GUEST ARTISTS

NADER ABBASSI Geneva, Switzerland

Glimmerglass 2023: Conductor for La bohème

Past: Conductor and Composer, Between Dusk & Dawn; Gala concert with Fatma Said, soprano, and United Philharmonic Orchestra; Composer and Music Director, Opening Ceremony of the Sphinx Avenue in Luxor, Egypt; Music Director, Historical Golden Parade.

Future: Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Cairo Opera House.

MEREDITH ARWADY Kalamazoo, Michigan

Glimmerglass 2023: Old Lady in Candide

Gertrude in Romeo and Juliet.

Past: Kathy Hagen, Champion, Metropolitan Opera; Ruth, The Pirates of Penzance, Utah Opera; Madame Flora, The Medium Oper Frankfurt; Martha, Sky On Swings, Opera Saratoga.

Future: Kathy Hagen, Champion Lyric Opera of Chicago; Death, Le Rossignol, The Adelaide Festival; Lucia, Cavalleria Rusticana St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

ANDREA BEASOM New York, New York

Glimmerglass 2023: Associate Choreographer for Candide.

Past: Choreographer, La traviata, Seattle Opera; Associate Director and Choreographer, Rigoletto, Opera San Antonio; Choreographer, The Anonymous Lover, LA Opera; La traviata Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Assistant Director, Die schweigsame Frau, Bard Summerscape; Associate Director and Choreographer, La traviata Indiana University.

Future: Director, The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me, Washington National Opera.

REECE BERNARD Utica, New York

Glimmerglass 2023: Actor in Romeo and Juliet

Past: Paul, Company Utica University.

JOSHUA BLUE Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Glimmerglass 2023: Rodolfo in La bohème

Past Loge, Das Rheingold, Virginia Opera; Peter, Porgy and Bess, Metropolitan Opera; The Duke of Mantua, Rigoletto Opera Philadelphia; Rodolfo, La bohème, Opera Philadelphia.

Future: Wilson, Intelligence, Houston Grand Opera; Tamino, The Magic Flute, Metropolitan Opera; Colin, The Anonymous Lover, Opera Philadelphia. joshuabluetenor.com

AMITH CHANDRASHAKER

New York, New York

Glimmerglass 2023: Lighting Designer for Rinaldo and The Rip Van Winkles.

Past Lighting Designer, The Glimmerglass Festival, The Public Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizon, Signature Theater (NYC), Williamstown Theatre Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Opera Omaha, Opera Colorado, Utah Opera. amithld.com

COREY COCHRAN Cincinnati, Ohio

Glimmerglass 2023 Costume Designer for Love & War

Past Hair/Wig/Makeup Designer, Timber Lake Playhouse; Costume Designer, Orpheus in the Underworld, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Stitcher Apprentice, The Sound of Music The Glimmerglass Festival; Costume Designer, Dido and Aeneas, Gianni Schicci, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Future: Costume Designer, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Costume Designer, The Marriage of Figaro Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. coreyccostumes.wixsite.com/coreyccostumes

JOSEPH COLANERI Milburn, New Jersey

Glimmerglass 2023 Conductor for Candide and Romeo and Juliet.

Past Music Director, The Glimmerglass Festival (ongoing); Conductor, Rigoletto, Utah Opera; La bohème, Seattle Opera; Macbeth and Falstaff, Maryland Lyric Opera; Mefistofele, Metropolitan Opera; La bohème, Teatro Colón.

MONTANA BLANCO

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Glimmerglass 2023: Costume Designer for Rinaldo.

Past: White Girl In Danger Second Stage Theatre and Vineyard Theatre; Create Dangerously, Miami New Drama; Square Dance, Miami City Ballet; A Strange Loop, Barbican West End.

Future: Champion, Lyric Opera of Chicago; El Niño, Metropolitan Opera; Lincoln in the Bardo LA Opera and Metropolitan Opera.

Future: Conductor, Concert with Lisette Oropesa, New Orleans Philharmonic; Juilliard Opera. josephcolaneri.com

BRENNA CORNER Atlanta, Georgia

Glimmerglass 2023: Stage Director for The Rip Van Winkles.

Past: Co-Director, Tenor Overboard The Glimmerglass Festival; Director, Carmen, Calgary Opera; Il trovatore, Washington National Opera; La Cenerentola, Kentucky Opera; Hansel and Gretel, San Diego Opera.

Future: Director, Lucia di Lammermoor New Orleans Opera; L’elisir d’amore, Florentine Opera. brennacorner.com