R i c h a r d G a d d e s F e s t i v a l A r t i s t & G e r d i n e Yo u n g A r t i s t P r o f i l e s ANUSH AVETISYAN
Soprano (Armenia) Richard Gaddes Career Award; The Berges Family Foundation Endowed Artist Kate Pinkerton, Madame Butterfly; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT PAST
Così fan tutte, Eugene Onegin, Yale Opera; Don Giovanni, Academy of Vocal Arts
JOSHUA BLUE
Tenor (New York) Elihu M. Hyndman Memorial Award; Thelma Steward Endowed Artist Franz (Guard 1)/Offstage Voice/Block, The Trial; Richard Gaddes Festival Artist OTSL DEBUT
A Singer, La rondine, 2015 PAST
The Rape of Lucretia, Street Scene, Oberlin Opera Theater FUTURE
The Elixir of Love, Music Acadamy of the West
EVAN BRAVOS
Baritone (Illinois) Joe/Pump Guy, The Grapes of Wrath; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT PAST
Baritone (Michigan) Larry Travis Bushong Memorial Artist Yakuside, Madame Butterfly; Constable/Trucker Joe, The Grapes of Wrath; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT PAST
La fanciulla del West, Michigan Opera Theatre; La fedeltà premiata, Juilliard Opera; The Other Side of the Door, Tanglewood Music Festival
NICOLETTE BOOK
Soprano (Minnesota) Richard Gaddes Career Award; Robert & Martha Scharff Endowed Artist Cropper Woman, The Grapes of Wrath; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT PAST
Idomeneo, CCM Opera, University of Cincinnati; The Ghosts of Versailles, Wolf Trap Opera; Corbett Award, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music Opera Scholarship Competition, 2017
JEFF BYRNES
Baritone (Louisiana) Ann & Bill Sullins Artist A Trucker/Jim, The Grapes of Wrath; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT PAST
The Cunning Little Vixen, Carmen, Opera Santa Barbara; El Pasado Nunca Se Termina, Lyric Opera of Chicago
La fanciulla del West, Little Women, Silent Night, Michigan Opera Theatre
MEGAN CALLAHAN
CHEYANNE COSS
Mezzo-soprano (Washington) Adelaide Cherbonnier Memorial Artist Muley’s Wife, The Grapes of Wrath; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT PAST
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Dark Sisters, Boston Conservatory at Berklee; Dialogues of the Carmelites, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Opera Theatre
MATTHEW DALEN
Tenor (Canada) Christoph Willibald Gluck Artist Hank/Lou, The Grapes of Wrath; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT PAST
Orpheus in the Underworld, Paul Bunyan, University of Toronto Opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Opera NUOVA
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DOMINIK BELAVY
Soprano (Michigan) Barbera & Stanley Richman Memorial Award; Lucy & Stanley Lopata Memorial Artist Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT
Lady-in-Waiting, Macbeth, 2016 PAST
Brahms Requiem, Charleston Symphony Orchestra; La finta giardiniera, Iphigénie en Tauride, New England Conservatory Opera
MICHAEL DAY
Tenor (Illinois) Richard Gaddes Career Award; Shepard Family Foundation Artist Al Joad, The Grapes of Wrath; Richard Gaddes Festival Artist OTSL DEBUT
An Officer, Ariadne on Naxos, 2016 PAST
Man of La Mancha, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre; Florencia en el Amazonas, The Magic Flute, Indiana University Opera Theater