Orlanda Velez Isidro (born 6 March 1972) is a Portuguese classically trained coloratura soprano.
She started vocal training at the National Conservatory of Lisbon [pt] with Maria Repas Gonçalves.
She has continued her studies in master classes by Elly Ameling, Jill Feldman, Diane Forlano, Ronald Kleekamp, Barbara Pierson, Jennifer Smith, Nico van der Meel and Rolande van der Paal.
[3] She has performed as a soloist with Eduardo Lopez Banzo; Frans Brüggen in Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream; Michel Corboz with the Gulbenkian Orchestra and Choir; Ton Koopman and The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir in several programs of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Claudio Monteverdi; William Christie in the project Ambronay 98 and the project Le Jardin des Voix with Les Arts Florissants and Fredrik Malmberg and the Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester.
In addition, she recorded Al Uso de Nuestra Tierra with Musica Temprana; Carlo Gesualdo Madrigals Libro I, II, and III with the Kassiopeia Quintet; Musica na Obra of Gil Vicente with Segréis de Lisboa [pt]; and a duet performance of Mazzocchi with Jill Feldman.