Angel Blue

• Soprano

Biography

In the 2008/2009 season, Angel Blue made her debut with the San Francisco Opera Company as Clara in Porgy and Bess, she was the featured soloist with the Valdosta Symphony in Valdosta, Georgia where she sang the soprano role in Arthur Honegger's King David and also performed scenes from La Traviata (Violetta) with the Korean Symphony Orchestra Germany in Seoul and Busan, Korea. In the 2009/2010 season she was a featured soloist with the Riverside Philharmonic, the Adrian Symphony in Adrian, Michigan, Giro Italia tour with Rossini specialist Alberto Zedda throughout Italy, Madrilenos por Haiti concert with La Orquesta Clasica de Espana in Madrid, Spain, A Gala Evening with Thomas Hampson in Budapest, Hungary and made her debut at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia as Micaela in Carmen opposite Marcelo Alvarez and Elina Garanca conducted by Zubin Mehta. In the 2010/2011 season she will sing with the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Spain, the American Youth Symphony, the Redlands Symphony, and Theatre an der Wien in Wien, Austria. 

Angel Blue was a finalist in Operalia 2009, receiving 1st place in the Zarzuela competition, and 2nd place in the Opera competition. Angel was honored to be a part of the 17th Annual Verbier Festival in Verbier, Switzerland where she sang in an "Operalia Tribute" Concert sponsored by Rolex in July 2010. She has also received awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Auditions, A.E.I.O.U Italian Educators Vocal Competition, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion's Emerging Young Entertainers Award, and the Redlands Bowl Competition. In 2011 she was on tour with Placido Domingo opening the Kaufmann Center in Kansas City, Missouri, the Royal Opera House in Muscat, Oman, and concerts in Beijing, China as well as Zagreb, Croatia. In 2012 Angel will sing die Dritte Norn in Oper Frankfurt's production of Götterdämmerung with Sebastian Weigle conducting, Giulietta in Hoffmann Erzählungen   in Wien, Austria, Clara in Porgy and Bess in Concert with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, and the Mahler 2nd Symphony with Zubin Mehta at the Maggio Musicale in Florence, Italy.

Angel Blue's some operatic roles include the title role in Suor Angelica, the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Jenny in Threepenny Opera, Mimi and Musetta in La Boheme, Micaela in Carmen, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Violetta in La Traviata, Liu in Turandot, Countessa Almavia in Le Nozze di Figaro, Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, Antonia and Giuletta in The Tales of Hoffmann, Belinda and Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Donna Elvira and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, and Alcina in Alcina.

In addition to singing, the 5'10" (180cm) Angel Blue is a former model and beauty queen. She has held such prestigious titles as Miss Hollywood 2005, Miss Southern California 2006, and 1st runner up to both Miss California 2006 and Miss Nevada 2007. In 2005 Angel represented the state of California as "Miss California Sweetheart" at the National Sweetheart Pageant, where she won the overall talent award singing "Sempre Libera".