Amber Norelai is a Venezuelan coloratura soprano born in 1992. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from the University of Oklahoma and her Master of Music from the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart. Norelai has been Apprentice Singer at the Santa Fe Opera and Resident Young Artist at Palm Beach Opera. Notable performances include soprano soloist at the New Year’s Eve Concert with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic in 2023, soprano soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 at the Musikverein Vienna in 2022, and Euridice in Monteverdi’s Orfeo at the Santa Fe Opera in 2023. Other roles include Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff, Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Lucia in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and Sophie in Massenet’s Werther.
2024
Amber Norelai
Repertoire
Preliminary round
G.F. Handel
Messiah: Rejoice Greatly
G. Mahler
Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
C. Debussy
Apparition (Mallarmé)
G. Donizetti
La fille du régiment: “Salut à la France” (Marie)
Semifinals
K. Saariaho
Sua katselen (Leino)
Z. Levy
Ladino folksongs from the 14th century:
Avraham Avinu
Los biblicos cantan
Yo me enamori d’un aire
Durme, durme
Adio Querido
W.A. Mozart
Die Zauberflöte: “O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn” (Königin der Nacht)
Final
G. Verdi
Rigoletto: “Caro nome” (Gilda)
L. Delibes
Lakmé: “Où va la jeune hindoue” (Lakmé)