A native of St. Paul Minnesota, soprano Sara Gartland earned rave reviews for her performance of Rusalka in Dvorak’s Rusalka with the Des Moines Metro Opera. James Sohre from Opera Today exclaimed: “Sara Gartland was utter perfection in the title role, a performance on full throttle from first to last as she descended inexorably from infectious, hopeful girlish impetuosity to end up pathetically defeated nonentity. Her singing was nothing less than radiant throughout. Ms. Gartland possesses a substantial lyric soprano of great beauty and rock-solid technique that seems to know no bounds when it comes to alluring sheen, emotional connection, thrilling top notes, vibrant mid-range, floated pianissimi, and well, any and all variations thereof. Moreover, her attractive presence and committed acting were all one could wish for this complex heroine. I would wager there is no one in the world singing this role better than Sara Gartland.”

In Season 2015-16, bass-baritone Paul Whelan sings the role of Sarastro Die Zauberflöte for the first time at Hawaii Opera Theatre, and continues to Geneva to join the Grand Theatre for their new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Quince. He relocates to Gothenburg Opera in early 2016 where he sings the role of Claudio Hamlet in a new production by Stephen Langridge.

Gregory Keller has directed acclaimed opera and theater productions across the United States. He recently completed his 26th season as a Guest Stage Director at the Metropolitan Opera, where he has staged successful revivals of La Fanciulla del West, Salome, Lulu, Wozzeck, Luisa Miller, Gianni Schicchi, Rigoletto, La Bohème, Die Zauberflöte, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and La Donna del Lago.  

Hailed by Opera News for his “rich, resonant baritone” Craig Irvin brings a vibrant sound and commitment to character to each role he portrays.  Last season saw the revival of his Lt. Horstmayer in Silent Night for Atlanta Opera, his role debut as Macbeth with LoftOpera and Escamillo in Carmen with Fort Worth Opera. Other recent engagements include debuts with Sarasota Opera as Marcello in La bohème and Anchorage Opera in the title role of The Mikado as well as his return to Utah Opera as Count Almaviva in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro.

Three-time Grammy Award winning artist Isabel Leonard has established herself as one of the most in demand performers as a star on the world’s leading stages and screens. The 2023 – 2024 season sees Ms. Leonard’s debut with the Bayersiche Staatsoper as Angelina in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s production of La Cenerentola, and a return to Los Angeles Opera to sing the … Read More

Hailed by The New York Times as “a beautiful woman who commands the stage” and “a major soprano,” Ailyn Pérez is in demand at the world’s leading opera houses and cultural capitals. As Opera News observes, “The phrase ‘an embarrassment of riches’ might have been invented to describe the combination of talents that belong to Ailyn Pérez … who truly … Read More

Bass baritone, Hunter Enoch is an active performer across the United States. This season Mr. Enoch will make his debut with Opera Theatre St. Louis as Scarpia in their production of Tosca, and debut as Jago in Otello with Pacific Northwest Opera. During the 2021-2022 season Mr. Enoch debuted as Germont in La Traviata with Pacific Northwest Opera, the title role in Le nozze … Read More

American lyric soprano Sylvia D’Eramo, a recent laureate of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, has already made mainstage debuts at the Metropolitan Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and The Philadelphia Orchestra, among others. Her voice is lauded for its “purity of timbre, the brilliance of its highs and the … Read More

Korean American tenor Adam Diegel regularly earns international acclaim for his impassioned dramatic sensibilities, powerful voice, and for his classic leading man looks. From a performance as Cavaradossi in Tosca at Glimmerglass Opera, Opera News raved: “The opera became a showdown between Adam Diegel’s impulsive, shaggily handsome Cavaradossi and Lester Lynch’s fearsome, animalistic Scarpia… (Diegel’s) spacious, Italianate tenor…delivered a stirring … Read More