 Birthplace: Buffalo, NY
Current City: Philadelphia Education: Academy of Vocal Arts, Resident Artist; Mercyhurst University, B.M in Music Education and M.M in Vocal Performance from DePaul University Select Roles: King René, Iolanta; Thibaut of Arc, The Maid of Orleans; Le Duc, Roméo et Juliette; Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte; Vodník, Rusalka, Pistola, Falstaff; Gideon March / Dashwood, Little Women; Kochubey, Mazeppa; Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte; Dr. Grenvil, La traviata; Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro  Priscilla Wortman, Mezzo-Soprano
Current City: Nashville, TN Education: Houghton College Greatbatch School of Music, M.M in Vocal Performance Select Roles: Lyubov, Mazepa (Tchaikovsky); Zita in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi; Third Lady from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte; Lucretia from Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia (scenes), Mrs. Lovett from Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd (scenes), the title role of Bizet’s Carmen (scenes), Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto (scenes), Inez in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, and Madame Flora in Menotti’s The Medium (scenes); mezzo-soprano solos in Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Handel’s Messiah, Saint- Saëns Oratorio de Noël, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2  John Rogers, Baritone
Hometown: Phenix City, AL Current City: Tuscaloosa, AL Education: Troy University, B.M.E.; The University of Alabama, M.M. in Vocal Performance (in progress) Select Roles: Ivan Mazepa, Mazepa (Tchaikovsky); Frank Maurrant, Street Scene; Carl-Magnus Malcolm, A Little Night Music; Peter, Hansel and Gretel; Usher, Trial by Jury  Suzannah Waddington, Soprano
Hometown: Philadelphia Current City: Philadelphia Education: Houghton College Greatbatch School of Music, B.M and M.M in Vocal Performance; Russian Opera Workshop Artist July 2015 and July 2016; Curtis Young Artist Program June 2016. Select Roles: Maria in Mazepa (Tchaikovsky); Carlotta (The Phantom of the Opera), Bastienne (Bastien und Bastienne), Brigitta (Iolanta), Gianetta (L’elisir d’amore), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Hannah Glawari (The Merry Widow), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Violetta (La Traviata). Awards/Honors: Encouragement Award Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Buffalo/Toronto district), Guest Artist at Rochester Lyric Opera, First Place CNYFL-NATS Lower Advanced 2015, Third Place CNYFL-NATS Lower Advanced 2014, Second Place CNYFL-NATS Senior Women 2014, Second Place CNYFL-NATS Junior Women 2012.  Johnny Brown, Tenor
Hometown: Fort Worth, TX Current City: Nacogdoches, TX Education: Stephen F. Austin State University (Vocal Performance), Opera in the Ozarks Studio Artist, Opera Breve Artist Select Roles: Andrey, Mazepa (Tchaikovsky); Tamino, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart); Mayor Gedge, Albert Herring (Britten); Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi (Puccini); Kaspar, Amahl and the Night Visitiors (Menotti); Frederic, Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert and Sullivan) Awards/Honors: Richard E McGinty Director Emeritus Award (Houston Saengerbund Vocal Competition), Most Versatile Performer Award (Opera in the Ozarks)  Ashten Smith, Soprano
Hometown: Bakersfield, CA Current City: San Francisco, CA Education: BA California State University Bakersfield, MM San Francisco Conservatory of Music (in progress) Select Roles: Maria in Mazepa (Tchaikovsky); Maria Bertram, Mansfield Park; Despina, Cosi fan tutte; Miss Wordsworth, Albert Herring; Zorah, Ruddigore; Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady Awards/Honors: Finalist, Davis Weiss Competition; Finalist, David W. Scott Memorial Vocal Competition; Finalist, Classics Alive Young Artist Competition, Milton Salkind Scholarship Recipient  Alessio Tranchell, Baritone
Hometown: Falmouth, MA Current City: Houghton, NY Education: BA in Voice, Gordon College '14/ MM in Voice and Conducting, Houghton College '17 Select Roles: Orlik in Mazepa (Tchaikovsky); Gianni Schicchi, Belcore (L'Elisir D'Amore), Mr. Gedge (Albert Herring)  Jillian Rich, Soprano
Hometown: Bradenton, FL Current City: Tampa, FL Education: The University of Tampa B.M. in Vocal Performance (anticipated), Musik Theater Bavaria (2015 summer opera studio) Select Roles: Young Maiden, and Maria* in Mazepa (Tchaikovsky); Yum-Yum, The Mikado; Atalanta, Xerxes; Zerlina, Don Giovanni; Mabel, The Pirates of Penzance; Virtu and Amore, L'incoronazione di Poppea; First Lady, Second Lady, and First Spirit, Die Zauberflöte; Adele, Die Fledermaus, Carmen Ghia, The Stoned Guest (P.D.Q Bach) Awards/Honors: Antonini Outstanding Vocalist Award, The University of Tampa; Three time winner of annual Aria competition, The University of Tampa; Sally and Jack Jenkins Music Service Award, The University of Tampa; Friday Morning Musicale Award and Scholarship, Friday Morning Musicale (*) = cover  Ryan Rowe, Tenor
Hometown: Durham, NC Current City: Chapel Hill, NC Education: UNC Chapel Hill, B.M. Vocal Performance and B.A. Slavic Languages and Cultures ('18), Kings College London ('16-'17) Select Roles: Iskra, Mazepa (Tchaikovsky), Barigoule, Cendrillon (Viardot), Toby, The Medium (Menotti) Awards/Honors: Recipient of the Mayo Undergraduate Research Fund in Music, UNC Chapel Hill, Helen Elizabeth Dayvault Sechler Scholar, UNC Chapel Hill  Beatrice Murray, Soprano
Hometown: Palm Harbor, FL Current City: Miami, FL Education: Florida International University School of Music Vocal Performance Major, B.A. in Philosophy and Advertising, Florida State University Select Roles: Young Maiden and Maria*, Mazepa (Tchaikovsky); Aloës, L’Étoile (Chabrier); Manuelita, La Périchole (Offenbach); Juliette, Scenes from Roméo et Juliette (Gounod); Susannah, Scenes from Susannah (Carlisle Floyd); Frau Fluth, Scenes from Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Nicolai); Adele, Scenes from Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss II) *cover |
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