Bio

An active vocalist in Metro Detroit, 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. She is enjoying her first season of children’s opera outreach with the Motor City Lyric Opera. Angela was named a Semifinalist for the 2022 NATS National Competition, a Semifinalist in the international 2021 Lotte Lenya Competition, and was awarded the First Place Charlotte Ruppel Memorial Voice Award (2024). She has participated in summer programs Bel Canto in Tuscany 2023 and American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz 2024, where Angela was a semifinalist in the Meistersinger Competition. Operatic roles include Lucy (The House on Mango Street), Sister Constance (Dialogues of the Carmelites), Patience (Patience), and Despina (Così fan tutte). Opera roles through scene work include Zerlina, Marie, Susanna, Erste Dame, and Adina. 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 currently pursuing her MM in Voice Performance at the University of Michigan, where she studies with Caitlin Lynch.