Olanna Goudeau continues to captivate audiences with her dazzling coloratura, rich lyricism, and crystalline upper range. The Port Arthur, Texas native made her National TV debut on Season 9 of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, as one half of the opera duo, ACTE II. Since her appearances on the show she has toured both the US and abroad to great acclaim.  Olanna enjoys an active performance schedule as a multi-genre performer.

Ms. Goudeau began 2025 as a soloist for WNYC & The Apollo Present “Apollo Uptown Hall”, a celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. Olanna continues into 2025 with an exciting lineup of performances including Three on 3 Music’s “A Tribute to the Concert Spiritual” happening in the heart of Harlem at Mount Ascension Presbyterian Church. Other upcoming performances include Damien Sneed’s Chamber Opera The Tongue & The Lash (Town Hall), Brahm’s Requiem (Unsung Collective), and Stradella’s San Giovanni Battista (Cataputlt Opera).  

Other notable performances include: Bach’s Magnificat (Soprano Soloist), Alvin Ailey’s Revelations LIVE (Soprano Soloist), Handel’s Messiah (Soprano Soloist), Opera in the Park (Soprano Soloist) and Vivaldi’s Alleluia from RV 626 with Courtney’s Stars of Tomorrow. In 2022 Olanna joined the Young Artist Debut Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Frank Collura,  to present the World Premiere Performances of several of Harry T. Burleigh’s spirituals. 

Olanna’s operatic performance credits include: Frasquita (Carmen), Clorinda (La Cenerentola), Bess (Porgy & Bess), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Queen of the Night and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Lakmé (Lakmé), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Rose Maybud (Ruddigore), Lauretta (Le Docteur Miracle), Gretel (Hansel & Gretel) and Hannah in the first ever gospel opera (Hannah’s Song of Praise) with music by Damien Sneed. Ms. Goudeau also joined Opera Theatre St. Louis as Treemonisha (Treemonisha) for the workshop of the production. 

She has also had the distinct pleasure of premiering several new works including Michael Ching’s acapella opera, A Midsummer’s Night Dream (Hermia) and Waundell Saavedra’s children’s opera Sweet Dreams (Sparkle), Julia Seeholzer’s “Portraits of Disquiet” with Fresh Squeezed Opera and most recently William Averitt’s Afro-American Fragments No. 4 Song for Billie Holiday. 

Olanna was invited to attend the Minuetto Festival as a Resident Artist where she was awarded the Milton Cross Rising Star Award, has earned a spot as a Regional Finalist at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, was awarded 1st place by NATS and 2nd place at the Benton-Schmidt Opera Competition. Ms. Goudeau held young artist residencies at Cincinnati Opera, Opera New Jersey, Taos Opera Institute, and Cimarron Opera.

A self-proclaimed multi-passionate, Olanna enjoys a busy life as a singer, mother, corporate administrator, voice teacher, and a certified Life & Business Coach. She is a proud member of The NY Philharmonic Chorus, The Unsung Collective, Voices of Harlem, Courtney’s Stars of Tomorrow (CST), and The Concert Chorale of Harlem (TCCH).