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Elizabeth Rigby Jones
Mezzo-Soprano

Hometown: Newport Beach, CA
Current City: Newport Beach, CA
Education: The Boston Conservatory, BM in Vocal Performance; The Second City Training Center, Hollywood 
Roles: Nurse, Juliet's nanny, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Peep-Bo, The Mikado; Cherubino, Le Nozze di Figaro; Dorabella, Così fan tutte; Barbarina, Le Nozze di Figaro; Papagena, Die Zauberflöte; Mabel, The Pirates of Penzance
Awards/Honors: 1st Place, Long Beach Mozart Festival Competition; Semi-finalist, LA Spotlight Awards


 
 
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Dominick Chenes, Tenor

Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Current City: Philadelphia
Education: AVA Resident Artist; B.M. and M.M. in Vocal Performance, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 
Roles: Romeo, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Paolo, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Dante, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Gustavo III (King of Sweden), 
Un ballo in maschera (AVA); Monsieur Triquet, Eugene Onegin (AVA); Ferrando, Cosi fan tutte; Rodolfo, La bohème; Tamino, The Magic Flute; Mayor Upfold, Albert Herring; Don José, Carmen; Registrar, Madama Butterfly; The Witch, Hansel and Gretel; The Notary, Don Pasquale
Honors/Awards: Grant, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2013; Second Prize, Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2013; Third Place, Mario Lanza Scholarship, 2012; Encouragement Award, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Utah), 2012 and 2006; Finalist, Meistersinger Competition in Graz, 2007 and 2006.

 
 
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Rachel Carter, Soprano

Hometown: Parkersburg, WV
Current City: Columbus, OH
Education: Master of Music in Voice, Ohio University; Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance, Marietta College; Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy, Marietta College
Roles: Francesca, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Contessa/Susanna, Marriage of Figaro; Masha and Prelipa, The Queen of Spades (ROW12), Street Singer, Threepenny Opera; First Lady, Magic Flute; Mimi, La Boheme; Agathe, Der Freischutz


 
 
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Matthew Slipp, Tenor

Current City: Wenham, MA
Education: BA Music, Gordon College; Attended The Juilliard School
Roles: Romeo, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Dante, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Paolo, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Tamino, Die Zauberflöte; Ferrando, Cosi fan Tutte; Basilio, Le Nozze di Figaro; Albert, Albert Herring


 
 
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Megan Gillis, Soprano 

Current City: New York
Education: Candidate for Master of Music in Vocal Performance, Manhattan School; BA - University of Georgia
Roles: Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Francesca, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); First Lady, Die Zauberflöte; Voice of the Mother, Les Contes d’Hoffmann; Contessa Almavia, Le Nozze di Figaro; Suor Osmina, Suor Angelica; Josephine (Cover), H.M.S. Pinafore; Nun, Tosca
Honors/Awards: 1st Place MTNA State Young Artist Competition; Manfred Mayrhofer, Masterclass; 2nd place MTNA Young Artist Competition; Carroll Freeman Masterclass


 
 
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Katherine Petersen, Soprano

Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Current City: Columbus, OH
Education: BM SUNY Fredonia School of Music and MM Westminster Choir College
Roles:
 Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Francesca, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Mimi, La bohème; Micaëla, Carmen; Pamina, Die Zauberflöte; Anna Murrant, Street Scene; Mother/Sandman, Hänsel und Gretel; Una Conversa, Suor Angelica
Awards: First Place, Women in Music Columbus

 
 
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Ashley Becker, Soprano

Hometown: Lowville, NY
Current City: New York, NY
Education: B. Mus Vocal Performance from McGill University; M.Mus Solo Song from McGill University
Roles: Francesca, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Juliet, Romeo and Juliet  (Tchaikovsky); Jenufa, Jenufa; Madame Lidoine, Dialogues des Carmelites; Vitellia, La Clemenza di Tito; Elettra, Idomeneo
Awards/Honors: 1st place Charles Lynam Competition (Student); 2nd place Orpheus Vocal Competition (Student); 3rd place New England Region Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.


 
 
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Ryan Hill, Baritone

Hometown:  Plantation, FL
Current City:  Cleveland, OH
Education:  M.M. in Vocal Performance, Cleveland Institute of Music; B.A. in Music with a Minor in Theater Arts, University of Miami
Roles: Lanceotto, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Virgil, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Geronimo, Il matrimonio segreto; Peter, the Father, Hänsel und Gretel; First Officer, Dialogues of the Carmelites; Lockit, The Beggar’s Opera; the Panhandler, Strawberry Fields.
Awards: 1st Place, NATS Buckeye Division – Graduate Men Category


 
 
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Lydia Gray, Soprano

Hometown: Broken Arrow, OK 
Current City: Tallahassee, FL 
Education: M.M. in Vocal Performance candidate, Florida State University; B.M. in Vocal Performance, University of Oklahoma 
Roles: Juliet, Romeo and Juliet  (Tchaikovsky); Francesca, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Lightfoot McClendon, Cold Sassy Tree (Carlisle Floyd); Musetta, La bohème;  Phyllis, Iolanthe (Gilbert & Sullivan); Drusilla, L'incoronazione di Poppea 
Awards/Honors: 2nd place 2013 NATS Southeastern Region: Graduate Women; Leslie N. Wilson Minority Fellowship & Graduate Assistantship - Florida State University; Miss Oklahoma Scholarship Pageant - Talent award


 
 
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Cristina Castro, Soprano

Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Current City: Fort Worth, TX
Education: Artist Diploma Vocal Performance - Texas Christian University (in progress); 
M. M. Vocal Performance -The Ohio State University; B. M. Vocal Performance - Trinity University 
Roles: Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Francesca, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Nannetta, Falstaff; Frasquita, Carmen - A One-Act Opera Comique; Rosa Bud, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi; La Ciesca, Gianni Schicchi; Hanna Glawari,  The Merry WidowAdele, Die Fledermaus; Papagena, Die Zauberflöte
Awards: MONC Houston District Encouragement Award; Trinity University Hendricks Graduating Senior Award; 1st Place, Trinity University Rosalind Phillips Competition