About

Zoë Spangler is a coloratura soprano with a special interest in French and bel canto repertoire. She is a recent graduate of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore where she received a Graduate Performance Diploma in Voice and studied with esteemed soprano, Elizabeth Futral.  She was selected as a 2025 recipient of the Lillian Howard Mann Memorial Voice Award by the Peabody faculty.

Most recently, Zoë performed the role of Emmie in Opera Baltimore’s production of Albert Herring. In 2024, she made her company debut as Miles in The Turn of the Screw with Opera Roanoke. The previous year, she was a soloist with the Miami City Ballet under the baton of Maestro Gary Sheldon in the company’s production of West Side Story.

“Soloists standing at the side of the stage were entrusted with full songs. Zoë Spangler topped them all in ‘Somewhere’ (The New Criterion).”

Zoë performed the role of Tytania in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Miami Music Festival in 2022 as well as La fée (Cendrillon) in 2021. Her other recent roles include Antonia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) and Zerlina (Don Giovanni).

“Confirming the strong impression she made as La fée in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Zoë Spangler commanded Tytania’s scenes with queenly majesty, producing acrobatic coloratura leaps and subtle pianissimos in equally ravishing fashion (South Florida Classical Review).”

During her graduate studies, Zoë performed the role of Pamina and covered the Queen of the Night in Lamont Opera Theatre’s production of Die Zauberflöte. She was Beth March (Little Women) with Opera in the Ozarks and Suor Genovieffa, Nella, and Young Lover in Il Trittico with Lamont Opera Theatre. In 2021, Zoë received both the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Award as well as the Outstanding Recital Award from the Lamont School of Music at the culmination of her master’s degree. While studying at Peabody, Zoë covered the role of Lena (Svadba) and sung the role of Le Rossignol as well as covered Le Feu and La Princesse (L’enfant et les sortilèges).

In addition to performing operatic roles, Zoë enjoys singing concert repertoire, recital literature, and competing in vocal competitions. In 2020, she was awarded the Sherry Shepherd Sargent Award in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition for Colorado Singers. She was a featured soloist on an album produced by BIS Records: Sorabji: Vocal and Chamber Works in 2024.

“Sample the Trois poèmes for soprano and piano (1941) on texts by Paul Verlaine and Charles Baudelaire, where the combination of vocal line and athletic accompaniment produces a unique effect. The performers on the album are quite strong overall, but Zoë Spangler is a standout; she cultivates a woodwind-like vocal sonority that stands up to Kingsland’s swirling piano (AllMusic).”

Currently, Zoë is living in Portland, Oregon where she is working, singing, and studying for the LSAT. She plans on applying for law school in 2026 and pursuing a lifelong dream of a career in law.