Emma Rosenthal, Soprano Hometown: San Francisco, CA Current City: San Francisco, CA Education: B.M. New Mexico State University; M.M. San Francisco Conservatory of Music; OperaWorks Winter Intensive; SongFest Young Artist Select Roles: Brigitta, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky); Susanna, Le Nozze di Figaro; Lover, Il Tabarro; Giulietta, I Capuleti ed i Montecchi (scenes) Awards/Honors: Maxine Thevenot and Edmund Connolly Award, Vocal Artistry Art Song Competition; Fred and Caroline Thompson Award, New Mexico State University; Theodore Presser Scholarship, New Mexico State University Erin Alford, Mezzo Soprano Hometown: Long Beach, CA Current City: Long Beach, CA Education: MM Vocal Performance, The Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University, Long Beach (2017); OperaWorks Winter Intensive Program (2015); BA Music, University of California, Berkeley (2014); Milano Civica Scuola di Musica (2013) Select Roles: Laura, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky) Awards/Honors: Vocal Scholarship, The Bob Cole Conservatory at CSULB; Vocal Scholarship, UC Berkeley; Selected Vocalist, Shanghai Berkeley Ball; Selected Vocalist, UC Berkeley Chancellor Inauguration Jennifer Dryer, Soprano Hometown: Georgetown, TX Current City: San Marcos, TX Education: Tarleton State University, B.A.; Texas State University, M.M in Vocal Performance; Russian Opera Workshop; OperaWorks Winter Intensive Artist Select Roles: Brigitta, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky); Josephine, H.M.S. Pinafore (Glibert &Sullivan); Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi (Puccini) & Buoso's Ghost (Ching); Tatyana, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky); Madame Lidione, Dialogues of the Carmelites (Poulenc); Sorceress, Dido and Aeneas (Purcell). Awards/Honors: Outstanding Vocalist, Tarleton State University; Best Supporting Actress, Tarleton State University Zachary Crowle, Bass Hometown: Warsaw, Ohio Current City: Boston Education: New England Conservatory of Music Select Roles: King René, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky); Superintendant Budd, Albert Herring; Figaro, Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Alfonso*, Cosi fan tutte; Padre Guardiano*, La Forza del Destino; (*) = partial Awards/Honors: 2013 Semifinalist, Meistersinger Competition in Graz, Austria; 2011 Thursday Morning Musicales Competition Winner; 2009 Robert Campbell Scholarship; 2009,10 Selected for Honors Recital, NYSSSA Madison Hatten, Soprano Hometown: Hanford, CA Current City: Long Beach, CA Education: Bob Cole Conservatory of Music - CSU Long Beach, B.M. in Vocal Performance (current) Select Roles: Laura, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky); Micaëla, Carmen; Giannetta, L'Elisir D'Amore; Papagena; Die Zauberflöte. Awards/Honors: 2015 Vocal Concerto Competition Winner, Bob Cole Conservatory of Music; 2015 Presser Scholar Award, Bob Cole Conservatory of Music Emily Watkins Collaborative Pianist Hometown: Trumbull, CT Current City: Philadelphia Education: Florida State University - Master of Music in Piano Accompanying Experience: Graduate Accompanying Assistant, accompanied Master’s and Doctoral recitals at Florida State University; Peach State Summer Theatre, rehearsal pianist for Mary Poppins, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and Forty Second Street; Songfest - performed in master classes for Margo Garrett, and collaborative repertoire with singers from across the country Awards/Honors: Winner of the 2011 Sunderman Conservatory Concerto Competition; Recipient of F. William Sunderman Scholarship; Recipient of Presidential Scholarship Jin Hyun Park Collaborative Pianist Hometown: Seoul, Korea Current City: Philadelphia Education: Esther Boyer College of Music, Temple University - Master’s in Piano Accompanying - Opera Coaching, Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music; Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Russia - Piano Experience: Songfest 2015; Apprentice pianist with the Lake George Opera Company; Staff pianist in the opera department of Temple University; Soli Deo Singers; Opera Libera Awards/Honors: Recipient Millard E. Gladfelter Scholarship Virginia Sheffield, Soprano Hometown: Sewickley, Pennsylvania Current City: Wayne, Pennsylvania Education: The Agnes Irwin School; Carnegie Mellon School of Music, Rising Junior in the Vocal Performance Major Selected Roles: Iolanta’s Friend, Brigitta & Iolanta, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky); Upcoming: Donna Anna, Mozart Opera Scenes; Diana, La Calisto Shanley Michelle Horvitz, Soprano Hometown: Voorhees, New Jersey Current City: Princeton, New Jersey Education: Westminster Choir College, B.M in Vocal Performance under the tutelage of Sharon Sweet. OperaWorks Emerging Artist. Select Roles: Iolanta’s Friend, Brigitta & Iolanta, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky); Laetitia, The Old Maid and the Thief, Governess, Turn of the Screw, Soprano Soloist (Vivaldi Magnificat), Soprano Soloist (Premiere of Brandon Waddles' Three Spirituals), Woman 1, Songs for a New World. Awards/Honors: J.E. Thomson Voice Scholarship, Westminster Choir College Voice Award, PaperMill Playhouse Rising Star John Schmieg, Baritone Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Current City: Oberlin, Ohio Education: Oberlin Conservatory Select Roles: Ibn-Khakia, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky); Marco Donati, Gianni Schicchi; Taddeo, l’Italiana in Algeri; Figaro, Le Nozze di Figaro Awards/Honors: Merit Scholarship, Oberlin Conservatory, 2012-present Choir President, Keystone State Boychoir, 2011-2012 |
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