Amber Norelai

American-Venezuelan soprano Amber Norelai appears in the 2024-25 season as Madama Cortese in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims with the Salzburger Landestheater, as Amore in Orfeo ed Euridice with The Dallas Opera and Forest Bird in Siegfried with Atlanta Opera.

Highlights of recent seasons include Dayton Opera’s season opening gala and New Year’s concerts in Wroclaw, Poland, as well as a return to Santa Fe Opera as Euridice in Monteverdi’s L'Orfeo. She was a 2023 Benenson Young Artist with the Palm Beach Opera, covering Despina in Così fan tutte and Nannetta in Falstaff, a role she also covered in David MacVicar’s production at The Santa Fe Opera in summer 2022.

She has appeared in concert in Vienna’s prestigious Musikverein, home of the Vienna Philharmonic, singing Das himmlische Leben from Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Wiener Akademische Philharmonie. She has also appeared as the soprano soloist in Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater under the baton of Erwin Schrott and the Webern Kammerphilharmonie in Schlosstheater Schönbrunn.

She made her European debut in 2020 singing Anna Reich in Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor in the Wilhelma Theater in Stuttgart, Germany, and returned the next season as Zerlina in Don Giovanni.

Ms. Norelai 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 in Stuttgart. She has received awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions as a 2023 District Winner and was the winner of the 14th International Vocal Competition “Giovani Musicisti.”

Learn more at ambernorelai.com.