ARTIST BIOS

The ARTISTS

KATE ASHTON

Designer, West Orange, NJ Lighting Design, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT Wozzeck, 2019 RECENT Hometown to the World, Santa Fe Opera The Turn of the Screw, The Juilliard School The Tales of Hoffmann, Aspen Music Festival UPCOMING Dedication, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Fall for Dance, New York City Center SPONSOR Barbara Brown

VALÉRIE THÉRÈSE BART

Designer, New York, NY Costume Design, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT RECENT Fidelio, Heartbeat Opera It's Christmas, Carol!, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Annie Get Your Gun, Bay Street Theater UPCOMING Poor Yella Rednecks, Manhattan Theatre Club Twelfth Night, Kansas City Repertory Theater Into the Woods, Guthrie Theater SPONSOR Janice Walter

PATRICK BLACKWELL

Bass-Baritone, Los Angeles, CA Undertaker, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT Amahl and the Night Visitors, 2013 RECENT Carmen, San Diego Opera The Ghosts of Versailles, Los Angeles Opera La Bohème, Los Angeles Opera UPCOMING Antony and Cleopatra, San Francisco Opera Pelléas et Mélisande, Los Angeles Opera Carmina Burana, The Dallas Symphony SPONSOR Steve Marquardt ELIZABETH ASKREN

Conductor, Paris, France Conductor, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT RECENT The Pearl Fishers, The Dallas Opera Hart Institute for Women Conductors The Elixir of Love, Lyric Opera of Chicago UPCOMING The Secret Garden, Hawaii Opera Theatre The Turn of the Screw, Opera Dijon Così fan tutte, The Dallas Opera SPONSORS Roger Brooks and Sunnie Richer

LIAM BECK-O'SULLIVAN

Actor, Minneapolis, MN Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT RECENT The Music Man, Chanhassen Dinner Theater Albert Herring, Minnesota Opera The Barber of Seville, Minnesota Opera SPONSORS Susan E. and Carl B. Voss

MATT BOEHLER

Bass, Minneapolis, MN Peter Quince, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT Orpheus in the Underworld, 2000 RECENT Fidelio, Austin Opera Rigoletto, Florida Grand Opera Fat Pig (composer), Victory Hall Opera UPCOMING The Lord of Cries, Odyssey Opera The Marriage of Figaro, Madison Opera SPONSORS Dr. Bruce Hughes and Dr. Randall Hamilton JUSTIN AUSTIN

Baritone, Stuttgart, Germany Thomas McKeller, American Apollo DMMO DEBUT RECENT Hamlet, The Metropolitan Opera Fire Shut Up In My Bones, Lyric Opera of Chicago Intimate Apparel, Lincoln Center Theater UPCOMING Peter Grimes, The Metropolitan Opera Nielsen Symphony No. 3, The Cleveland Orchestra St. Matthew Passion, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra SPONSORS Charlotte and Fred Hubbell

ISAIAH BELL

Tenor, Victoria, BC, Canada Lysander, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT RECENT The Barber of Seville, Vancouver Opera Curlew River, Mark Morris Dance Group Hadrian, Canadian Opera Company UPCOMING La beauté du monde, L’Opéra de Montréal Elijah, Oratorio Society of New York The Book of My Shames, Pacific Opera Victoria SPONSORS Mary K. and Daniel M. Kelly

JOSHUA BORTHS

Director, Richmond, VA Preview Lecturer Apprentice Artist Program Staff DMMO DEBUT A Little Night Music, 2017 RECENT Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?, Virginia Opera Rusalka: The Littlest Mermaid, OPERA Iowa Hansel & Gretel vs the Witch, Opera Columbus SPONSORS Joshua and Susie Kimelman

LUCIA BRADFORD

Mezzo-Soprano, Brooklyn, NY Maria, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT RECENT Elijah, Oratorio Society of New York Bach Mass in B Minor, The Voices of Ascension Mozart Requiem, Baltimore Choral Arts Society UPCOMING Handel Messiah, National Philharmonic SPONSORS Dr. Louis and Lois Fingerman

SUSANNE BURGESS

Soprano, Atlanta, GA Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT Apprentice Artist Program, 2017 RECENT The Pirates of Penzance, The Atlanta Opera Rigoletto, Bohème Opera NJ La Bohème, New York City Opera UPCOMING Rigoletto, Medea, The Metropolitan Opera Don Giovanni, The Atlanta Opera SPONSORS Paul Meginnis, II and Jo Sloan

JACOB A. CLIMER

Designer, New York, NY Scenic and Costume Design, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT The Abduction from the Seraglio, 2015 RECENT Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Olney Theatre The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Austin Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, The Atlanta Opera First Down, Noor Theatre UPCOMING GARY, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Utah Opera, Calgary Opera SPONSORS Ellen and Jim Hubbell ERRIN DUANE BROOKS

Tenor, Detroit, MI Robbins, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT RECENT Das Lied von der Erde, Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra Lucia di Lammermoor, The Metropolitan Opera Intimate Apparel, Lincoln Center Theater UPCOMING Ariadne auf Naxos, Lakes Area Music Festival Ariadne auf Naxos, Vashon Opera Idomeneo, The Metropolitan Opera SPONSOR Schiller Family Foundation

TAYLOR BURKHARDT

Pianist and Coach, Jefferson City, MO Chorus Pianist, Porgy and Bess, A Midsummer Night's Dream Apprentice Artist Program Staff DMMO DEBUT RECENT Finding Wright, Dayton Opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,

Lyric Opera of Kansas City Amahl and the Night Visitors,

Lyric Opera of Kansas City SPONSORS Roger and Deb Hatteberg

JANINE MORITA COLLETTI

Director, Fair Lawn, NJ Assistant Director, A Thousand Acres Apprentice Artist Program Staff DMMO DEBUT AAP Director, 2016 RECENT Flight, The Dallas Opera Speed Dating Tonight, Arizona State University The Impresario, Tempe Center for the Arts SPONSOR Susan B. Moore R. KEITH BRUMLEY

Designer, Kansas City, MO Scenic Design, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT Die Fledermaus, 1989 RECENT Tosca, Lyric Opera of Kansas City Carmen, Opera Colorado Flight, Utah Opera UPCOMING Carmen, Lyric Opera of Kansas City SPONSORS Carleton and Barbara Zacheis

LUKE CANTARELLA

Designer, Brooklyn, NY Scenic and Projection Design, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT RECENT Hometown to the World, Santa Fe Opera Woody Sez, Merrimack Repertory Theatre South Pacific, Goodspeed Musicals UPCOMING Fun Home, TheaterWorks SPONSORS Tom and Marsha Mann

RICHARD CORDOVA

Conductor, Pianist, Coach, New York, NY Associate Conductor, Diction Coach, Detective, Porgy and Bess Apprentice Artist Program Staff DMMO DEBUT Music Staff, 1988 RECENT Semele, St. Petersburg Opera Owen Wingrave, Little Opera Theatre of New York Dinorah, Amore Opera SPONSORS Bernie and Linda White

The ARTISTS

LYNNESHA CRUMP

Soprano, Washington, D.C. Strawberry Woman, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT RECENT Emancipation, Harris Theater The 42 Project, University of Utah Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Metropolian Opera SPONSOR Andrew Thomas

MARY DUNLEAVY

Soprano, Montvale, NJ Isabella Stewart Gardner, American Apollo DMMO DEBUT RECENT Solo Recital, Union Avenue Opera Dinner at Eight, Wexford Festival The Exterminating Angel, The Metropolitan Opera SPONSORS Andrew and Dr. Katherine Hauser, M.D. KEVIN DEAS

Bass-Baritone, Trenton, NJ Porgy, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT RECENT The Shining, Opera Colorado Porgy and Bess, New York Philharmonic St. Matthew Passion, Portland Symphony Orchestra UPCOMING Bach Mass in B Minor, Boston Baroque Verdi Requiem, Winter Park Bach Festival SPONSORS Dr. Craig and Kimberly Shadur

KELLEN M. EASON

Designer, Portland, OR Makeup and Hair Design, Porgy and Bess, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT RECENT Agrippina, Florida Grand Opera Attila, Sarasota Opera Tosca, Sarasota Opera SPONSOR Rusty Hubbell Family Fund

ALEXANDER BIRCH ELLIOTT

Baritone, St. George, UT Demetrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT Apprentice Artist, 2011 RECENT Eugene Onegin, Opera Omaha La Bohème, The Metropolitan Opera The Queen of Spades, Des Moines Metro Opera UPCOMING Lucia di Lammermoor, Los Angeles Opera Mozart Mass in C Minor, Pittsburgh Symphony SPONSOR Frank R. Brownell III KEVIN FITZGERALD

Conductor, Brighton, MI Conductor, Stars of Tomorrow 2nd Associate Conductor, American Apollo DMMO DEBUT RECENT Handel Messiah, Alabama Symphony Orchestra 2021 Tanglewood Conducting Fellow Cover Conductor, New York Philharmonic UPCOMING Associate Conductor, Jacksonville Symphony Guest Conductor, Rochester Philharmonic Messiaen Des canyons aux étoiles..., The Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh SPONSORS Bob and Ardene Downing BLAKE DENSON

Baritone, Paducah, KY Jake, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT RECENT Romeo and Juliet, Houston Grand Opera Dialogues of the Carmelites, Houston Grand Opera Carmen, Houston Grand Opera UPCOMING Carmen, Hamburg State Opera The Girl of the Golden West, Bayerische Staatsoper La Bohème, Washington National Opera SPONSOR Ruan Foundation

JACQUELINE ECHOLS

Soprano, Maryland Clara, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT RECENT Cinderella, The Metropolitan Opera Porgy and Bess, The Metropolitan Opera MLK Celebration, The Cleveland Orchestra UPCOMING Morris and Friends, Cincinnati Opera Omar, Los Angeles Opera SPONSORS Stan and Mary Seidler/The Seidler Foundation

NORMAN GARRETT

Baritone, Philadelphia, PA Crown, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT Flight, 2018 RECENT The Marriage of Figaro, Seattle Opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones, The Metropolitan Opera Porgy and Bess, The Metropolitan Opera UPCOMING Omar, Los Angeles Opera Factotum, Lyric Opera of Chicago Treemonisha, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis SPONSORS Phil and Judy Watson

SARA GARTLAND

Soprano, St. Paul, MN Rose, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT Regina, 2008 RECENT Beethoven Mass in C, Jacksonville Symphony Hansel and Gretel, San Diego Opera Rusalka, Canadian Opera Company UPCOMING Pagliacci, Opera San Antonio Die tote Stadt, Opera Colorado SPONSORS Nix and Virginia Lauridsen, Lauridsen Family Foundation

TESSA HARTLE

Pianist and Coach, Pittsburgh, PA Musical Preparation, Porgy and Bess Apprentice Artist Program Staff DMMO DEBUT Music Staff, 2012 RECENT The Pearl Fishers, Sarasota Opera Il Postino, Virginia Opera The Grapes of Wrath, Detroit Opera SPONSORS Jeanine and Bob Carithers

ROLAND HAWKINS II

Tenor, Minneapolis, MN Peter, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT Supplemental Chorus, 2005 RECENT Hands on A Hard Body, Minneapolis Musical Theatre Opulence, Minnesota Opera The Limit of the Sun, Nautilus Music-Theater UPCOMING The Magic Flute, Mixed Precipitation Opera SPONSOR Trudy Holman Hurd THOMAS GLENN

Tenor, Smithfield, UT John Singer Sargent, American Apollo DMMO DEBUT RECENT Manon, Opera Idaho Hadrian, Canadian Opera Company Louis Riel, Canadian Opera Company, Festival d’Opéra de Québec UPCOMING Messiah, Regina Symphony Orchestra SPONSORS Ann and Brent Michelson

LISA HASSON

Chorus Director, Pianist, Coach, Fort Thomas, KY Irene Graether Chorus Director and Director of the Apprentice Artist Program DMMO DEBUT La Cenerentola, Ariadne auf Naxos, 2004 RECENT Opera Coach, University of Cincinnati-CCM Sandford Studio Artist Director and Chorus Master, Kentucky Opera The Elixir of Love, Dayton Opera SPONSOR John Graether in memory of Irene Graether

WILLIAM HOBBS

Conductor, Pianist, Coach, Weehawken, NJ Associate Conductor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Apprentice Artist Program Staff DMMO DEBUT The Queen of Spades, 2021 RECENT The Marriage of Figaro, Montclair State University Face to Face: Piano Music of Christos Hatzis and Sorabji, Winter 2022 release Il Trovatore, Randsman Artists Management SPONSOR The Petrie/White Higher Education and Performing Arts Fund TAMARA GURA

Mezzo-Soprano, Gran Canaria, Spain Hermia, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT RECENT A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oper Frankfurt Giulio Cesare, Semperoper Dresden L’italiana in Algeri, Theater Heilbronn UPCOMING Die Fledermaus, New National Theater Tokyo Verdi Requiem, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra SPONSORS Mary Stuart and David Yepsen

LEAH HAWKINS

Soprano, Philadelphia, PA Serena, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT RECENT Adriana Lecouvreur, Baltimore Concert Opera Porgy and Bess, The Metropolitan Opera 7 Deaths of Maria Callas, Opéra national de Paris UPCOMING Rusalka, Pittsburgh Opera Ariadne auf Naxos, Arizona Opera La Bohème, The Metropolitan Opera SPONSORS Alan J. Savada and Will Stevenson

JOHN HOLIDAY

Countertenor, Rosenberg, TX Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT Flight, 2018 RECENT Eurydice, The Metropolitan Opera Flight, The Dallas Opera Agrippina, Bayerische Staatsoper UPCOMING Idaspe, Quantum Theatre The Hours, The Metropolitan Opera Proximity, Lyric Opera of Chicago SPONSORS Linda and Thomas K. Koehn

The ARTISTS

ROGER HONEYWELL

Tenor, Stratford, Ontario Larry, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT Peter Grimes, 2013 RECENT Follies, Koerner Hall Toronto The Phantom of the Opera, Opera on the Avalon Boris Godunov, The Royal Opera UPCOMING Gould’s Wall, RCM/Koerner Hall The Shining, Lyric Opera of Kansas City SPONSORS Nancy and Bill Main

KRISTOPHER IRMITER

Bass-Baritone, Clemson, SC Harold, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT The Girl of the Golden West, 2015 RECENT Susannah, Manitoba Opera Don Pasquale, Teatro Carlo Felice The Cunning Little Vixen, Opera at USC SPONSOR Diane Morain

MICHAEL KUHN

Tenor, Crofton, MD Francis Flute, A Midsummer Night’s Dream DMMO DEBUT RECENT Sweeney Todd, Opera Omaha Gianni Schicchi, On Site Opera The Abduction from the Seraglio, Opera Omaha UPCOMING The Marriage of Figaro, Opera Omaha SPONSORS Carol and Eric Weber KIMILLE HOWARD

Director, Queens, NY Director, American Apollo DMMO DEBUT RECENT Quamino’s Map, Chicago Opera Theater Highway 1, USA, Indiana University Opera UPCOMING B.R.O.K.E.N. Code B.I.R.D. Switching, Berkshire Theater Group The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson, Washington National Opera Honey and Leon, Theatre Row SPONSORS Harry Bookey and Pamela Bass-Bookey

MICHELLE JOHNSON

Soprano, Houston, TX Bess, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT RECENT Aïda, Opera Carolina Tosca, Opera Columbus Cavalleria Rusticana, Boston Lyric Opera UPCOMING Turandot, Opera Southwest Aïda, Opera Grand Rapids La Bohème, Nashville Opera SPONSORS Barbara and Michael Gartner

DONALD LEE III

Conductor, Pianist, Coach, Chicago, IL Associate Conductor, American Apollo 2nd Associate Conductor, Porgy and Bess Apprentice Artist Program Staff DMMO DEBUT RECENT The Magic Victrola, Lyric Opera of Chicago Night Trip, Opera NexGen SPONSORS William L. Dawe III and Sheila K. Tipton MICHAEL ELLIS INGRAM

Conductor, Schwerin, Germany Conductor, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT RECENT Andrea Chénier, Haydn Creation, Anyone Can Whistle, Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin UPCOMING Carmen, Portland Opera Sleeping Beauty, Compagnie Illicite Bayonne Aïda, Barclays Arena Hamburg SPONSORS Mollie and Britt Baker

GRACE KAHL

Soprano, Queens, NY Caroline, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT A Little Night Music, 2017 RECENT A Little Night Music, Arizona Opera Finding Wright, Dayton Opera Fellow Travelers, Des Moines Metro Opera UPCOMING Expressions, Dayton Philharmonic The Magic Flute, Arizona Opera SPONSORS Marla Lacey and Steve Znerold

ISAAC MARTIN LERNER

Choreographer, Director, New York, NY Assistant Director, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT Orphée et Eurydice, 2016 RECENT Dancer, The Bang Group and Kizuna Dance Platée, Des Moines Metro Opera UPCOMING Big Love, Western Connecticut University Creator and Dancer, Kizuna Dance SPONSORS Wes Hunsberger and Mark Holub

ELDEN LITTLE

Pianist and Coach, East Lansing, MI Musical Preparation, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Apprentice Artist Program Staff DMMO DEBUT The Rake's Progress, Rigoletto, 2006 RECENT Bon Appétit!, Des Moines Metro Opera Sweeney Todd, Des Moines Metro Opera Albert Herring, Michigan State University UPCOMING La Finta Giardiniera, Michigan State University SPONSORS Dana Quick-Naig and Scott Naig

JOHN MOORE

Baritone, Milford, IA Jess, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT Madama Butterfly, 2004 RECENT La Bohème, Seattle Opera The Marriage of Figaro, New Zealand Opera Shining Brow, Arizona Opera UPCOMING The Barber of Seville, New Orleans Opera A Thousand Splendid Suns, Seattle Opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Utah Opera SPONSOR Doris Salsbury Endowment Fund

DAVID NEELY

Conductor, Hyattsville, MD The Marshall and Judy Flapan Music Director and Principal Conductor, A Thousand Acres, American Apollo DMMO DEBUT The Crucible, Falstaff, 2003 RECENT Tiefland, Sarasota Opera West Side Story, The Atlanta Opera Florencia en el Amazonas, Indiana University UPCOMING Ainadamar, Indiana University SPONSOR Marshall Flapan SYDNEY MANCASOLA

Soprano, Redding, CA Tytania, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT Le Comte Ory, 2014 RECENT Orpheus in the Underworld, Komische Oper Berlin The Elixir of Love, Opéra national de Paris Così fan tutte, Luzern Oper UPCOMING The Magic Flute, The Metropolitan Opera Pelléas et Mélisande, Los Angeles Opera Breaking the Waves, Opéra Comique, Paris SPONSORS Harry Bookey and Pamela Bass-Bookey

DAVID MURAKAMI

Designer, Los Angeles, CA Video/Projections Design, American Apollo DMMO DEBUT RECENT Opera in the Outfield, Minnesota Opera Das Rheingold, Minnesota Opera (3D remaster) The Elixir of Love, University of California - Santa Cruz UPCOMING Ainadamar, L’Opéra de Montréal SPONSORS Craig and Susan Porter

YASUKO OURA

Pianist and Coach, Chicago, IL Musical Preparation, A Thousand Acres Apprentice Artist Program Staff DMMO DEBUT Der Freischütz, Tosca, 2009 RECENT Fire Shut Up In My Bones, Lyric Opera of Chicago Becoming Santa Claus, Chicago Opera Theater The Elixir of Love, Lyric Opera of Chicago UPCOMING King Roger, Chicago Opera Theater Carmen, Lyric Opera of Chicago Albert Herring, Chicago Opera Theater SPONSORS Dr. Stephen and Martha Stephenson KRISTINE MCINTYRE

Director, Portland, OR Stage Director, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT La Bohème, 2011 RECENT Flight, The Dallas Opera Rising Stars in Concert, Lyric Opera of Chicago Flight, Utah Opera UPCOMING Rusalka, Pittsburgh Opera Don Giovanni, The Atlanta Opera SPONSORS Chérie and Bob Shreck Adrienne McFarland and Joe Clamon

HARRY NADAL

Designer, San Juan, Puerto Rico Costume Design, Porgy and Bess, American Apollo DMMO DEBUT RECENT Seven Guitars, Arena Stage Freedom Ride, Chicago Opera Theater The Folks at Home, Baltimore Center Stage UPCOMING The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, ZACH Theatre SPONSORS Stanley Ransom

CINDY C. OXBERRY

Director, New York City, NY Assistant Director, Porgy and Bess Apprentice Artist Program Staff DMMO DEBUT RECENT Blue, Pittsburgh Opera Così fan tutte, Washington National Opera Queen of the People’s Hearts, Angela Knight Music Productions UPCOMING Judische Kulturbund Project, Documentary: Shared Stories East African Girls Christmas in your town, 10 City National Tour Blue, Washington National Opera SPONSORS Bob and Betsy Freese

The ARTISTS

KEITH PHARES

Baritone, Manalapan, NJ Ty, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT Three Decembers, 2014 RECENT King of the River, American Modern Ensemble A Little Night Music, Arizona Opera The Copper Queen (film), Arizona Opera UPCOMING The Life and Love of Joe Coogan (recording) The Merry Widow, Toledo Opera SPONSORS Roger and Kay Berger

CHAS RADER-SHIEBER

Director, St. Louis, MO Stage Director, A Midsummer Night’s Dream DMMO DEBUT The Abduction from the Seraglio, 2015 RECENT Dangerous Liaisons, Curtis Institute of Music Platée, Des Moines Metro Opera Shining Brow, Arizona Opera UPCOMING L’Orfeo, OrpheusPDX Die Tote Stadt, Opera Colorado SPONSOR Easter Family Fund

KIMBERLY ROBERTS

Voice Teacher, Knoxville, TN Resident Voice Teacher Apprentice Artist Program Staff DMMO DEBUT La Rondine, 1997 RECENT Assistant Professor in Voice, University of Tennessee-Knoxville SPONSORS Peter and Rita Reed RON PIRETTI

Fight Director, New York City, NY Fight Director, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT RECENT Seven Guitars, Arena Stage Fight Director, Actors Studio Drama School Acting Teacher, The Barrow Group SPONSORS Michael and Ann Gersie

BRITTANY V.A. RAPPISE

Designer, Pensacola, FL Makeup and Hair Design, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT RECENT The Magic Flute, Pensacola Opera The Barber of Seville, Opera Delaware Così fan tutte, Curtis Institute of Music UPCOMING Carmen, Brevard Music Center The Barber of Seville, Amarillo Opera La Bohème, Pensacola Opera SPONSOR Dr. Beth Triebel

JERMAINE SMITH

Tenor, Saint Louis, MO Sportin’ Life, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT RECENT Gianni Schicchi, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Porgy and Bess, The Metropolitan Opera Porgy and Bess, The Atlanta Opera UPCOMING Gospel Mass, Carnegie Hall SPONSOR Patty and Jim Cownie Charitable Fund ELISE QUAGLIATA

Mezzo-Soprano, Miami, FL Ginny, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT The Tales of Hoffmann, 2005 RECENT Dead Man Walking, Opera Idaho Flight, Utah Opera Carmen, Pensacola Opera UPCOMING Edward Tulane, Minnesota Opera 40th Anniversary Gala, Pensacola Opera The Daughter of the Regiment, Utah Opera SPONSORS Christine Lauridsen Sand and Rob Sand

BARNABY REA

Bass, Frankfurt, Germany Nick Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT RECENT A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oper Frankfurt Die Odyssee, Opernhaus Zürich Peter Grimes, Teatro Real Madrid UPCOMING Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Oper Frankfurt A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opéra de Rouen Normandie Wozzeck, The Royal Opera SPONSORS Kate and Tom Carey

CALVIN STARA

Designer, Elkhorn, NE Scenic Designer, American Apollo DMMO DEBUT Stage Crew Intern, 2015 RECENT WNBA Draft, 11th St Workshop New Golden Age, 11th St Workshop Thom Browne Fashion Show, 11th St Workshop SPONSORS Deb Wiley and John Schmidt

TAYLOR STAYTON

Tenor, Sidney, OH Pete, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT Don Pasquale, 2011 RECENT The Barber of Seville, The Atlanta Opera Messiah, Pacific Symphony Platée, Des Moines Metro Opera UPCOMING Mozart Requiem, Grand Rapids Symphony SPONSOR Dr. Darren R. Jirsa

COREY TRAHAN

Tenor, Fort Worth, TX Snout, A Midsummer Night's Dream DMMO DEBUT Apprentice Artist Program, 2003 RECENT H.M.S. Pinafore, Pensacola Opera Candide, Des Moines Metro Opera The Polar Express, Louisiana Delta Ballet SPONSOR Jo Ghrist

BRIDGET S. WILLIAMS

Designer, Chicago, IL Lighting Design, American Apollo DMMO DEBUT Lighting Supervisor, 2019 RECENT Candide, Depaul Opera Theatre Knuffle Bunny, Young People’s Theatre of Chicago Il Tabarro, Opera Festival of Chicago UPCOMING Peabody, Young People’s Theatre of Chicago SPONSORS Carrie Clogg and Josh Barlage MATTHEW STRAW

Conductor, Pianist, Coach, Rochester, NY Associate Conductor, A Thousand Acres Apprentice Artist Program Staff DMMO DEBUT RECENT Assistant Conductor, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien Assistant Conductor, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra 2022 Solti Foundation US Career Assistance Award Winner SPONSORS Randy and Thang Holt

NATHAN TROUP

Director, Selinsgrove, PA Apprentice Artist Program Staff DMMO DEBUT Directing Staff, 2014 RECENT Wozzeck, Boston Symphony Orchestra Così fan tutte, Boston University Albert Herring, Boston Conservatory UPCOMING John Williams 90th Birthday Celebration, Tanglewood SPONSOR Pat Brown

WEI WU

Bass, Beijing, China Snug, A Midsummer Night's Dream Marv Carson, A Thousand Acres DMMO DEBUT RECENT Rigoletto, Opera Philadelphia The Magic Flute, Washington National Opera The Tales of Hoffmann, NCPA Beijing UPCOMING Tosca, Los Angeles Opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Calgary Opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Utah Opera SPONSORS John and Peggy Wild TAZEWELL THOMPSON

Director, Harlem, New York City, NY Stage Director, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT RECENT Blue, Seattle Opera, Pittsburgh Opera UPCOMING Blue, Toledo Opera, Dutch National Opera, Washington National Opera Liberation, New York Philharmonic Jubilee, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Rep. SPONSOR Daniel J. and Ann L. Krumm Charitable Trust

ROBERT WIERZEL

Designer, New York City, NY Lighting Design, Porgy and Bess DMMO DEBUT RECENT Carmen, Minnesota Opera Rigoletto, Boston Lyric Opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,

The Atlanta Opera UPCOMING Carmen, Portland Opera Blue, Dutch National Opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Utah Opera SPONSORS Denise and John Wieland

CONNIE YUN

Designer, Seattle, WA Lighting Design, A Midsummer Night’s Dream DMMO DEBUT RECENT The Marriage of Figaro, Seattle Opera Madama Butterfly, Hawaii Opera Theatre The Elixir of Love, Palm Beach Opera UPCOMING L’Orfeo, OrpheusPDX The Fall of The House of Usher, OrpheusPDX The 39 Steps, Merrimack Repertory Theatre SPONSORS Tony Braida and Mark Babcock