Praised for her “huge, clear voice,” (Daily Gazette), Angela Yam has sung with the New York City Ballet, Opera Saratoga, Santa Fe Opera, and Fargo-Moorhead Opera, where her work has been described as “wickedly funny and talented” and “a powerful soprano that really gets your attention.” (InForum)
Her professional highlights include Johanna (Sondheim: Sweeney Todd, Opera Saratoga), Clorinda (Rossini: La Cenerentola, Fargo-Moorhead Opera), and Mary Crawford (Dove: Mansfield Park, Opera Modesto). Her solo concert work includes debuts with the New York City Ballet (Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream) and Opera Saratoga (Rossini: Petite messe solennelle).
Yam’s 2022-23 season includes several premieres, including a performance at Carnegie’s Stern Hall (Heidi Breyer: A Requiem for the Common Man), the Soprano Soloist in Carol Koffinke’s The Five Elements, Siren in Ellis Ludwig-Leone’s The Night Falls (American Opera Project), and Fractured Voices (White Snake Projects).
Yam joined Santa Fe Opera in 2021, performing Cobweb (Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and covering Agave (John Corigliano: Lord of Cries, world premiere). Yam holds a Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory (2021), where she performed as Blanche de la Force (Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites), the Coloratura Soprano (Argento: Postcard from Morocco), Calisto (Cavalli: La Calisto), and the Soprano Soloist (Haydn’s Die Schöpfung). She currently sings with the New York Philharmonic Chorus and Music at Co-Cath. Find out more at angelayamsoprano.com!