ABOUT ANGEL


American soprano Angel Blue's voice has been recognized for its shining and agile upper register, "smoky" middle register, and beautiful timbre. She has performed internationally and won numerous awards. Blue received a Masters of Music degree in Opera Performance from UCLA, a Bachelors of Music from the University of Redlands in Redlands, California, and is alumni to the Los Angeles County High school for the Arts where she studied opera, gospel singing, acting, and classical piano.

Miss Blue was a member of the Domingo-Thornton Young Artist at Los Angeles Opera and the Artistas de la Academia "Placido Domingo" del Palau de les Arts, which is an opera training program led by Rossini specialist Maestro Alberto Zedda.

In the 2008/2009 season, Angel 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 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, the 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, Los Angeles Opera, the American Youth Symphony, the Redlands Symphony, and Theatre an der Wien in Wien, Austria.

Some of her operatic roles include the title role in Suor Angelica, the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Jenny in Threepenny Opera, 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, Antonia and Giuletta in The Tales of Hoffmann, Belinda and Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Manon in Manon, and Alcina in Alcina.

Ms. Blue was a finalist in Operalia 2009, receiving 1st place in the Zarzuela competition, and 2nd place in the Opera competition. Angel was recently 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.

She has also received awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, A.E.I.O.U Italian Educators Vocal Competition, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion's Emerging Young Entertainers Award, and the Redlands Bowl Competition. Angel has sung the National Anthem for the Border Governor's Conference, hosted by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and for the California Women's Conference, hosted by California First Lady Maria Shriver.

In addition to singing, the 5'10" (180cm) soprano 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."

"She has killer high notes and killer theatrical instincts." - Los Angeles Times