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Liene Camarena, Soprano

Hometown: Mexico City
Current City: Mexico City
Education: Anáhuac University, BA in Communications; Conservatorio Nacional de Música, Voice; Escuela Superior de Música de Bellas Artes, Voice Major
Roles & Related Experience: Masha, Pique
Dame
; Prilepa, Pique Dame; Opera and concert performances in Teatro Bicentenario, Sala Julián
Carrillo, Alcázar del Castillo de Chapultepec, Galería Valle de Señora
Awards: Finalist, Opera Competition at Centro Morelense de las Artes; Prize winner Maritza Alemán Contest and Best Opera Interpretation award of Tatyana Letter Scene of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

 
 
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Raehann Bryce-Davis,
Mezzo-Soprano

Current City: New York
Education: Manhattan School of Music, Master of Music Vocal Performance Candidate;
University of Texas at Arlington, Bachelor of Music
Roles: Countess, Pique Dame; Governess, Pique
Dame
; Candelas, El Amor Brujo; Carmela, La
Vida Breve
; Marcellina, Le Nozze di Figaro; Carmen, Carmen; Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus; Adalgisa, Norma
Honors: Franz Schubert Institute Scholarship Young Artist

 
 
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Stephanie Melzi
Mezzo-Soprano

Current City: Philadelphia
Education:  New England Conservatory, Boston, BM Vocal Performance
Roles: Polina & Milovzor, Pique Dame; Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro; Cherubino, The Marriage of Figaro; Mercedes, Carmen; Flora, La Traviata
Honors: Encouragement Grant recipient, Violetta DuPont Vocal Competition, 2011

 
 
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Nathalie Avila, Soprano

Current City: Miami
Education: The Peabody Conservatory, BM; The Royal Danish Academy of Music, MM
Roles: Liza, Pique Dame; Mimi,
La Bohème; Micaëla, Carmen;
Stella, Les Contes d’Hoffmann; Midinette, Il Tabarro; Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi
Awards: Encouragement Award, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; George Castelle Memorial Award, The Peabody Conservatory

 
 
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Elizabeth Jones, Soprano

Current City: Tucson, AZ
Education: Mississippi State University, BM Voice Performance; University of Arizona,  MM Voice  Performance
Roles: Masha, Pique Dame; Prilepa, Pique Dame;
Viljia, The Merry Widow; Suor Genovieffa, Suor
Angelica
; Dryad, Ariadne auf Naxos
Awards: Classical Singer Competition First Place 2011; NATS 2nd place 2010

 
 
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Rachel Carter, Soprano

Current City: Athens, OH
Education: Marietta College, BA Music; Ohio University, MM Vocal  Performance
Roles: Masha, Pique Dame; Prilepa, Pique Dame; First Lady, Magic Flute; Street Singer, Three Penny Opera;  Mimí, La Bohème; Agathe,  Der Freischütz

 
 
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Nicholas Pothier,
Collaborative Pianist

Current City: Derry, NH
Education: University of New Hampshire, B.A. Piano Performance
Operas: L’Enfant et Les Sortilèges; The Mikado; Le Nozze di Figaro; Cosi Fan Tutte;  Don Giovanni;  Die Zauberflöte; La Boheme, Carmen
Honors: Academic and music scholarships – The Catholic University of America; Raitt-Wilson Piano Scholarship recipient- The University of New Hampshire; Frederick Smyth Foundation Scholarship recipient; UNH Musician’s Crewing
Fellowship recipient; Dean’s List-University of New Hampshire (2009-2012)

 
 
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Ioanna Tsakalakos, Soprano

Current City: Jersey City
Education: New Jersey City University, entering M.M. in Voice Performance student; Athens Conservatory, Diploma in Voice Performance - Athens Greece; Rutgers University, B.A. in Music
Roles: Liza, Pique Dame (to be performed July 2012); Suor Angelica, Suor Angelica (to be performed September 2012); Second Lady, Magic Flute

 
 
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Maude Paradis,
Mezzo Soprano

Current City: Montréal, Qc
Education: Université de Montréal, Montréal, Qc, BM and MM in Voice Performance
Roles: Countess, Pique
Dame
; Governess, Pique
Dame
; Junon, Orphée aux enfers; Converse No 2, Suor Angelica; Knusperhexe, Hänsel und Gretel
Rosette, Manon; Wowkle, La Fanciulla del West

 
 
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Nicholas Masters, Bass

Current City: Houston
Education:  Studio Artist, Houston Grand Opera 2011- Present; Artist’s Diploma, Academy of Vocal Arts; M.M. in Opera, Yale University School of Music; B.M. in Voice Performance, McGill University, Schulich School of Music
Roles: Old Gypsy, Aleko; Surin & Narumov, Pique Dame; Don Basilio, Il barbiere di Siviglia; Phillipe, Don Carlos; Collatinus, The Rape of Lucretia; Dottore Grenvil,  La traviata; Don Fernando, Fidelio;  Leporello & Commendatore, Don Giovanni;  Count Waldner, Arabella; Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream;  Colline, La bohème 
Honors/Awards:  National Grand Finalist, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions 2011; Second Prize – General Div., Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition 2011;
Finalist - Encouragement Grant, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition 2011; Finalist - Encouragement Award, George London Foundation Competition 2011; Finalist - Encouragement Award, Opera Index Awards 2011,
Catherine Filene Shouse Grant, Wolf Trap Foundation 2009, 2010