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Greek-American soprano Pelagia Pamel has performed over a dozen roles at the university, young artist, and professional levels. She begins the 2025-2026 season singing La Princesse in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges at Indiana University. In February 2026, Pelagia will be singing Fanny Price in Indiana University Opera Theater's production of Mansfield Park by Jonathan Dove.
In the 2024-2025 season, Pelagia made her Indiana University Opera role debut as the Governess in Britten's The Turn of the Screw at Indiana University. She also sang in the chorus of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (Bates), a new commission and co-prodcution with The Metropolitan Opera at Indiana University. As Leïla in Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles, Pelagia performed the Act II aria ("Comme autrefois") and duet ("Leïla! Dieu puissant") for Heidi Grant Murphy's Opera Scenes Concert at Indiana University.
Alongside her operatic performances, Pelagia joined NOTUS Contemporary Vocal Ensemble under Director Dominick DiOrio. She was the Soprano Soloist for "Alleluia" from Reena Esmail's Exaltations, as part of the ensemble's spring concert: Reflections and Meditations.
At the end of May, Pelagia performed in concert with Classical Movements as part of the Secret Garden Concert Series at The Rectory in Alexandria, Virginia.
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In Summer 2024, Pelagia was a fellow at the Manetti Shrem Opera Program of Festival Napa Valley. She sang Mimì (La bohème) and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) in the festival’s “Vocal Fantastique” opera scenes concert with symphony orchestra, along with "Porgi amor" as Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro) for the festival’s vocal recital.
In Spring 2023, Pelagia was a Niña (vocalist and dancer) in Deborah Colker's US premiere production of Golijov's Ainadamar (The Fountain of Tears) at Detroit Opera—as a co-production with The Metropolitan Opera.
Pelagia sang Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni with the 2023 Prague Summer Nights Festival at the Estates Theatre, in partnership with the Czech National Opera. She also performed as Vixen from Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen (sung in Czech) for the festival’s opera scenes concert at the Oskar Nedbal Theatre in Tábor, Czech Republic.
Other European-based engagements include various performances in 2022 as a festival singer with Berlin Opera Academy's Opernfest (notably, as Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus) and Vienna Summer Music Festival (notably, as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro).
In the beginning of the 2023-2024 season, Pelagia sang her fifth role with the University of Michigan—Diana in Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers. She made her debut as a solo concert artist, performing as the soprano soloist for Ein deutsches Requiem by Brahms with Wayne State University. She ended the year singing as a soloist for Beethoven's Mass in C with the University of Michigan at Hill Auditorium. In 2024, Pelagia was soloist for the University of Michigan's annual "Collage Concert" at Hill Auditorium, reprising solos from both of her previous Beethoven and Offenbach performances.
Pelagia was honored to be chosen to represent the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance at the University of Michigan's annual Honors Convocation at Hill Auditorium, where she presented an original jazz-inspired arrangement of Andra Day's "Rise Up" in collaboration with jazz pianist Brendon Davis while also participating in the ceremony as a University Honors student herself.
She is the winner of the 2023 Friends of Opera Undergraduate Competition and 2024 Sam Vitale and Aaron Caruso Neapolitan Art Song Competition.
During her multi-year membership of esteemed conductor Eugene Rogers’ Chamber Choir at the University of Michigan, Pelagia was the “Meet Me Here” soloist and a singer in the “Keep it Away From Me” choreographed trio for the choir’s 2021 televised national broadcast of Considering Matthew Shepard. Pelagia has also sung in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s chorus, performing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Hannah Lash’s In Hopes of Finding the Sun, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. Pelagia finished 2022 singing in the chorus of Detroit Opera’s "Aida in Concert."
Pelagia trained as a competitive and show ice skater for 15 years. She has 10 years of experience performing roles in musical theatre productions. Pelagia also has 9 years of performing experience as a trained violinist.
Pelagia Pamel graduated with highest honors from the University of Michigan with a B.M. in Voice Performance and a B.A. in International Studies, specializing in International Securities, Norms, and Cooperation.
She is pursuing a M.M. degree in Voice Performance at Jacobs School of Music - Indiana University with full merit-based support, studying with renowned soprano
Heidi Grant Murphy.