Angel Blue's concert on Saturday, April 1, was the reason Tucson Desert Song Festival added a spring leg.
Moments after Angel Blue emerged from her mother's womb, her pastor father Sebastian knew his baby girl was destined for the great opera stages of the world.
On Saturday, April 1, she will make her Arizona debut in a recital at the UA's Holsclaw Hall with her friend and accompanist, Met assistant conductor Bryan Wagorn. "We’ll be singing about four or five German pieces by Strauss and I’m still undecided about how I want to start the recital. But Bryan and I have been starting the recitals with a little French section because he’s from Canada and he speaks great French," she said."So, we have a good mix of German lieder, French chanson and then Americana.”
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio “These two ladies I’ve been following for years so I was kinda like, ‘Ok, wait a minute: If they sing there, I want to sing there, too,'" Blue said with a chuckle."I was actually really happy when my manager reached out and told me that the Desert Song Festival asked for me to come there and do a recital. I was very honored.
In 2019, she sang the lead role of Bess in the Met's production of Gershwin's"Porgy and Bess." The recording of the performance earned Blue a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording in 2021. She landed a second Grammy this year for her role in Terrence Blanchard's"Fire Shut Up In My Bones," also with the Met.
“I have a very strong faith and belief in God and ... those morals are still very strong in my heart. They will always be there," she explained."I’ve just always been raised with my faith and knowing that the basis of my faith is to love God and push him first in my life and to also treat others how I want to be treated. ... That’s really why I made that decision last year. And I prayed about it before I made the decision not to go to Italy. And I still pray about it.
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