Cincinnati Opera Staff Patricia K. Beggs The Harry Fath General Director & CEO Administration & Finance Christopher Milligan Managing Director & CMO Michael J. Veroni Chief Financial Officer Amy Stier Director of Human Resources & Administration Kelly Holterhoff Executive Assistant Matt Singleton Information Technology Manager Darlene Zoz Controller Andrea Ponte Administrative Intern Jinyoung Lee Alisa Mondragon Finance Interns Development Sneja H. Tomassian Director of Development
Scott Youger Ticketing System Administrator Karen Krumpak Marketing Assistant Claire Jagla Opera Outbound Intern Madeleine Lovett Marketing & Public Relations Intern Jemannie Luong Kerry Kathleen Smith Community Relations Interns Philip J. Groshong Company Photographer Artistic Evans Mirageas The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director Marcus Küchle Director of Artistic Operations Amanda Carmen Bower Artistic Services Manager Henri Venanzi Chorus Master Michael Ciavaglia Assistant Chorus Master
David A. Centers Scenic Art & Property Coordinator
Kevin Eviston David Hall Carpenter Second Hands
Rebecca Senske Costume Coordinator
Todd Dignan-Cummins Flyman
Chad Phillips Assistant Costume Coordinator
Paul Stafford Master Electrician
James Geier Hair & Make-up Designer
E.J. Mechley Production Electrician
Brett Pavlovich Technical Assistant
Allan Bird Board Operator
Megan Bennett Constance Dubinski Grubbs Liam Roche Production Stage Managers
Kevin Barth Master of Properties
Hannah Holthaus Hayley Hunt Nikki Hyde Jennifer Picone Brooke Redler Sydney R. Smith Assistant Stage Managers
Cedric Collier Head Sound Technician
Jennifer Rhodus Scenic Charge Artist Melanie Guinto Cayla Raymaker Scenic Artists Shannon Yoho Hair & Make-up Artist
Michelle Devine Manager, Individual Giving
Levi Hammer Elena Kholodova Rhett Lei Valerie Pool Carol Walker Pianists
Teddy Gumbleton Development Associate, Research & Data Management
Andrew Nienaber Frances Rabalais Assistant Directors
Adam Ditzel Jessica Drayton Lighting Interns
Melanie Schmid Events Manager
Marcus Shields Hallie Stebbins Directing Interns
Mercedes Meyers Scenic Artist Intern
Lissa Urriquia Gapultos Senior Manager, Institutional Giving
Joe Carlo Development Associate, Shared Services Sarah Andrews Victoria Smith Development Interns Marketing & Public Relations Ashley Tongret Director of Public Relations Tracy L. Wilson Director of Community Relations Kemper Florin Opera Outbound Manager Amy Hildebrand Marketing Manager Aimee Sposito Martini Senior Graphic Designer & Illustrator Lori L. Hiltenbeitel Ticketing Operations Manager
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Laura Sabo Super Captain Valerie Pool Supertitles Coordinator Charles Calhoun Claire Jagla Artistic Interns Production Glenn Plott Director of Production Kate Brockmeier Production Operations Manager
Skye Cone Michael Medina Sarah Stewart Stage Management Interns
Sondra Kusse Hair & Make-up Intern Autumn Abernathy Rehearsal Department Intern Ja’meila Cloud-Reed Kailyn Durrett Gabe Horan Samuel Kerns Aliea Ray Christian “Freddy” Straub Monica Walker Jayden Ward SCPA Professional Trainees
Sarah Clark Production Administrator
Technical Gary Kidney Technical Director
Thomas C. Hase Lighting Director
Robert Lay Master Carpenter
Krista Billings Associate Lighting Designer
Jon Chevalier Construction Carpenter
Tim Fowler Property Second Hand
Bryan Bridewell Leah Busse Shop Hands Chris Walters Title Operator Cherl Beyersdoerfer Costumer Carol Poe Assistant Costumer Jackie Andrews Starr Fish Virginia Fryman Wardrobe Technicians Robert Haas Aronoff Center Technical Director Thomas Lane Aronoff Center Head Electrician Tom Dignan, Jr. Aronoff Center Head Audio Engineer Terry Sheridan Aronoff Center Head Carpenter Steve Schofield Aronoff Center Production Technician House Staff Stephanie Akau Missy Lyons Danielle Osbun Zach Quortrup Matthew Ramler Krista Weiss Customer Service Representatives Mark DeWitt Mike Snyder Linda Vaccariello Audio Description Candace LoFrumento Aronoff Events Manager Stratin Seremetis Aronoff House Manager