Guest Artist - Ben Wager, Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2011 & 2012, will appear in the role of Gremin in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, July 31 - August 2, 2018. Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas Current City: Tempe, Arizona Education: MM Opera Performance- Arizona State University, BM Vocal Performance University of Missouri- Kansas City Conservatory Roles Performed: Tatyana, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky); Marenka-The Bartered Bride; Musetta- La Bohème; Frasquita- Carmen; Zerlina, Don Giovanni; Partial Roles: Fiordiligi- Cosi fan tutte; Vitellia- La Clemenza di Tito Hometown: Wallingford, PA Current City: Philadelphia, PA Education: Cleveland Institute of Music, M.M. in Vocal Performance & Temple University, B.M. in Vocal Performance Select Roles: Eugene Onegin, Eugene Onegin; Count Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro; Escamillo, Carmen; Albert, Werther; Dr. Falke, Die Fledermaus; Pandolfe, Cendrillon; Huascar, Les Indes galantes; Morbio, Die schweigsame Frau; Marco, Gianni Schicchi; Ben, The Telephone; King Melchior, Amahl and the Night Visitors; Prince Ottokar, Der Freischütz Awards/Honors: Cleveland Institute of Music Women's Committee Summer Festival Award (2015) Hometown: Belgrade, Serbia Current City: Hamilton, Ontario Education: Ryerson University, BFA Acting Select Roles: Tatyana, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky); Suor Angelica; Suor Angelica - Puccini, Mediterranean Opera Festival 2016, Suor Angelica; Suor Angelica - Puccini, Berlin Opera Academy 2017 Awards: Nona Heaslip Scholarship for 'Best Actress' (2015) Hometown: Sugar Land, TX Current City: Houston, TX Education: Baylor University, B.M. ’16, M.M. ‘18 Select Roles: Eugene Onegin, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky); Toante, Oreste; Carl-Magnus Malcolm, A Little Night Music; Papageno, Die Zauberflöte; Belcore, L’elisir d’Amore Awards/Honors: 2017-2018 Outstanding Baylor Opera Theatre Member Hometown: Kelowna B.C. Current City: Victoria B.C. Education: MMus (current), Diploma in Music Select Roles: Tatyana, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky); Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte), Countess (Marriage of Figaro), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Musetta (La Bohème) Awards/Honors: BC Arts Council Early Career Development Grant, University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship Hometown: Brownsville, Texas Current City: Houston, Texas Education: Bachelor’s of Music in Vocal performance at Stephen F. Austin State University; Master’s in Vocal Performance, University of Oklahoma Select Roles: Lensky, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky); The Prince, Rusalka (Dargomyzhsky); Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi; Ferrando, Cosi Fan Tutte; Tamino, Die Zauberflöte, and Giuseppe, Most Happy Fella. Hometown: Jupiter, Florida Current City: New York City Education: Mannes School of Music, B.M. (attending fall 2018); A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts; Boston University Tanglewood Institute; Washington National Opera Institute Select Roles: Olga, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky); Milovzor, The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky); Cherubino, Le nozze di Figaro; Orfeo, Orfeo ed Euridice; Dorabella, Cosi fan tutte; Hänsel, Hänsel and Gretel; Third Lady, The Magic Flute; Mallika, Lakme Awards/Honors: Schmidt Vocal Competition Finalist and Encouragement Award; Classical Singer Competition Semi-Finalist Hometown: Xi'an, China Current City: Philadelphia Education: Temple University, Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance (in progress) Select Roles: Lensky, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky); Chekalinsky, The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky); Schmidt, Werther; Don José, Carmen (scenes) Awards/Honors: GP NATS competition 2nd prize 2015 Hometown: Bainbridge Island, WA Current City: Appleton, WI Education: Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, pursuing Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance with Minor in Vocal Pedagogy; IES Abroad Vienna Music Program Fall 2017 Select Roles: Olga, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky); Dorabella, Così fan tutte (Mozart); Mercedes, Carmen (Bizet); Olga, The Merry Widow (Lehar); Siebel, Faust (Gounod), Busgirl, Dater #5, Dater #22, Speed Dating Tonight (M. Ching) Awards/Honors: Semi-finalist James Toland Vocal Arts Competition (2018), District Winner Shirley Rabb Winston Voice Scholarship (2018), Classical Singer Online Competition Finalist (2016), Lawrence University Conservatory Presidential Scholarship |
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