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; Cathedral of St. John the Divine for a special New Year’s Eve concert of Beethoven’s Symphony #9 under the baton of Kent Tritle; 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; Bard’s SummerScape for Mozart’s Kleine deutsche Kantata, K619, Davide penitente, K469, “Laut verkündre unsre Freude” from Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate, K623, and Haydn’s Requiem in C Minor; and Austin Opera for his portrayal of Puccini’s Rodolfo in La bohème with Music Director Timothy Myers on the podium and stage director Eboni Adams. 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 as well as Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo where he repeats the funeral mass as tenor soloist under the baton of Andrew Litton; and Opera North for La bohème with conducting duties split between Garry Walker and Catriona Beveridge in a production by Phyllida Lloyd. Mr. Blue also joins Members of the LA Phil to perform Sueño en mi sueño (Neruda Songs), composed by Nicolás Lell Benavides, with oboist Anne Marie Gabriel at Walt Disney Concert Hall. He sings outdoor concerts with the Metropolitan Opera as part of their 2026 Summer Recital Series with performances at Central Park SummerStage and Brooklyn Bridge Park focusing on music for the American 250th Anniversary as well as joining Opera Omaha for their summer concert event, “Ópera al aire libre,” filled with classic arias and duets.

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 2022, Mr. Blue was awarded the prestigious gift of The Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Prize by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He was the inaugural recipient of the Lotos Foundation’s James McCracken and Sandra Warfield Opera Prize in 2020; was a semi-finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2018; received the Ellen Lopin Blair award for 1st place in the 2017 Oratorio Society of New York solo competition; and was noted as an Emerging Artist in the 2017 Opera Index Competition in New York City.

Mr. Blue appears on recordings of Paul Moravec’s Sanctuary Road which was subsequently nominated for a 2021 Grammy Award; Jeanine Tesori’s contemporary opera Blue with Washington National Opera; Jake Heggie’s Intelligence, in collaboration with Houston Grand Opera, which won a 2026 Grammy Award; a solo album titled Black and Blue with pianist and longtime collaborator Steven Blier; and the New York Festival of Song release of My Brother’s Keeper, a story of brotherly love, caretaking, and community among Black men in America told through art song, soul, gospel, and opera; 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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