ACTE II Music LLC

ACTE II is a duo of accomplished and diverse artists who have combined their unique, individual talents and experiences. Sopranos Olanna Goudeau and Ashley Renée Watkins have come together to deliver powerful performances of classical music. Ashley Renée and Olanna have enjoyed performing together for several years and officially formed ACTE II Music, LLC with the goal of becoming the world’s leading female classical duo. ACTE II recently made their National TV debut performing as contestants on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, where they received a standing ovation and four yeses from the judges to move on to the next round.

Olanna and Ashley Renée have separately portrayed numerous operatic roles, thrilling audiences in both the U.S and abroad. Their most recent appearance together was for an exhilarating concert of American music at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall with. Both ladies have also received high honors in national and international vocal competitions within the United States, Europe and South America.

The ladies of ACTE II are collectively in demand as recitalist and have each been featured on several concert series including the Black Liberated Arts Center, Inc. at the Oklahoma City Civic Center. The two of them were chosen to be young artist at Opera New Jersey out of hundreds of applicants and stood out among the performers. They have both been honored to be selected as young artists in several other prestigious programs.

Olanna and Ashley Renée are southern belles as natives of Port Arthur, TX and New Orleans, LA respectively. They are both proud Alums of Dillard University and The University of Oklahoma where they studied Vocal Performance.