During the 2025-26 season, British-American tenor Joshua Blue has major return engagements with the LA Phil for Mozart’s Requiem at the Hollywood Bowl reuniting with Maestro James Gaffigan on the podium; Metropolitan Opera to revive his portrayal of Tamino in Julie Taymor’s family-friendly version of The Magic Flute led by Erina Yashima; St. John the Divine for a special New Year’s Eve concert of Beethoven’s Symphony #9 under the baton of Kent Tritle; and English National Opera to reprise the character of Ferrando in Così fan tutte with multi-award-winning director Phelim McDermott together with conductor Dinis Sousa for performances in London and Manchester. Debuts during the season include Opéra national de Nancy-Lorraine for a new staged production of Verdi’s Requiem with design and scenography by César Vayssié, costumes and make-up by Jean-Biche, and lighting by Anne Meeussen with Sora Elisabeth Lee conducting the funeral mass; and brings his role of Rodolfo in La bohème to both Opera North with conducting duties split between Garry Walker and Catriona Beveridge in a production by Phyllida Lloyd and Austin Opera with Music Director Timothy Myers on the podium and stage director Eboni Adams. Mr. Blue also joins Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic later in the spring to perform Sueño en mi sueño (Neruda Songs), composed by Nicolás Lell Benavides, with oboist Anne Marie Gabriel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Mr. Blue made several company debuts in the 2024-25 season, including reviving the role of Rodolfo in La bohème for English National Opera alongside conductor Clelia Cafiero in Jonathan Miller’s sublime production as well as San Diego Opera with conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya and director Keturah Stickann; The Phoenix Symphony for Handel's Messiah with Patrick Dupré Quigley on the podium; Detroit Opera where he created his first portrayal of Ferrando in Così fan tutte in a new production by director Yuval Sharon and Corinna Niemeyer on conducting duty; Charleston Symphony for Moravec's Sanctuary Road led by Andrew Grams; Main Line Symphony Orchestra for a concert of Puccini arias and duets led by Don Liuzzi; as well as a returns to Opera Philadelphia to debut the role of Coline in Bologne's L’amant anonyme under the baton of Kalena Bovell and staging by Dennis Whitehead Darling; Oratorio Society of New York with conductor Kent Tritle for Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall and tenor arias from Bach's St. Matthew Passion at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine; Lensic Theatre where he joined Joe Illick and the New Year’s Eve Orchestra for Beethoven’s Symphony #9 in Santa Fe, NM; Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for his first time as Alfred in Die Fledermaus with the team of conductor George Manahan and director Shawna Lucey; New York Festival of Song for My Brother’s Keeper, a newly conceived evening celebrating Black men in America through art song, soul, gospel and opera with Steven Blier at the piano; Berkshire Opera Festival where he revived the character of Alfredo in La Traviata jointly produced by company co-founders conductor Brian Garman and director Jonathan Loy. He returned to the The Phoenix Symphony for a winter chamber concert featuring Hans Zender’s rendition of Winterreise, Franz Schubert’s set 24 poems of Wilhelm Müller, subtitled “A Composed Interpretation” for chamber orchestra with conductor Alex Amsel. Mr. Blue made his Weill Hall recital debut singing works of Britten, Vaughan Williams, H. Leslie Adams, and a world-premiere by Nicolás Lell Benavides with pianist Kayo Iwama, a string quartet from the Juilliard School, and oboist Anne Marie Gabriele joining him for the program.

In the 2023-24 season, Mr. Blue made his Houston Grand Opera stage debut creating the role of Wilson in the world premiere of  Intelligence, a new work from composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, conducted by Kwamé Ryan. He returned to the Metropolitan Opera as Tamino for Julie Taymor’s production of The Magic Flute under the baton of Gareth Morrell. In concert, Mr. Blue reunited with the American Symphony Orchestra and Leon Botstein for Dvořák's Requiem at Carnegie Hall and Brahms’ Rinaldo at the Fisher Center at Bard; joined the Oratorio Society of New York for a gala evening to celebrate their 150th anniversary with the final movement of Beethoven’s Symphony #9; performed Wendell Logan's Runagate, Runagate with the Oberlin Sinfonietta; and sang Sanctuary Road with both the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park and Princeton Pro Musica. Mr. Blue traveled to Japan with the Royal Opera on tour covering the Duke in Rigoletto led by Music Director Antonio Pappano. He ended the season with Bard SummerScape celebrating Hector Berlioz by performing in the composers’ works: Lélio, Te Deum, and the title role in La Damnation de Faust.

Mr. Blue appears on the recording of Heggie's Intelligence and Liverman's Dunbar/Moore Sessions Vol. 2, both of which were nominated for a 2025 Grammy Award; Moravec’s Sanctuary Road which was nominated for a 2021 Grammy Award and he provided vocals for the 2018 Oscar-nominated short film My Nephew Emmett.

Mr. Blue earned his bachelor’s degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and graduated from The Juilliard School with a master’s degree, studying voice with Dr. Robert C. White, Jr. He is a former Apprentice Singer with Santa Fe Opera and is an alumnus of the Cafritz Young Artist program with the Washington National Opera.
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