BREVARD MUSIC CENTER
OPERA CAST
ESTHER ATKINSON mezzo-soprano Hometown: Bangor, Northern Ireland
IAN BOLDEN baritone Hometown: Akron, Ohio
Education: BM Ouachita Baptist University (2018), pursuing MM University of Maryland
Education: BM The Ohio State University (2014), MM University of Tennessee (2018)
SCOTT BALLANTINE baritone
VICTOR CARDAMONE tenor
Hometown: Fort Collins, Colorado
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Education: BM Northern Arizona University (2013), MM Boston Conservatory (2015)
Education: BMEd Youngstown State University (2016), currently pursuing AD Ball State University
DANIELLE BAVLI soprano
BIZHOU CHANG soprano
Hometown: New York City, New York
Hometown: Liaoning, China
Education: BM Vanderbilt University (2017), pursuing MM Boston Conservatory
Education: BS Boston Conservatory at Berklee, MM Boston Conservatory at Berklee, currently pursuing GPD Boston Conservatory at Berklee
KYLE BEJNEROWICZ baritone
LIZ CULPEPPER mezzo-soprano
Hometown: Guilford, Connecticut
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Education: BM New England Conservatory (2013), currently pursuing MM New England Conservatory and M.Ed Northeastern University
Education: BA University of Texas (2015), MM Voice Indiana University (2017), currently pursuing DM Voice Indiana University
CHRISTINE BODDICKER soprano
SAMUEL DESOTO tenor
Hometown: Hinsdale, IL
Hometown: Shirley, Long Island, New York
Education: Currently pursuing BM Michigan State University
Education: Currently pursuing BM and MMEd, Boston University
JEREMY AYRES FISHER tenor
“The mentorship at BMC has transformed the way I move, the way I practice, the way I perform, and the way I view myself as an artist.”
Hometown: Chicago, IL
–CHELSEA, OPERA, WALLED LAKE (MI), BMC ALUMNA
Education: BMEd Brevard College (2017), currently pursuing MM University of Tennessee
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Education: B.M. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2010, M.M. Northwestern University (2012)
TORI FRANKLIN mezzo-soprano Hometown: Knoxville, TN