Mindy Ella Chu
Mezzo-soprano
Bio:
Mindy Ella Chu is praised for her “expressive vigor” and “liquid ornaments,” (SF Chronicle). She made her international solo debut performing John Rutter’s Magnificat and Handel’s Messiah in Japan (2015). Specializing in baroque and contemporary music, Mindy has performed as soloist in concerts at PMF Japan (2015), Carmel Bach Festival’s mainstage mezzo-soprano (2017), and Salzburg Festival (2023). In Opera, she performed in Monteverdi’s Orfeo on tour (Apollo’s Fire), Campra’s Le Carnaval De Venise where she understudied main role Leonoré (BEMF), as Une Prêtresse in Desmerst’s Circé (BEMF), as Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (Voices of Music), as Ambassador in new opera Song of the Ambassadors (Derrick Skye), and also premiered Sweetland (The Industry). Mindy has worked with groups such as Quicksilver, The Thirteen, BCSD, and BEMF Chamber Opera Series. She is currently on a world tour of Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien staged by Peter Sellars. Mindy has been heard live on BBC Radio 3, KUSC and WQXR NYC. She has worked with Arvo Pärt, David Lang, Gustavo Dudamel, Nicholas McGegan and Masaaki Suzuki. Her solo mezzo-soprano can be found on Hyperion Records (Fauré Ave Maria Op. 67, No.2, Yale Schola Cantorum), Apple Music (Duruflé Requiem Pie Jesu, Stanford University), and Nine Bethany Swann Songs, for High Voice & Piano Trio Op. 18 by Daniel Carr (MSR Classics, YouTube). Mindy holds an MM in Early Music from Yale University.
