Olanna Goudeau continues to captivate audiences with her crystalline upper range, dazzling coloratura, and rich lyricism. 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. 

Ms. Goudeau began her 2025-26 season as a soloist for The Village Trip Festival with Damien Sneed & Friends. Olanna continued into 2025 with an exciting lineup of performances including a collaboration at The Town Hall with one of the world’s greatest Qawwali ensembles, Ustad Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Qawwal Brothers in a thrilling concert uniting the love of music with the love of the divine.  She wrapped up 2025 with her Metropolitan Opera Debut in Porgy & Bess (chorus), an exhilarating run of “Revelations” LIVE (Soloist) with Alvin Ailey Dance Company, and several presentations of Handel’s Messiah (Soloist). At the top of 2026 Ms. Goudeau was a panelist for the MuTeOr Branch of NANM’s Black History Symposium. Shortly after, Olanna made her Carnegie Hall Debut as the soprano soloist for Mozart’s Requiem. In May 2026 Ms. Goudeau was a guest recitalist in collaboration with Dr. Nathaniel Gumbs for the Organ Artist Series of Pittsburgh. Most recently Olanna wrapped up the season as a soloist singing Jessie Montgomery’s “Five Freedom Songs” for the Bryant Park Picnic Series in collaboration with The Unsung Collection. 

Other notable performances include: Bach’s Magnificat (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 of several of Harry T. Burleigh’s spirituals. Ms. Goudeau has also appeared on several notable recordings including Etienne Charles’ Gullah Roots, Kenneth Overton’s A Bright Tomorrow, and is featured on a collaboration with Courtney Carey’s CST and Bronx Arts Ensemble set for Fall 2026 release.

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), Herodias (San Giovanni Battista), 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. 

In 2013, Olanna attended the Minuetto Festival as a Resident Artist where she was awarded the Milton Cross Rising Star Award. Ms. Goudeau has held artist residencies at Cincinnati Opera, Opera New Jersey, Taos Opera Institute, and Cimarron Opera.

Olanna enjoys a busy life as a freelance artist, corporate administrator, and board member to several non-profit organizations.