In previous seasons, Amina performed the role of Cleopatra in the world premiere of John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra at the opening of San Francisco Opera’s centennial season. She also debuted the role of Manon (Manon) to great critical acclaim at Opéra National de Bordeaux and later performed the role at Opéra National de Paris and at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. She debuted the role of Adalgisa (Norma) in concert at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, performed the role of La Folie (Platée) under the baton of Marc Minkowski at Opéra national de Paris, and made her debut at the Grand-Théâtre de Genève as Fatime (Les Indes galantes) in a new production by Lydia Steier. She has also performed Musetta (La bohème) at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Mimi (La bohème) at the Canadian Opera Company, the title-role in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the San Francisco Opera and Opéra de Paris, Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust at Detroit Opera, title-role in Thaïs with Opéra de Toulon, Liu in Puccini’s Turandot at Teatro di San Carlo, Glycère in Gounod’s Sapho with Washington Concert Opera, Beatriz in Thomas Ades’ The Exterminating Angel at Opéra National de Paris, Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen at Opéra du Rhin, Berthe in Meyerbeer’s Le prophète at the Bard Opera Festival and Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata both at Opéra de Limoges and the Canadian Opera Company. Equally dazzling on the concert stage, Amina’s appearances include Fauré’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with Philharmonie Luxembourg, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, gala concerts at Opéra National de Bordeaux, the Rudolfinum in Prague and with Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Ravel’s Sheherazade with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker and the Schwabacher Recital series with San Francisco Opera. 

She is featured as Alice (Robert le diable) on the critically acclaimed recording of Robert le diable, which was released on the Palazzetto Bru Zane in 2022, and the title role in Massenet’s Ariane with the Bayerischen Rundfunks (recorded by Palazzetto Bru Zane for release in September 2023). 

Amina holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, a Masters from the Wales International Academy of Voice and a post-graduate diploma from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. After completing her studies, Amina participated in the Merola Opera Program, subsequently becoming an Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera.