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Cairee Mayfield, Baritone | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2015

5/29/2015

 
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Cairee Mayfield, Baritone

Hometown: Houston, Texas
Current City: Nacogdoches, Texas

Education: Stephen F. Austin State University, B.M. in Music Education in progress. Opera in the Ozarks Apprentice Artist.

Select Roles: Title role The Demon (Anton Rubinstein); Gianni Schicchi, Gianni Schicchi (Puccini); Henry Davis, Street Scene (Kurt Weill); Melchior, Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti); Marquis D’Obigny, La Traviata (Verdi). Musical Theater – Antonio Esposito, The Most Happy Fella (Frank Loesser); The Narrator/Mysterious Man, Into the Woods.

Awards/Honors: Ida Pritchett Memorial Scholarship, “I’ll Do It” Award, Ed and Gwen Cole Scholarship, Finalist of the Texoma NATS competition, Academic  Excellence Scholarship, O.E. Gammill Voice Scholarship, Best Performer ( SFA, Antonio Esposito, Most Happy Fella 2015), Pi Kappa Lambda National Honor Society, Best Performer by a Male in a Leading Role (OIO, Gianni Schicchi, 2014) , Semi-Finalist for the Tuesday Music Club Competition, Peggy Wedgeworth Wright Award, Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Leading Role (SFA, Gianni Schicchi, 2014), Recitalist of the Year for the Vocal Department, President’ s Award (rewarded to the most outstanding recitalist in the SFA School of Music).




Brian Ming Chu, Baritone | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2015

5/29/2015

 
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Brian Ming Chu, Baritone

Hometown:  Allentown, PA
Current City:  Philadelphia, PA

Education: MM, Voice and Performance Diploma in Opera, Peabody Conservatory of Music; BFA, Architecture, Cornell University            

Select Roles: Title role The Demon (Anton Rubinstine); Marcello, La Bohème; Silvio, Pagliacci; Guglielmo, Così fan tutte; Count, Le nozze di Figaro; Leporello, Don Giovanni; Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia; Germano, La scala di seta; Falke, Die Fledermaus; Father, Hansel and Gretel; Morales, Carmen; Lescaut, Manon; Demetrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Awards: Troxell Vocal Music Awards and HA Falconer Memorial Scholarships (Cornell University); Adams Vocal Fellowship 2002, Carmel Bach Festival; Studio Artist Residency, Baltimore Opera Company






Andrew McGowan, Tenor | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2015

5/29/2015

 
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Andrew McGowan, Tenor

Hometown: Dover, Delaware
Current City: Baltimore, Maryland

Education: B.M Voice Performance, Towson University (’15); M.M Voice Performance, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama ('17)

Select Roles: Prince Sinodal, The Demon (Anton Rubinstein); Butterfly, Solomon and Balkis (Thompson); Kaspar, Amahl and the Night Visitors; Monostatos, Die Zauberflöte; Martin, The Tender Land; Bill, A Hand of Bridge; Basilio, Le nozze di Figaro. Musical Theater: Beadle Bamford, Sweeney Todd.



Raymond Storms, Countertenor | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2015

5/29/2015

 
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Raymond Storms, Countertenor

Hometown:  Miami, Florida
Current City:  New York City

Education:  New England Conservatory of Music, B.A. in Vocal Performance

Select Roles:  Angel, The Demon (Anton Rubinstein); 
King Ptolemy, Guilio Cesare; Elvirio, Xerxes; Endymion, La Calisto; Dr. Dulcamara, The Elixir of Love; Various Roles, The Fairy Queen; Creonte, Niobe; Orfeo, Orfeo e Euridice; Rinaldo, Rinaldo; Nerone, L'incoronazione di Poppea; Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus

Awards/Honors:  Crescentini Award Si Parla Si Canta; Scholarship V.O.I.C.Experience Program; Young Floridian of Music



Ariel Pisturino, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2015

5/29/2015

 
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Ariel Pisturino, Soprano

Hometown:  Kingman, AZ
Current City:  Los Angeles

Education:  University of Southern California, M.M; Northern Arizona University, B.M; Vocal Performance; International Lyric Academy of Rome; OperaWorks Advanced Artist; Resident Artist, Redlands Opera Theater.  

Select Roles: 
Tamara, The Demon (Anton Rubinstein);  Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tutte; Micaela, Carmen; Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni; Nancy T'ang, Nixon in China; Witch 1, Macbeth; Miss Jessel, The Turn of the Screw; Second Lady, Die Zauberflote; Doris, The Man on the Bearskin Rug; Alice, Sunday Excursion; Susanna, Il segreto di Susanna.  

Awards/Honors:  Opera Award, USC Thornton School of Music;  Fourth Place Winner, Palm Springs Opera Guild Vocal Competition



Rachel Rosenberg, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2015

5/29/2015

 
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Rachel Rosenberg, Soprano

Hometown: Annandale, Virginia
Current City: New York City

Education: Frost School of Music at University of Miami, M.M. in Vocal Performance; Case Western Reserve University B.A. in Vocal Performance and Theatre

Select Roles: Tamara, The Demon (Anton Rubinstein); Medea, Il Giasone; Barbarina, Le nozze di Figaro; Sandmann, Hänsel und Gretel; Second Witch, Dido and Aeneas; Calisto, Daphnis et Chloé; Amiens, As You Like It



Julia Anne Milin, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2015

5/29/2015

 
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Julia Anne Milin, Soprano

Hometown: New York, NY
Current City: New York, NY

Education: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Mannes College of Music, Lotte Lehmann Akademie, Lyric Opera Studio Weimar 

Select Roles: Tamara, The Demon (Anton Rubinstein); Sieglinde, Die Walküre (Wagner), Katharine, Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung (Goetz); Der Komponist, Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss); Erstes Dame, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart); Giorgetta, Il Tabarro (Puccini); Desdemona, Otello (Verdi); Margherita, Mefistofele (Boito)

Awards/Honors: Scholarship Recipient, Lotte Lehmann Akademie


Rachel Abbate, Mezzo-Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2015

5/28/2015

 
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Rachel Abbate, Mezzo-Soprano

Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Current City: New Orleans, LA

Education: Louisiana State University B.M. in Vocal Performance, Pursuing an M.M. in Opera Performance at The Boston Conservatory beginning Fall 2015

Select Roles: Angel, The Demon (Anton Rubinstein); Second Woman, Dido and Aeneas; Dinah, Trouble in Tahiti; Zerlina (cover), Don Giovanni; Musical Theater- The Witch, Into the Woods; Lily, The Secret Garden; Lady Thiang, The King and I

Awards/Honors: Semi-finalist at the Classical Singers Magazine Vocal Competition 2014, Winner of the Baton Rouge Music Club Auxiliary Scholarship

Rachel Labovitch, Mezzo Soprano  | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2015

5/28/2015

 
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Rachel Labovitch, Mezzo Soprano

Hometown: Canterbury, UK
Current City: Los Angeles CA.

Education: MA European Classical Acting- Drama Center London, BA Drama - Kingston University London, Miami Summer Music Festival 2014, AIMS Graz 2013 Opera Slavica 2012

Select Roles: Angel, The Demon (Anton Rubinstein). Mrs Herring, Albert Herring . Cherubino (cover), Le nozze di Figaro, Lay Sister, Suor Angelica,  Karolka, Jenufa  (Leos Janacek)

Awards/Honors:
Finalist in NATs competition New York 2014

Vartan Gabrielian, Bass-Baritone | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2015

5/28/2015

 
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Vartan Gabrielian, Canadian-Armenian Bass-Baritone

Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Current City: Philadelphia

Education: Curtis Institute of Music (in progress); Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto

Select Roles: Prince Gudal, The Demon (Anton Rubinstein); the Loudspeaker (Emperor of Atlantis), Mago and Eustazio (Rinaldo), Masetto (Don Giovanni) M. Javelinot (Dialogues des Carmélites), Colline, (La Boheme) Bertran, (Iolanta), Betto,(Gianni Schcchi) Ein Lakai, (Ariadne auf Naxos), Trulove. (The Rakes Progress), and the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro. Upcoming: Chautauqua Music Festival's Ariodante (King) and La Boheme (Colline).






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