Filene Artists

^ former Studio Artist   * returning Filene Artist

CORY McGEE, bass^*
Don Giovanni

HOMETOWN: Stafford, VA
TRAINING: Houston Grand Opera; Santa Fe Opera; Rice University; Wolf Trap Opera
HIGHLIGHTS: Il Dottore (La Traviata), Houston Grand Opera; Caspar (Der Freischütz), Wolf Trap Opera; Colline (La Bohème), Florentine Opera and Michigan Opera Theatre; Billy (A Snowy Day), Houston Grand Opera; Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Opera on the James

ERIC LINDSEY, bass
Il Commendatore

HOMETOWN: Atlanta, GA
TRAINING: Opera North Studio Artist; Sarasota Opera Apprentice and Studio Artist; University of Houston Moores Opera Center; Kennesaw State University; Young Harris College
HIGHLIGHTS: Pirate King cover (The Pirates of Penzance), The Atlanta Opera; Don Basilio cover (The Barber of Seville), The Atlanta Opera; Leporello (Don Giovanni), MidAtlantic Opera; Colline (La Bohème), MidAtlantic Opera; Nourabod (The Pearl Fishers), Opera in Williamsburg, VA; Fifth Jew (Salome), Spoleto Festival USA; Sarastro (The Magic Flute), Lakeland Opera; King Hjalamar (Princess Maleine), world premiere, Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble

RENÉE RICHARDSON, soprano
Donna Anna

HOMETOWN: Springfield, PA
TRAINING: Academy of Vocal Arts; Cleveland Institute of Music; University of West Florida
HIGHLIGHTS: Annina (La Traviata), Houston Grand Opera; Nedda scene (Pagliacci), Houston Grand Opera; Mimi (La Bohème), Academy of Vocal Arts Opera

LUNGA ERIC HALLAM, tenor
Don Ottavio

HOMETOWN: Site-B Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa
TRAINING: Ryan Opera Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago; University of Cape Town College of Music
HIGHLIGHTS: Founder, Phenomenal Opera Voices (non-profit); First Courtier (Le Comte Ory), Lyric Opera of Chicago; Passenger 5 (Proximity), world premiere, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Beyond the Aria series with Joyce DiDonato, Harris Theater; Voice of South Africa International Singing Competition; Semifinalist, 2019 Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition; International Festival of the Arts in Zimbabwe

TIFFANY TOWNSEND, soprano*
Donna Elvira

HOMETOWN: Jackson, MS
TRAINING: Los Angeles Opera; Wolf Trap Opera; Des Moines Metro Opera; Curtis Institute of Music; The Juilliard School
HIGHLIGHTS: Ines (Il Trovatore), Los Angeles Opera; Léontyne (The Anonymous Lover), Los Angeles Opera; Princess Ninetta (The Love for Three Oranges), Opera Philadelphia; Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Curtis Institute of Music

ANDREW GILSTRAP, bass-baritone^
Leporello

HOMETOWN: Nashville, TN
TRAINING: Bayerische Staatsoper Opernstudio (Munich); Des Moines Metro Opera Ensemble; Minnesota Opera Resident Artist; Des Moines Metro Opera Resident Artist; University of Houston; Wolf Trap Opera
HIGHLIGHTS: Antonio (Le Nozze di Figaro), Bayerische Staatsoper; Second Sentinel (Les Troyens), Bayerische Staatsoper; Sixth Man/Sixth Policeman/Seventh Houseservant (The Nose), Bayerische Staatsoper; Sourin (Pique Dame), Des Moines Metro Opera; Immigration Officer (Flight), Minnesota Opera; Gregorio (Roméo et Juliette), Wolf Trap Opera

DANIEL RICH, baritone
Masetto

HOMETOWN: Baltimore, MD
TRAINING: Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Metropolitan Opera; The Manhattan School of Music; Morgan State University
HIGHLIGHTS: Count Lerma cover (Don Carlos), Metropolitan Opera; Waiter (Der Rosenkavalier), Metropolitan Opera; Ben/Suleiman/John (Omar), The Spoleto Festival USA

DENIS VÉLEZ, soprano
Zerlina

HOMETOWN: Puebla, Mexico
TRAINING: Ryan Opera Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Escuela Superior de Musica Cantate Operistica Licenciatura
HIGHLIGHTS: Thibault (Don Carlos), Lyric Opera of Chicago; The Sandman and the Dew Fairy (Hänsel und Gretel), Lyric Opera of Chicago; Frasquita (Carmen), Lyric Opera of Chicago; Catrina (El ultima viaje de Diego y Frida), San Francisco Opera; Gianetta (L’elisir d’amore), Lyric Opera of Chicago

Chorus

*AGMA: Alex Alburqueque, Emily Buttram, Cosmo Clemens, Alexandra Coburn, Catrin Davies, Jason Gonzalez, Grace Gori, Sammy Huh, Christine Jobson, Marie Marquis, Qian Meng, James Myers, Erin Ridge Jose Sacin, Andrew Sauvageau, James Shaffran

Studio Artists: Isobel Anthony, Joe Hack, Alexander Kolyszko, Samuel Krausz, Mario Manzo, Winona Martin, Adam Partridge, Jazmine Saunders

*Members of AGMA appear through the courtesy of the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO.

Supernumeraries

Dana Armstrong: Valet, Statue
Emily Bidinger: Fate (Fraudulence)
Daria Butler: Fate (Violence)
Zoe Jansen: Valet
Johnna Leary: Fate (Incontinence)
Moira Ragen: Valet, Statue