Angela Brown, soprano

Angela Brown personifies the ideal soprano: sheer vocal power; luxurious finesse; and shimmering, high pianissimos. She has graced the leading opera and symphonic stages on six continents including Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, National Opera of Paris, Vienna State Opera, Capetown (South Africa) Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Edmonton Opera, Calgary Philharmonic, Shanghai World Expo, Moscow Performing Arts Center, The Metropolitan Opera, Bilbao Opera, Teatro La Fenice, Hamburg Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Cincinnati Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, and more. She has been presented in solo recital throughout the United States, Canada, Spain, New Zealand, China, and Africa.

She is a featured artist on the two-time Grammy Award® winning recording “Ask Your Mama” and is the original voice of the contemporary opera roles of Addie Parker (Charlie Parker’s Yardbird) and Cilla (Margaret Garner). Her repertoire includes the time-honored roles of Tosca, Aida, Amelia (Un ballo in Maschera), Elisabetta (Don Carlo), and Leonora (Il Trovatore). Angela’s leadership in opera extends as the founder of Morning Brown, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to the development of multicultural role models and audiences in the performing arts. (www.morningbrown.org) She received the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts and The Willson Center for Humanities and the Arts of the University of Georgia named Angela the 2023 Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding. Angela is the Artistic and Educational Ambassador of Indianapolis Opera and a voting member of The Recording Academy.