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Anthony Whitson-Martini, Baritone | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2019

5/31/2019

 
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Birthplace: San Diego, CA
Current City: Philadelphia, PA


Education: Academy of Vocal Arts, Artist Diploma; Point Loma Nazarene University, B.A. Music

Select Roles: Ibn-Hakia, Iolanta; Archbishop and Bertrand, The Maid of Orleans; Papageno, Die Zauberflöte; Guglielmo, Così fan tutte; Il Conte Almaviva, Le Nozze di Figaro; Belcore, L’Elisir d’amore; Harlekin, Ariadne auf Naxos

Awards/Honors: Western Finalist, Metropolitan National Council Auditions (2014)




Marianne Nobre, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2019

5/31/2019

 
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Birthplace: Florianópolis, Brazil
Current City: Weimar, Germany

Education
: Maastricht Conservatorium and Jazeps Vitols Music Academy.  


Select Roles
: Iolanta in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta; Donna Anna (Mozart’s Don Giovanni) Adina (Donizetti Elisir d’amore), Giulietta (Offenbach, The Tales of Hoffmann), Susanna (Mozart’s Le Nozze Figaro) Cendrillon (Viardot Cendrillon) Sandrina and Arminda (Mozart’s La finta giardiniera), First Knabe ( Mozart’s Magic Flute)

Awards/Honors: Semifinalista of Alida Vane international music competition 2018, in Ventspils, Latvia.


Martin Luther Clark, Tenor | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2019

5/31/2019

 
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Birthplace: Marshall, TX
Current City: Philadelphia, PA

Education: Curtis Institute of Music, Pursuing a Masters in Opera; Lyric Opera of Kansas City Resident Artist Program (2017-18); University of North Texas, GAC in Vocal Performance (2017); University of North Texas, B.M. in Vocal Performance (2015)

​Select Roles: Count Vaudémont, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky); King Charles VII, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni; Tobias Ragg, Sweeny Todd; First Sailor, Dido and Aeneas; The Son, Blue (Workshop cast); Ruiz, Il Trovatore (Cover); Geharnischter Mann, Die Zauberblöte; Matt/Larry, Face on the Barroom Floor; Count Almaviva, Il barbiere di Siviglia; Duke, Rigoletto (Study Cover); Borsa, Rigoletto; Rob Hall, Everest (Study Cover); Lensky, Eugene Onegin (Study Cover); Tenor Solo Peasant, Eugene Onegin; Curly McLain, Oklahoma (Cover); Satyavan, Savitry; Arjuna, Arjuna's Dilemma (Cover); Pong, Turandot; Chevalier, Dialogues des Carmélites; Don Basilio, Le nozze di Figaro; Bastien, Bastien and Bastienne (Outreach); Tonio, La fille du Regiment; Eduardo Milfort, La Cambiale di Matrimonio; Arnalta, L'incoronazione di Poppea; John Adams, The Mother of Us All; Dandini, The Billy Goats Gruff; Camille, The Merry Widow; Le fils, Les Mamelles de Tiresias; Frederic, The Pirates of Penzance; Nemorino, The Elixir of Love (Outreach); Tybalt, Romeo et Juliette; Macheath, Die Dreigroschenoper

Awards/Honors: Encouragement Award MET National Council Auditions (2018), Semi-finalist Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition (2016), 1st Place Bill and Margot Winspear Opera Scholarship Competition (2014), 1st Place NATS Vocal Competition Division VI (2013), Cecila Cunningham Box Scholarship (2011)



Ariel Andrew, Mezzo-Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2018 & 2019

5/31/2019

 
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Birthplace: Tampa, FL
Current City: Vallejo, CA

Education: SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music (Attending Fall 2019), California State University East Bay (M.A. Music- Vocal Performance 2018), University of Tampa (B.A. Music 2016)

Select Roles: Marta, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky); Filipvyena, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky); La Duchesse, La Fille du tambour Major (Offenbach); Third Lady, Die Zauberflote (Mozart)

Awards/Honors: 2nd Place SFBA NATS (2018), 3rd Place SFBA NATS (2017), CS Music Vocal Competition Emerging Pro Semi-Finalist (2018), Margaret Earnest Memorial Scholarship Recipient (2019), Robert Borne Scholarship Recipient (2018), University of Tampa Concerto Concert Winner (2016)

Gillian Watson, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2014 & 2019

5/31/2019

 
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Birthplace: San Francisco
Current City: New York

Education
: San Francisco Conservatory of Music - B.M. '09 & M.M. '13


Select Roles
: Iolanta in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta; Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni; Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte; Countess, Le Nozze di Figaro; Rosalinda, Die Fledermaus; Mimì, La bohème; Joan of Arc, The Maid of Orleans


Awards/Honors
: Fannie Copland-Stein Memorial Award for Excellence in Musical Performance, Lois Alba Aria Competition Semi-Finalist (2015 & 2016)




Randa Melhem, Mezzo-Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2019

5/31/2019

 
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Birthplace: Baltimore, MD
Current City: Baltimore, MD

Education
: Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, M.M. in Vocal Performance


Select Roles
: Marta, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky); La Frugola, Il Tabarro; La Zia Principessa, Suor Angelica; Third Lady; Die Zauberflöte

Awards/Honors: Jacqus T. Schlenger Scholarship (2018)

Samantha Long, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2019

5/31/2019

 
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Hometown: Johnston, IA
Current City: Houston, TX

Education
: Vanderbilt University, B.Mus. in Musical Arts (Voice); Currently pursuing M.M. in Vocal Performance, Rice University


Select Roles
: Iolanta in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta; Countess Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro; Susannah, Susannah; Jo March, Little Women (Adamo); Pamina, Die Zauberflöte


Awards/Honors
: Encouragement Award, Met Council Upper Midwest Region (2019); First Place, Mississippi Opera John Alexander Competition (2018)



Tim Renner, Baritone | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2018 & 2019

5/31/2019

 
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Hometown: Woodbridge, VA
Current City: Philadelphia, PA

Education: Currently pursuing AD, Academy of Vocal Arts; DMA, University of Illinois; MM, Bob Jones University; BS, Bob Jones University

Select Roles: Robert, Iolanta; Dunois, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Escamillo from Carmen, Zurga from Les pêcheurs de perles, and Marcello from La Bohème; Prince Igor and Vladimir Galitsky, Prince Igor (Borodin); Germont, La Traviata; Music Master, Ariadne auf Naxos; Alberich, Das Rheingold; Conte di Luna, Il Trovatore; The Demon, The Demon (Anton Rubinstein); Rigoletto, Rigoletto.

Awards/Honors: Third prize, Mario Lanza Scholarship Competition (2015); First prize, S. Livingston Mather Scholarship Competition (2014); Second prize, Orpheus National Vocal Competition (2013 and 2015).

Leah Johns, Mezzo-Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2019

5/30/2019

 
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Birthplace: Raleigh, NC
Current City: Montreal, QC

Education: MM McGill Univeristy, BM DePaul University

Select Roles: Laura, Iolanta; (Tchaikovsky); Zweite Dame, Die Zauberföte; Mum, Albert Herring; Maurya, Riders to the Sea; Elizabeth Proctor, The Crucible

Awards/Honors: Kleinmann Vocal Competition-Undergraduate, 2nd Prize 2014

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Leah Bedenko, Mezzo-Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2019

5/30/2019

 
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Birthplace:  Philadelphia, PA
Current City:  Boston, MA

Education: Boston Conservatory at Berklee (2018-Present) pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Vocal Performance; Manhattan School of Music (2017-2018)

Role: Laura, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky)

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Awards/Honors: The Nelly Berman School of Music, Young Classical Virtuosos of Tomorrow Competition, Second Place Gold (2017)

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