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

NAN WANG Handan, Hebei, China

Glimmerglass 2023: Colline in La bohème; Ensemble and Count Capulet (cover) in Romeo and Juliet

Past: Des Grieux, Le portrait de Manon, Manhattan School of Music; Masetto (cover), Don Giovanni, Chautauqua Opera Conservatory; Don Bartolo, Le nozze di Figaro, Manhattan School of Music; Sorcerer, Dido and Aeneas, Central Conservatory of Music; Gang Wu, Flying to the Moon (premiere), Central Conservatory of Music.

Future: Harasta, The Cunning Little Vixen, Manhattan School of Music.

JASON ZACHER Livingston, New Jersey

Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble/Agent/Señor and Voltaire/Dr. Pangloss (cover) in Candide; Argante (cover) in Rinaldo.

Past: Alidoro, La Cenerentola, Kentucky Opera; Colline, La bohème, Kentucky Opera; Henry, The Gift of the Magi, Kentucky Opera; Jimmy, American Apollo, Des Moines Metro Opera; Bottom/Theseus (cover), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Des Moines Metro Opera. jason-zacher.com