Angel Joy Blue is an American soprano. She won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for the Metropolitan Opera production of Porgy and Bess in the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Her voice has been recognized for its shining and agile upper register, "smoky" middle register, beautiful timbre, and ability to switch from a classical to a contemporary sound. She has performed internationally and won numerous awards including a Grammy Award, Operalia and Miss Hollywood. According to family lore, when she was born her father, Sylvester, predicted that she would be "the next Leontyne Price".
In September 2024, Blue appeared at the Last Night of the Proms, performing two opera excerpts by Puccini: Gianni Schicchi – O mio babbino caro and Tosca – Vissi d'arte. She also performed two spirituals with the pianist Stephen Hough, and the aria Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores from the operetta Las hijas del Zebedeo, by Ruperto Chapí, as well as Rule Britannia by Thomas Arne.
