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Vartan Gabrielian, Canadian-Armenian Bass-Baritone | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2016

6/3/2016

 
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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: Aleko and Old Gipsy in Aleko (Rachmaninoff); 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).



Amanda Vest, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2016

6/3/2016

 
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Amanda Vest, Soprano

Hometown: Reston, VA
Current City: Princeton, NJ


Education: M.M. Vocal Performance and Pedagogy, Westminster Choir College; B.A. Applied Music: Vocal Performance, Pepperdine University


Select Roles: Zemfira, Aleko (Rachmaninoff); Gianetta, L’elisir d’amore

Awards: Semi-Finalist - Advanced Division, NATS Eastern Region Conference Auditions 2015; Second Place - Junior Women, NATS-LA Collegiate Auditions 2012; First Place - Sophomore Women, NATS-LA Collegiate Auditions 2011

Cairee Mayfield, Baritone | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2016

6/3/2016

 
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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: Aleko and Old Gipsy in Aleko (Rachmaninoff); 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).


Kelsey Wood, Mezzo-Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2016

6/3/2016

 
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Kelsey Wood, Mezzo-Soprano

Current City: Philadelphia

Education: Vocal Performance, Cleveland Institute of Music


Select Roles: Gipsy Woman, Aleko (Rachmaninoff); Juliet's Nurse, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Cherubino – Le nozze di Figaro


​Awards: 1st place, NATS Great Lakes Region, first year women’s division; 1st place, Intimate Opera Competition; Village Voices Scholarship Competition, scholarship award recipient



Sarah Tyhurst, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2016

6/3/2016

 
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Sarah Tyhurst, Soprano

Current City: Lakewood, OH

Education: Bachelor of Music, Vocal
Performance - Baldwin Wallace University

Select Roles: Zemfira, Aleko (Rachmaninoff); Arminda, La finta giardinera; Mrs. Gobineau, The Medium

Awards: First Prize, NATS Alaska District Classical Division 2013



ALUMNI NEWS | Vartan Gabrielian, Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2015 & 2016, appears with Detroit Symphony Orchestra as a Cappadocian in Strauss' Salome

6/3/2016

 
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Colin Markey, Tenor | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2016

6/2/2016

 
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Colin Markey, Tenor

Hometown: Langhorne, PA
Current City: Langhorne, PA

Education: New England Conservatory of Music, B.M. and Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance, M.M.


​Select Roles: Romeo, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Young Gypsy, Aleko (Rachmaninoff); Cecilio in Lucio Silla (Mozart); Il Podestà in La finta giardiniera (Mozart); Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti); Julien in Louise (Charpentier); Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Mozart); Don Carlos in Don Carlos (Verdi); Alfredo in La Traviata (Verdi); Don José in Carmen (Bizet); Rodolfo in La Bohème (Puccini); Il Duca in Rigoletto (Verdi); Eisenstien in Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss); Tamino in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart); Candide in Candide (Bernstein); and Ferrando in Così fan tutte (Mozart)

Michelle Kelly, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2016

6/2/2016

 
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Michelle Kelly, Soprano

Hometown: Rome, GA

Current City: Washington, DC

Education: The Catholic University of America, M.M. Voice Performance; Shorter College, B.M. Vocal Performance; Music Academy International, Studio Artist


Select Roles: Zemfira, Aleko (Rachmaninoff); Alice Flagg, Alice Flagg (Joseph Kaz); Nella, Gianni Schicchi (Puccini); Susannah, Susannah (Floyd); Mrs. Hayes, Susannah (Floyd); Sandmann, Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck); Juno, Orphée aux enfers (Offenbach); Kate, The Ballad of Baby Doe (Moore); Mdm. Altina, La Divina (Passatieri); Sylvianne, The Merry Widow (Lehar); Gertrude, Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck); Cendrillion, Cendrillion (Massenet); Mrs. Gobineau, The Medium (Menotti)


Awards/Honors: GA State NATS, 2nd Place, Category 11; GA State NATS, 3rd Place, Category 5


Maria Servodidio, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2016

6/2/2016

 
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Maria Servodidio, Soprano

Hometown: Moorestown, NJ
Current City: Nashville, TN

Education: B.M. Voice Performance, Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University (current)

Select Roles: Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus; Meg March, Little Women; Street singer, Mass (Leonard Bernstein); Dater, Speed Dating Tonight (one act opera by Michael Ching)


Awards/Honors: Delene Laubenheim McClure Memorial Prize for excellence in opera performance, Vanderbilt University

Angela Ruiz, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2016

6/2/2016

 
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Angela Ruiz, Soprano

Hometown: Monterrey, Mexico
Current City: Boston

Education: Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza de Monterrey; The Boston Conservatory, B.M;  


Select Roles: Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Euridice, Orfeo ed Euridice





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