 Ashley Thouret, Soprano
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Current City: Philadelphia, PA
Education: Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia; Glenn Gould Professional School, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto
Some Roles: Tatyana, Eugene Onegin; Micaela, Carmen; Mimi, La Boheme; Anne Trulove, The Rake’s Progress; Fiordiligi, Cosi fan Tutte; Zerlina, Don Giovanni; Pamina, Die Zauberflöte
Awards/Honors: Prize Winner, Mario Lanza Competition; Encouragement Award, Mario Lanza Competition; Winner, NATS Ontario Chapter
 John Viscardi, Tenor
Hometown: Manhasset, NY
Current City: Philadelphia, PA
Education: Academy of Vocal Arts, Resident Artist; M.A. in Music Performance—Opera Concentration, New York University; B.M. in Vocal Performance, New York University
Some Roles: Lensky, Eugene Onegin; Triquet, Eugene Onegin; Waiter, Arabella; Song seller and one of the lovers, Il tabarro; Fenton, Falstaff; Tamino, Die Zauberflöte
Awards/Honors: 1st Place, Mario Lanza Scholarship Competition; Prize Winner Giargiari Bel Canto Competition
 Shelley Jackson, Soprano
Hometown: Manassas, VA
Current City: Philadelphia, PA
Education: MM Opera - Temple University, Boyer College of Music; BM Vocal Performance - The Peabody Conservatory
Some Roles: Iolanta, Iolanta; Brigitta, Iolanta; Juliette, Roméo et Juliette; Thérèse/Tirésias, Les mamelles de Tirésias; Susannah, Susannah; Micaëla, Carmen; Countess Almaviva,
Le Nozze di Figaro; Pamina, The Magic Flute; Belinda; Dido and Aeneas
Awards/Honors: Prize Winner - Russell Wonderlic Memorial Voice Competition; Finalist, David Adams Art Song Competition; Encouragement Award, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
 Samantha Lin Geraci-Yee, Soprano
Hometown: Freeport, New York
Current City: Philadelphia, PA
Education: MM in Vocal Performance, Esther Boyer College of Music; BM in Vocal Performance, The Cleveland Institute of Music
Some Roles: Tatyana, Eugene Onegin; Suor Genovieffa, Suor Angelica; Frasquita, Carmen; Fox, The Cunning Little Vixen; Spirit, Dido and Aeneas; Sandman, Hänsel und Gretel; Barbarina, Le nozze di Figaro
Awards/Honors: Paul and Carmel Leon Scholarship for Voice; Donald Read Memorial Scholarship Award & Recital
 Michael J. Davis, Bass
Hometown: Santa Clarita, CA
Current City: Los Angeles, CA
Education: Pasadena City College
Some Roles: Gremin, Eugene Onegin; Zaretsky, Eugene Onegin; Captain, Eugene Onegin; King Rene, Iolanta; Bertrand, Iolanta; Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte; Magistrate, Signor Deluso; Gorghibus, Signor Deluso; Brighella, Little Harlequinade
Related Experience: The Verdi Chorus (Santa Monica); Nulla, Silenzio- Puccini, a Master Class with Carol Vaness
 Kirsten C. Kunkle, Soprano
Hometown: Fremont, Ohio
Current City: North East, MD
Education: A.Mus.D. Voice Performance, University of Michigan
Some Roles: Iolanta, Iolanta; Brigitta, Iolanta; Laetitia, The Old Maid and the Thief; Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni; Arnalta, L’incoronazione di Poppea; Witch, Hansel and Gretel; La Badessa, Suor Angelica; Marcellina, Le nozze di Figaro
Related Experience: Soloist with Rome (GA) Symphony Orchestra; Dana Symphony Orchestra; Toledo Symphony; Toledo Choral Society
 Efrain Solis, Baritone
Hometown: Santa Ana, CA
Current City: San Francisco, CA
Education: San Francisco Conservatory; B.M. Chapman Conservatory of Music
Some Roles: Onegin, Eugene Onegin; Germont, La Traviata; Escamillo, Carmen; Guglielmo, Così fan tutte; Figaro, Le Nozze di Figaro
Awards/Honors: 1st place, Friends of the Arts, Cerritos Performing Arts; 1st place, Laila S. Conlin Competition, Opera Pacific
 Youna Jang, Soprano
Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Current City: Blue Bell, PA
Education: M.M. in Opera Performance - Temple University
Some Roles: Tatyana, Eugene Onegin; Cio-Cio-san, Madama Butterfly; Micaëla, Carmen; Papagena, Die Zauberflöte; Mimì, La Bohème; Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni; Antonia, Les Contes d’Hoffmann; Alice, Falstaff
Awards/Honors: Annapolis Opera Competition – Study Award & Audience Choice Award; Finalist, Competizione dell’Opera Dresden, Germany; James Parkinson Opera Competition finalist; Gerda Lissner International Competition Encouragement Award
 James Flora, Tenor
Hometown: New Madison, Ohio
Current City: Pittsburgh, PA
Education: Resident Artist - Pittsburgh Opera; Studio Artist - Arizona Opera Marion Roose Pullin Opera Studio
Some Roles: Vaudemont, Iolanta; Almeric, Iolanta; L’Aumonier/Chevalier, Dialogues des Carmélites; Pang, Turandot; Arturo/Edgardo, Lucia di Lamermoor; Dancaïro/Don José, Carmen; Fenton, Falstaff; Spoletta, Tosca
Awards/Honors: Finalist, Richard Tucker Competition
 Cynthia Cook, Mezzo-Soprano
Hometown: Portland, Maine
Current City: Philadelphia, PA
Education: Academy of Vocal Arts, Resident Artist; B. M. in Vocal Performance, the Hartt School of Music
Some Roles: Olga, Eugene Onegin; Mother, Eugene Onegin; Filipievna, Eugene Onegin; Clairon, Capriccio; Adalgisa, Norma; Meg Page, Falstaff; Dorabella, Così fan tutte; Smeton, Anna Bolena; Flora, La traviata; Kabanicha, Kat’a Kabanova
Awards/Honors: Encouragement Award, Gerda Lissner Foundation
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