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 MONICA DEWEY
Soprano (Georgia) Servilia, Titus; Richard Gaddes Festival Artist OTSL DEBUT PAST
The Daughter of the Regiment, The Barber of Seville, Indiana University Opera Theater; First Place, International Hilde Zadek Voice Competition, 2017
HANNAH DISHMAN
Mezzo-soprano (Virginia) Edes P. Gilbert Artist Ruthie Joad, The Grapes of Wrath; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT PAST
BENJAMIN DICKERSON
Baritone (Texas) Phoebe Dent Weil Artist The Official Registrar, Madame Butterfly; Trucker Bill/Commissary Clerk, The Grapes of Wrath; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT
A Herald, Macbeth, 2016 PAST
Don Giovanni, The Dangerous Liaisons, Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater; La Cenerentola, Music Academy of the West
SIMONA GENGA
Mezzo-soprano (Canada) Steve Trampe & Jenny Gupta Endowed Artist Cabin Mistress, The Grapes of Wrath; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT PAST
Die Fledermaus, Operafestival di Roma; A Little Night Music, La Doriclea, Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater
Falstaff, University of Western Ontario Opera; Prima Zombie, University of Toronto Opera; Dead Man Walking, Opera NUOVA
RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA
MARY-HOLLIS HUNDLEY
Tenor (Germany) Deputy, The Grapes of Wrath; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT
Shalimar’s Brother #2, Shalimar the Clown, 2016 PAST
Iphigénie en Tauride, Così fan tutte, New England Conservatory Opera; The Marriage of Figaro, Pittsburgh Festival Opera
COURTNEY JAMESON
Mezzo-soprano (Pennsylvania) Jane & Robert Feibel Artist Gerdine Young Artist PAST
Così fan tutte, Rodelinda, Indiana University Opera Theater; La Cenerentola, Bay View Music Festival
PHILLIP LOPEZ
Bass-baritone (Illinois) Glenn Sheffield Artist The Imperial Commissioner, Madame Butterfly; Traffic Cop/Peach Checker, The Grapes of Wrath; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT PAST
The Merry Widow, The College Light Opera Company; Acis and Galatea, Gianni Schicchi, Millikin University Opera Theatre
Soprano (Kentucky) Robert & Lorraine Duesenberg Endowed Artist Gerdine Young Artist PAST
Aida, Sarasota Opera; La bohème, Tulsa Opera; Apprentice Artist, The Sante Fe Opera
PHILIPPE L’ESPERANCE
Tenor (Massachusetts) Maggie & Ron Holtman Artist Jake, The Grapes of Wrath; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT PAST
La clemenza di Tito, Le roi l’a dit, Der Zigeunerbaron, Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater
ALEXANDER MCKISSICK
Tenor (Connecticut) John H. Russell Artist Val, The Grapes of Wrath; Gerdine Young Artist OTSL DEBUT PAST
La Navarraise, Bard SummerScape; The Magic Flute, Juilliard Opera FUTURE
La traviata, Aspen Music Festival
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