During the 2023-24 season, British-American tenor Joshua Blue makes 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 will return 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 will reunite with the American Symphony Orchestra and Leon Botstein for Dvořák’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall and Brahms’ Rinaldo at the Fisher Center at Bard; join the Oratorio Society of New York for a gala evening to celebrate their 150th anniversary with the final movement of Beethoven’s Symphony #9; and performs Moravec’s Sanctuary Road with both the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park and Princeton Pro Musica. Mr. Blue ends the season covering the Duke in Rigoletto with the Royal Opera House tour to Japan led by Antonio Pappano.

Last season, Mr. Blue made his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut as the tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony #9 performed at the Hollywood Bowl with Eva Ollikainen on the podium. He also returned to both the Metropolitan Opera to sing the Royal Herald in David McVicar’s production of Don Carlo under the baton of Carlo Rizzi and cover Chevalier de la Force in John Dexter’s production of Dialogues des Carmélites led by Bertrand de Billy as well as Opera Philadelphia to make his role debut as Rodolfo in the Yuval Sharon production of La bohème, a role he later reprised at the Glimmerglass Festival in the summer before joining the cast of Vaughan Williams’ Sir John in Love to sing Fenton as part of Bard’s SummerScape with Leon Botstein on the podium. Carnegie Hall appearances featured Handel’s Messiah with Musica Sacra and Beethoven’s Symphony #9 for the United Nations General Assembly. Additional concert debuts included the Cincinnati May Festival for Mozart’s Requiem conducted by James Conlon; American Symphony Orchestra performances of Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D led by Leon Botstein; and Temple University for Adolphus Hailstork’s Done Made My Vow. Mr. Blue also performed in the world-premiere of Another City, a new commission by Houston Grand Opera featuring composer Jeremy Howard Beck and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann.