Soprano Angela Mannino, made her Metropolitan Opera debut in May 2010 as the 15 Year Old Girl in Berg’s Lulu upon completing two seasons in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center. Most recently Angela sang Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera with New Orleans Opera. She makes her Dallas Opera debut this spring as Papagena in The Magic Flute.
Other upcoming engagements include Juliette in Romeo and Juliette with the Bar Harbor Music Festival, the Fairy Godmother in Cendrillon with Kentucky Opera and returning to the Metropolitan Opera for a second season.
As a Filene Young Artist at Wolf Trap Opera she sang Colombina in Le Donne Curiose and Fiorilla in Il Turco in Italia as well as performed in recital with Steven Blier. Last spring she sang the role of Agrippa in the world premier of John Musto’s opera, The Inspector, commissioned by the Wolf Trap Foundation.
At Lyric Opera of Chicago, Angela sang Blonde in The Abduction from the Seraglio including a last minute debut on opening night. Many other roles at Lyric include the 15 Year Old Girl in Lulu, Giannetta in L’Elisir d’Amore and Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro.
She sang Gilda in Rigoletto with Opera Grand Rapids, Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with New Orleans Opera and DuPage Opera, Fido in Paul Bunyan with Central City Opera and the First Maid in Daphne with Santa Fe Opera.
Angela received a Bachelor of Music from Loyola University and a Master of Music from Indiana University. A Sullivan Foundation Career Grant Winner, Angela has received awards from the Shoshana Foundation, American Opera Society, Musician’s Club of Women, Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Auditions, Mobile Opera Vocal Competition and the Orpheus National Vocal Competition.
A native of New Orleans, Angela has been seen in a variety of performances with the New Orleans Opera, Jefferson Performing Arts Society and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.