Hailed by The New York Times as "one of the world’s special young singers,” Emily D’Angelo has continued her meteoric rise and firmly established herself as one of the most exciting and critically acclaimed artists of her generation. The mezzo-soprano is the first and only vocalist to have been presented with the Leonard Bernstein Award from the Schleswig Holstein Festival. D'Angelo made her stage debut, at only 21 years of age at the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, where she was awarded the 2016 Monini Prize.
The 2022/23 season marks numerous exciting role and house debuts such as Royal Opera House in London, Paris Opera and Munich State Opera. A sought-after concert and recital performer, Emily D’Angelo will debut at Park Avenue Armory (New York), Koerner Hall (Canada) or at L'Auditori de Barcelona, among others. She also will perform the Mozart Requiem in Salzburg, together with the Camerata Salzburg on the anniversary of the composer's death.
In recent seasons, Emily D’Angelo made a string of widely acclaimed role and house debuts. Highlights include performances at Zurich Opera, Berlin State Opera, Royal Opera House in London, Bavarian State Opera, Teatro alla Scala, the Paris Opera or Festival Aix-en-Provence, among others. Emily D’Angelo is a keen recitalist and regularly performs in the world’s leading concert halls, collaborating with some of the world’s most acclaimed orchestras, ensembles, and conductors.
D’Angelo won first prize in numerous international competitions including the Metropolitan Opera Competition, the George London Competition, the Gerda Lissner Competition, the Innsbruck Baroque Competition, the Canadian Opera Company Competition, and the Operalia Competition, where a historic win included First Prize, the Zarzuela Prize, the Birgit Nilsson Prize and Audience Prize.
Emily D’Angelo is a Deutsche Grammophon exclusive recording artist. Her debut album Enargeia presents music from the 12th and 21st centuries by composers Hildegard von Bingen, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Missy Mazzoli and Sarah Kirkland Snider. It was named one of the 50 best albums of 2021 by NPR, the best Canadian classical album of 2021 by the CBC, was featured on NPR's 100 best songs of 2021, and received JUNO and Gramophone awards in 2022.
