Described as possessing a “…sultry mezzo tone…” (Opera News), American mezzo soprano, Michelle Blauman, is establishing herself as a versatile emerging artist.

Her upcoming engagements in 2023 include the role of Zita (Gianni Schicchi) with Steamboat Opera. In 2021 Ms. Blauman premiered the role of Alice Paul, from a new composition Forward Into Light by Stephen Variames.

For the 2019 and 2020 seasons, Ms. Blauman was a Studio Artist with Sarasota Opera. During her tenure there she performed the role of Giovanna (Rigoletto) and covered the roles of Maddalena/Countess Ceprano (Rigoletto), Afra (La Wally) and Gertrude (Roméo et Juliette).

Ms. Blauman’s recent performance credits include La Principessa (Suor Angelica), Czipra (Der Zigeunerbaron), Mrs. McClean (Susannah), The Mother (A Childhood Miracle), Cantadora (La Verbena de la Paloma), Dame Quickly (Falstaff), the Voice of Antonia’s Mother (Erzählungen), Nancy (Martha), Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Olga Olsen (Street Scene), and the Mother/Dragonfly (L’enfant et les Sortilege).

From 2016 to 2018, Ms. Blauman was awarded a scholarship to undertake a Masters of Music at the Manhattan School of Music, New York. In addition to being a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Ms. Blauman holds a degree from Pacific Lutheran University, WA, where she was awarded the Mary Baker Russell Music Scholarship. Ms. Blauman grew up in Wenatchee, WA but currently resides in New York City.