Angel Joy Blue who was born in the year 1984 on May 3 is a gorgeous opera soprano as well as a former model who hails from America. Along with this, Angel is a versatile artist who covers various genres and even won the Grammy Award at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. Angel’s accolade was in the Best Opera Recording category.
According to various sources, Angel’s voice is especially remarked on for its glimmering shine along with the elegant upper register, as well as the ability to hit diverse styles of tone. Angel has gotten the opportunity to perform internationally and has even won multiple accolades such as on Grammy Award, Operalia as well as Miss Hollywood. According to Plácido Domingo, Angel Blue is the next Leontyne Price.
From where did Angel Blue complete her studies before this fame?
Angel pursued her studies at the University of Redlands with a Bachelor of Music degree which she finished in the year 2005. After this, Angel obtained a Master of Music degree in Opera Performance from UCLA which Blue completed in the year 2007. Prior to this, Angel used to attend the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and there Blue expanded her studies in voice and classical piano.
From the years 2007 to 2009, Angel was in the Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program as a fellow member which takes place under the Los Angeles Opera. Along with this, from the years 2009 to 2010, Angel Blue was under the traineeship and guidance of Maestros Alberto Zedda, as well as Zubin Mehta along with Lorin Maazel as fellow associates.
What was Angel Blue’s modeling career before music?
Before becoming the phenomenal soprano, Angel was a former model as well as a beauty queen. Angel holds the crown of Miss Apple Valley, California and she was the event’s first American-African ever to hold such a title. After which, Angel received several other titles and crowns like the title of Miss Hollywood in the year 2005, and the first runner-up position for both Miss California in the year 2006 as well as Miss Nevada in 2007. Angel secured the second runner-up position at the Miss California which took place in 2005.
Where has Angel Blue gotten the chance to perform?
Angel Blue is a phenomenal artist and has performed lead parts after which Angel was featured as a soloist at various Opera houses such as Metropolitan Opera, Teatro Alla Scala, Royal Opera House, Los Angeles Opera, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and San Francisco Opera, all of this in different parts of America.
Along with this, Angel was featured across many European Opera houses, such as Vienna State Opera in Austria, Theater an der Wien in Austria, Frankfurt Opera, Munich Philharmonic which is a german symphony opera, and Berlin Philharmonic in Berlin, Germany. Apart from this, Angel has performed in the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, Israeli Philharmonic in Israel, Auditorio Nacional de Música, and Seoul Arts Center in South Korea.
Apart from this, Angel Blue has descanted the National Anthem for the Border Governors Conference, which was hosted by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the occasion was for the California Women’s Conference, which was held by California First Lady Maria Shriver. Angel Blue got the opportunity to sing the entirely staged role in Italy which took place at Teatro Alla Scala- a famous opera house in Milan around March 12, 2019. Angel is the first Black Woman to perform so.
What accolades has Angel Blue accomplished so far?
Angel has won several awards for her amazing talents such as the Richard Tucker Award in the year 2022, The Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award which she won in the year 2021, the Beverly Sills Award, and Metropolitan Opera both of which she obtained in the year 2020. In the year 2009, Angel Blue was a finalist in Operalia, where she secured the 1st position in the Zarzuela competition, and secured the second spot in the Opera competition.