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Devon Eatmon

Hailed for his “heroic high notes,” Devin M. Eatmon is a full lyric operatic tenor from Ocala, Florida. His performance history includes working with the Central Florida Lyric Opera, Chelsea Opera, Opera in the Ozarks, Aspen Music Festival, Opera Colorado, St. Petersburg Opera, Opera Orlando, and most recently Palm Beach Opera. With both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Voice Performance from Florida State University; Devin studied under the tutelage of former San Francisco Opera staring baritone, David Okerlund. Some of Devin’s most notable collegiate roles include, Villiers in the Scholastic Premier of Carlisle Floyd’s, Prince of Players, Rodolfo in Giacomo Puccini's, La bohème, Curley in Floyd's, Of Mice and Men, and Aubrey in Heinrich Marschner’s, Der Vampyr. In the musical theater realm, Devin’s recent performances include playing the role of, Nicely Nicely Johnson in Victory Productions’ production of Guys And Dolls. Additionally, Devin is a member of the Classical Crossover group The Serenad3, with Tenor, Fernando Varela and Baritone, Craig Irvin. The group was founded during the Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020 and in its short existence has already been featured on David Foster’s “Hitman” Tour as well as a featured appearance with the Arizona MusicFest in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mr. Eatmon recently completed a season with Palm Beach Opera as a Cornelia T. Bailey Apprentice Artist. While there he had the privilege of covering B.F Pinkerton in Puccini’s, Madama Butterfly as well as covering the roles of Dr. Caius and Bardolfo in Verdi’s, Falstaff.

Gabriel Preisser

Grammy Award winning baritone Gabriel Preisser has been praised by Opera News for his “handsome voice, charismatic energy, and timbral allure” and The New York Times called his performance as Lt. Gordon “wonderful.” His resume includes over 40 operatic and musical theater roles including Danilo in The Merry Widow with Utah Festival Opera, Billy Bigelow in Carousel with Minnesota Orchestra, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with St Petersburg Opera, Dandini in Cenerentola with Opera Tampa, Escamillo in Carmen with Lyric Opera of the North, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore with Shreveport Opera, Le Mari in Les Mamelles de Tiresias with Opera Parallele, Albert in Werther with Minnesota Opera, Mercutio in Romeo et Juliette with Opera Tampa and St. Petersburg Opera, Tommy in Brigadoon with Gulfshore Opera, Silvio in Pagliacci with Opera Naples, Harold Hill in The Music Man with Colorado Symphony, and Bob Baker in

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