About

Michigan-based soprano Angela Bonello is passionate about using her voice to bring joy to audiences through opera, art song, choral music, and sacred music. She has performed as a soloist and chorister with the Choral Artists of Michigan and Holy Name Parish Schola on works including Fauré Requiem, Duruflé Requiem, and Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer/O For the Wings of a Dove. In December 2024, she made her soloist debut with the Macomb Symphony Orchestra singing the Bach Magnificat. Operatic roles include Lucy (The House on Mango Street), Sister Constance (Dialogues of the Carmelites), Patience (Patience), and Despina (Così fan tutte). This summer, Angela is excited to perform Papagena (The Magic Flute) with Opera de Metro and Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) at Saluzzo Opera Academy in Italy. She will also be singing the role of Beth the Butterfly in a workshop of a new anti-bullying children’s opera and participating in performance outreach with the Motor City Lyric Opera. Angela’s summer work also includes singing with the 1950s Village Cruisers group at Greenfield Village. She won Second Place at the 2025 NATS Regional Competition, was a Semifinalist in the international 2021 Lotte Lenya Competition, and was awarded the First Place Charlotte Ruppel Memorial Voice Award in 2024. Angela earned her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and Music Education from Oakland University in 2022. Her teaching credits include serving as the choir director at Waldon Middle School in Lake Orion, MI, teaching music at Cranbrook Theater School, and teaching private voice and piano lessons. Angela is pursuing her MM in Voice Performance at the University of Michigan and studies with Caitlin Lynch.