Waves
Genre-fearless, rhythmic, bold
Featured vocalist
Marvel Rivals · Arknights
Solo vocals for game soundtracks
For the screen

Films and TV

Selected screen credits. For a fuller list, View on IMDb ↗

Mulan (2020)
Score vocalist, “Reflection”
Frozen II (2019)
Singer
Birds of Prey (2020)
Soprano vocals
Superintelligence (2020)
Singer
Dragon Striker (2026)
TV series, performer, 11 episodes
April X (2025)
Soloist
A Party to Die For (2022)
Singer, “Bye”, “Cleanup Time”
Secrets of an Escort (2021)
Singer / songwriter
Eorzean Symphony Vol. 3 (2023)
Concert film, as herself
“A secret weapon for composers and game studios.”
- AltWire
Chapter III

On the world’s stages

2023–26
Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy
World tour, featured soloist, original vocalist
2021–26
FFXIV Fan Festival · Eorzean Symphony
World tour, featured soloist, original vocalist
2025–26
Wuthering Waves World Tour
World tour, soloist
2024–25
Attack on Titan: Beyond the Walls
North American tour, soloist
2018–21
Joe Hisaishi’s Music of Miyazaki
U.S. Tour, soprano soloist

Concerts & guest appearances

The Game Awards
Microsoft Theater, LA Live
Andrea Bocelli Christmas Concerts
Guest artist seasons
John Williams Concert
Hollywood Bowl
M83 in concert
Los Angeles
Seattle Symphony
Guest appearances

Choral & orchestral repertoire

Andrew Lloyd Webber Requiem
Soprano soloist
Reich, Music for 18 Musicians & Drumming
Soloist
Mozart Requiem · Poulenc Gloria
Soprano soloist
Bach, B Minor Mass · Magnificat
American Bach Soloists · baroque festivals
Carmina Burana · Mahler 2 · Beethoven Choral Fantasy
Soprano soloist
Chapter IV

The opera stage

Opera roles

Rosalinde & Adele
Die Fledermaus
Musetta
La Bohème
Leontine
L’Amant Anonyme
Dorinda
Orlando
Frasquita
Carmen
Lola
Cavalleria Rusticana
Sandman
Hänsel und Gretel

Contemporary works & premieres

Sister Theresa Garrulous
Good Omens live project Premiere
Amazon Prime · SXSW · NYC · London
Nightingale
Conference of the Birds Premiere
The Broad · Scripps · tour
Venus / Window Watcher
Ladies’ Lair Lake Premiere
Trulee Hall · LACMA / MOCA
Voice 1
Gateways to Peace
Mandy Kahn · Getty Center
Soprano
The Last Silent Voice Premiere
Deirdre
A Wake or a Wedding? Premiere

Musical theatre

Belle
Beauty and the Beast
Dolly Tate
Annie Get Your Gun
Witch
Into the Woods

Additional opera repertoire

La Traviata
King Arthur
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
“Her own brand of Beatlemania.”
- KCRW
Chapter V

Citizen Kitten

For ten years, Amanda has been performing jazz across Los Angeles with Citizen Kitten. Formed in 2016, the band reimagines pop and rock favorites through a jazz lens, from Led Zeppelin and Soundgarden to Beyoncé and Britney Spears.