![]() Colin Alexander Baritone Hometown: Birmingham, AL Current City: Birmingham Education: Birmingham-Southern College, BA in Music Select Roles: Archbishop and Soldier, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Eisenstein, Die Fledermaus; David, A Hand of Bridge; Herald, Rigoletto, The Representative, A Game of Chance; Man,The Women; Buff, Der Schauspieldirektor, Officer Ladinski, Comedy on the Bridge, First Villager, I Pagliacci Awards: Winner, Dorsey and Francis Whittington Competition, 2013; 2nd Place, Alabama Federation of Music Clubs Student/Collegiate Competition, 2012; Mildred Allen Excellence in Voice Award, 2012, 2013 ![]() Sara Stejskal Soprano Hometown: Seattle, WA Current City: Philadelphia Education: University of Hawaii, BM in Vocal Performance; Boyer College of Music, MM in Opera Performance (2016) Roles: Agnès Sorel, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Donna Anna, Don Giovanni; Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus; Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte; Helmwige, Die Walküre; Miss Pinkerton, The Old Maid and the Thief; Pamina, The Magic Flute Awards/Honors: 1st Place, Hawaii NATS Adult III Division; Winner, Hawaii Concerto Competition; Semi-finalist, Annapolis Opera Competition ![]() Ashley Buckhout Soprano Hometown: Haverhill, MA Current City: Boston Education: B.M. Vocal Performance, McGill University - Schulich School of Music; The Cleveland Institute of Music (2 years toward B.M.), AIMS in Graz, Halifax Summer Opera Festival, Handel and Haydn Society Young Women's Choir Select Roles: Angel, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Blanche, Dialogues des Carmelites (Poulenc), Helena, A Midsummer Night''s Dream (Britten), Contessa, Miss Jessel, The Turn of the Screw (Britten), Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) Awards/Honors: Rita Z. Mehos Grant for Vocal/Operatic Excellence (private), E.M. Wirth Scholarship in Vocal/Operatic Excellence (McGill), Barbara E. Maze Award for Musical Excellence (Handel and Haydn Society), Assistant Stage Director/ Manager, Cosi fan Tutte (Green Mountain Opera Festival) ![]() Kaleigh Rae Gamaché Soprano Hometown: Slinger, WI Current City: Milwaukee Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, BFA in Vocal Performance (German Minor) Select Roles: Angel, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Le Feu, L'enfant et les sortilèges (Ravel); Miss Titmouse, Too Many Sopranos (Penhorwood); Papagena, Die Zauberflöte; Second Woman, Dido & Aeneas; Olympia, Les contes d'Hoffmann; Zerbinetta (scenes), Ariadne auf Naxos; Despina (scenes), Così fan tutte Awards/Honors: Music Department Rep./Soloist, UWM Peck School of the Arts Honor's Graduation Ceremony; Semifinalist, Harold Haugh Light Opera Vocal Competition; 3rd Place, Concord Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition; 1st Place, Kettle Moraine Symphony Young Artist Concerto Competition; Golden Key International Honour Society ![]() Emily Dalessio, Soprano Hometown: Ridgefield, CT Current City: Hartford, CT Education: The Hartt School/University of Hartford, BM in Vocal Performance, BM in Music Management (Expected: 2015); Opera in the Ozarks; Interlochen Arts Academy Select Roles: Angel, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Geraldine, A Hand of Bridge (Barber); Miss Pinkerton The Old Maid and the Theif; Zweiter Knabe, Die Zauberflöte; La bergère, La chouette, L’enfant et les Awards/Honors: Hartt Performance Scholarship ![]() Francesca Federico Soprano Current City: New York, NY Education: New York University Select Roles: Angel, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Ginevra in Ariodante, Madame Silberklang in Der Schauspieldirektor, and Il Destino in La Calisto ![]() J. Michael Mekailek Baritone Hometown: Frackville, PA Current City: Newark, DE Education: B.S. Lebanon Valley College, B.A. University of Delaware, M.M. University of Delaware Select Roles: Bertrand & Lauret, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Falstaff, Falstaff; Gianni Schicchi, Gianni Schicchi; Frosch, Die Fledermaus ![]() Callie Merz, Soprano Hometown: Douglassville PA Current City: Douglassville Education: West Virginia University, BM in Vocal Performance Select Roles: Angel, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute; Five Year Old, The Proposal (Milton Granger) Awards/Honors: Charlotte B. Wicklein Scholarship from the Reading Musical Foundation ![]() Tookah Sapper Soprano Hometown: Oklahoma City Current City: Oklahoma City Education: University of Central Oklahoma, BM in Vocal Performance, Minor in Collaborative Piano Select Roles: Angel, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Adina (L'Elisir D'Amore), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Lola (Gallantry), Mabel (Pirates of Penzance), Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Susan (Sweet Smell of Success), Little Red Riding Hood (Little Red Riding Hood) Awards/Honors: Presser Scholarship Award (UCO), Collaborative Piano Scholarship Award (UCO), member of Pi Kappa Lambda ![]() Cara Waring, Soprano Current City: Alexandria, LA Education: LSU Master’s Student Vocal Performance Select Roles: Agnès Sorel, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Clara/Célie’s (cover) Signor Deluso; Creuse, Médée; Mercedes, Carmen; Madame Pompous in Too Many Sopranos; Featured singer in Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Messiah, and Dvorak’s Stabat Mater. Awards: Northwestern State University’s Concerto Competition Winner in 2006 |
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