YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM

ALICIA RUSSELL TAGERT Richmond, Virginia

Glimmerglass 2023: Minister’s Wife/Queen of Eldorado in Candide; Ensemble and Musetta (cover) in La bohème

Past: Gretel, Hansel and Gretel Opera Birmingham; Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro, FargoMoorhead Opera; Willie/Ruthie (cover), Castor and Patience, Cincinnati Opera; Morgan, Fierce Cincinnati Opera; Berta, The Barber of Seville, Fargo-Moorhead Opera. aliciarussellsoprano.com

AMANDA TESTINI

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Glimmerglass 2023: Assistant Director for La bohème and The Rip Van Winkles

Past: Choreographer/Assistant Director, HMS

Pinafore Vancouver Opera; Stage Director

Participant, Opera in the 21st Century Program, Banff Centre for the Performing Arts; Movement Consultant and Swing, You Used To Call Me Marie, Savage Society, Alberta and Saskatchewan Tour; Justine Chambers, Love Bomb, Shameless Hussy Productions, Western Canada Tour. amandatestini.com

KORIN THOMAS-SMITH

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble and Maximilian (cover) in Candide Argante in Rinaldo.

Past: Tarquinius, The Rape of Lucretia, Yale Opera; Raimbaud, Le Comte Ory, Yale Opera; Dulcamara, L’elisir d’amore Yale Opera.

Future Ensemble Studio, Canadian Opera Company.

CATHERINE THORNSLEY

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble and Mimì (cover) in La bohème; Ensemble in Romeo and Juliet

Past: 2022 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Semifinalist; Rusalka, Rusalka, University of British Columbia; Contessa Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro, University of British Columbia; Marta, Pasażerka, University of British Columbia. catherinethornsley.com

KYLE SANCHEZ TINGZON

San Francisco, California

Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in Candide; Goffredo in Rinaldo.

Past: Father Hylebos, Tacoma Method, Tacoma Opera; Teseo, Ercole su’l Termodonte, Pacific Opera Project; The Messenger, Harvey Milk, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; First Prize Winner, Handel Aria Competition; San Francisco

District Winner and Los Angeles Regional Encouragement Awardee, Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. kylesancheztingzon.com

TRUMAN TINIUS Syracuse, New York

Glimmerglass 2023 Ensemble/Dancer/Dance

Captain in La bohème; Ensemble/Dancer in Candide; Dancer in Love and War.

Past Ensemble/Dancer/Circus Feature, The Little Mermaid, Syracuse Stage; Ensemble/ Dancer, Sweet Charity, Syracuse University; Ensemble, The Sound of Music, The Glimmerglass Festival; Featured Dancer/Ensemble/Fight

Captain, Carmen The Glimmerglass Festival; Mouse King/Candy Cane (Russian Variation), The Nutcracker, Syracuse City Ballet.

EMILY TRIEBOLD Athens, Wisconsin

Glimmerglass 2023 Old Lady (cover) and Ensemble in Candide Sorcerer (cover) in Rinaldo.

Past Soloist, Serenade to Music MidAmerica Productions, Carnegie Hall; Soloist, Op. 38 (Shostakovich), Brooklyn Art Song Society; Soloist (Mendelssohn) in Midsummer Night’s Dream New York City Ballet, Saratoga Performing Arts Center; Mrs. Cripps (Buttercup), H.M.S. Pinafore, Pensacola Opera; Baroness, Candide, Des Moines Metro Opera; Mrs. Splinters, The Tender Land Des Moines Metro Opera. emilytriebold.com

ETHEL TRUJILLO Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Glimmerglass 2023 Ensemble and Juliet (cover) in Romeo and Juliet; Ensemble in La bohème.

Past Musetta (cover), La bohème Academy of Vocal Arts; Violetta (cover), La traviata, Academy of Vocal Arts; Norina, Don Pasquale Academy of Vocal Arts.

Future: Adina, L’elisir d’amore, Parapente Productions.

WILL UPHAM Bedford, Indiana

Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in La bohème; Benvolio and Romeo (cover) in Romeo and Juliet

Past: Monostatos, The Magic Flute Indianapolis Opera; VA Psychiatrist, Veteran Journeys, Indianapolis Opera; Donald Hopewell, Gallantry, Indianapolis Opera; Jimmy and Kay Garrison Student Grand Prize, Orpheus Vocal Competition; Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi, La Musica Lirica; Nemorino, The Elixir of Love, The Dallas Opera; The Prince, The True Story of Cinderella SMU Lyric Theatre; Reverend Samuel Parris, The Crucible SMU Lyric Theatre.

SCHYLER VARGAS Denver, Colorado

Glimmerglass 2023 Maximilian in Candide; Mercutio (cover) in Romeo and Juliet

Past Strephon, Iolanthe MasterVoices at Carnegie Hall; Papageno, The Magic Flute Arizona Opera; Harlekin, Ariadne auf Naxos Arizona Opera; Homecoming Soldier, The Falling and the Rising, Arizona Opera; Moralès, Carmen, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. schylervargas.com