Praised as “radiant” by the Boston Globe, Angela Yam is renowned for her impeccable musicianship and fierce stage presence. Her Boston Lyric Opera debut as Ismene in Mozart’s Mitridate was hailed “a sweetly poisonous, scene-stealing schemer with a sultry sparkle in her voice,” and awarded the 2024 Best Breakout Performance in a Supporting Role by the Boston Globe, and featured on the cover of Opera Magazine. Her debut with Boston Baroque as Diana in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride was similarly praised for her “gleaming clarity” and “fitting rococo brilliance.”

Angela’s 2024-25 season included her Boston Lyric Opera debut as Ismene in Mozart’s Mitridate, her Glimmerglass Festival debut as Celeste 1 in Sondhiem's Sunday in the Park with George, Rebecca in Heartbeat Opera’s SLAYLEM: The Witch Trials, Liesgen in Bach’s Coffee Cantata (Boston Baroque, North Star Baroque), Horse and Rabbit in Meilina Tsui & Melisa Tien’s The Big Swim (Asia Society Texas with Houston Grand Opera), the world premiere of The Pigeon Keeper by David Hanlon & Stephanie Fleischmann as Orsia (Opera Parallèle), Heavenly Friend 1 and Carrie Pipperidge cover in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel (Boston Lyric Opera), and a return to the title role of Cavalli’s La Calisto (Opera Memphis).

Past projects include Josephine Young understudy in Huang Ruo & David Henry Hwang’s An American Soldier (PAC NYC), the title role of Cavalli’s La Calisto (Opera Memphis), Johanna in Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd (Chautauqua Opera, Opera Saratoga), Diana in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride (Boston Baroque), and Cobweb in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Santa Fe Opera).

World premieres include an “adorable and vocally excellent” Mumei in Kenji Oh’s The Emissary with Opera Parallèle (San Francisco Classical Voice), Siren 1 in Ellis Ludwig-Leone & Karen Russel’s The Night Falls (BalletCollective), Agave (cover) in John Corigliano’s The Lord of Cries (Santa Fe Opera) and the Bird in Jones & Tinley’s ICELAND (Overtone Industries), a role for which she was described as “stellar…a Puccini-esque soprano with incredible highs” (Poison Put to Sound).

Yam’s solo concert appearances include the New York City Ballet (Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Opera Saratoga (Rossini: Petite messe solennelle), and Music at Co-Cath (Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine). As an ensemble singer, Yam has sung with the New York Philharmonic Chorus, Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble, and Nightingale Vocal Ensemble.

Yam was a New York City District Winner in the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and her self-directed Visual Recital was awarded 3rd place in the 2022 American Prize Competition. She composed for and directed Nightingale Vocal Ensemble’s award-winning 2023 choral opera ADRIFT. She has been an Apprentice Artist at Boston Lyric Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Fargo-Moorhead Opera, and Opera Saratoga, and received a Graduate Diploma from New England Conservatory.