Marcello Cormio

Recently: Conductor, The Barber of Seville, Sarasota Opera; La rondine, Manhattan School of Music; I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams by Sosa and Lim Jacobs, Syracuse Opera/Tri-Cities Opera; Don Giovanni, Sarasota Opera; Les pêcheurs de perles, Sarasota Opera; La traviata, La Musica Lirica Opera Festival, Italy; Music Director, Lexington Chamber Orchestra 

David Radamés Toro

Previously at CCO: Assistant Director, Il trovatore (2018)  

Recently: Director, Tosca, Florentine Opera; Zorro, Arizona Opera; Falstaff, Portland Opera; Zorro, Opera San José; Opera Outdoors: Ópera al Aire Libre 2024, Opera Omaha; Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, Austin Opera 

Andrew Wilkowske

Previously at CCO: Dr. Bartolo, The Barber of Seville (2025) 

Recently: Doctor Bartolo, The Barber of Seville, Minnesota Opera; Don Alfonso, Cosí fan tutte, Madison Opera; All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Asolo Repertory Theatre, FL; Baron de Pictordu, Cinderella, Opera Montana; VOXSPEX, Opera Reading Project; Gary, Ofrenda by Sosa and De Los Santos, Minneapolis Center for the Performing Arts; Bass Soloist, Mass of Guðbrandur by Rúnarsdóttir, Trinity Lutheran Church, Stillwater, MN

Maureen McKay

Previously at CCO: Laurey, Oklahoma! (2012) 

Recently: Callie van Lew, Intelligence, Virginia Opera; Papagena, The Magic Flute; Hirt, Tannhäuser; Zdenka (cover), Arabella; Laura Brown (cover), The Hours; Adina (cover), L’elisir d’amore, The Metropolitan Opera; Gretel, Hänsel und Gretel, Utah Opera; The Creation, Symphony of the Americas; Laila, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Seattle Opera

Ashraf Sewailam

Previously at CCO: Dr. Bartolo, The Barber of Seville (2025); The Speaker, The Magic Flute (2018); Balthazar, Amahl and the Night Visitors (2016); Director, Othello (2023) 

Recently: Dr. Bartolo, The Barber of Seville, Opera San Antonio; Samaan, Sindbad: The Omani Sailor, Royal Opera House Muscat/Müpa Budapest; Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Madison Opera; Dulcamara, The Elixir of Love, New Orleans Opera; Dr. Bartolo, The Barber of Seville, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Des Moines Metro Opera, Seattle Opera; Giove, La Calisto, Opera Memphis; Sparafucile, Rigoletto, Opera San Jose 

Hilary Ginther

Previously at CCO: Emma Jones, Street Scene (2024); Emilia, Othello (2023) 

Recently: Marcellina, Le nozze di Figaro, Opera Columbus; Olga, Eugene Onegin, Opera Columbus; Giovanna Seymour, Anna Bolena, Musica Viva Hong Kong; Rosina, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Virginia Opera; Maddalena, Rigoletto, Opera Columbus; La Maestra delle Novizie, Suor Angelica, Opera Omaha; Carmen, Carmen, Amarillo Opera; Alto Soloist, Handel’s Messiah, The National Chorale 

Kira Dills-DeSurra

Previously at CCO: Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus (2022); Soloist, ENCORE: A Musical Revue (2018); Second Lady, The Magic Flute (2018); Mercédès, Carmen (2017)  

Recently: La Ciesca, Gianni Schicchi, Salt Marsh Opera; Hansel, Hansel and Gretel, Helena Symphony; Cherubino, Le nozze di Figaro, Opera Idaho; Lola, Cavalleria Rusticana, Opera Colorado 

Luke Sutliff

Previously at CCO: Figaro, The Barber of Seville (2025); Soloist, CCO in Concert (2025) 

Recently: Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Canadian Opera Company; Silvio, Pagliacci, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Count Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro, The Atlanta Opera; Wolfram Von Eschenbach, Tannhäuser, Houston Grand Opera; Belcore, The Elixir of Love, Santa Fe Opera; 2025 Winner, Baritone, The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition 

Alex Mansoori

Previously at CCO: Jester, Once Upon a Mattress (2025) 

Recently: Kronprinz, Silent Night, Opera Orlando; Pong, Turandot, Opera Colorado; Governor/Vanderdendur/Croupier, Candide, Cincinnati Symphony; Chip, On the Town, Opera Naples; Featured Tenor Soloist, A Goyishe Christmas to You!, New York Festival of Song

Erica Petrocelli

Recently: Musetta, La bohème, LA Opera; Micaëla (cover), Carmen, The Metropolitan Opera; Jitka, Dalibor, Bard Summerscape; Cio Cio San, Madama Butterfly, Colorado Springs Philharmonic; Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, LA Opera; Soloist, Mahler Symphony No. 4, Aspen Music Festival and School; Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, Sarasota Opera; Pamina, The Magic Flute, Opera Theatre of St. Louis 
 

Nisha Patel Caiozzi

Previously at CCO: Nightingale of Samarkand (cover) & Ensemble, Once Upon a Mattress (2025); Ensemble, The Knock (2025) 
 
Recently: Soprano Young Artist, SongStudio 2026, Carnegie Hall; Cupidon, Orphée aux enfers, Fisher Center at Bard College; Lily, Shir Hashirim, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 

Tyler Tucker

Previously at CCO: Conductor and Pianist Fellow (2025) 

Recently: Music Director & Conductor, All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 by Rothstein, Tri-Cities Opera, NY; Assistant Conductor, Rigoletto, Tri-Cities Opera; Assistant Professor (Vocal Coach), School of Music, The University of Oklahoma; Lecturer in Vocal Coaching and Teaching, Binghampton University; Resident Artist Pianist, Opera Colorado 

José Israel García

Recently: Assistant Director, Turandot, The Atlanta Opera; Le nozze di Figaro, The Atlanta Opera; La traviata, The Atlanta Opera

Matt Herndon

 Previously at CCO: Fight Choreographer, The Girl of the Golden West (2024), Street Scene (2024), The Pirates of Penzance (2024), Romeo and Juliet (2023), Kiss Me, Kate (2023), Othello (2023), Two Remain (2022), Die Fledermaus (2022), The Light in the Piazza (2022)   

Recently: Fight Consultant, A Masked Ball, Opera in the Pines; Fight Choreographer, Carmen, University of Indiana Jacobs School of Music; Sweeney Todd, Jacobs School of Music; Roméo et Juliette, Jacobs School of Music 

Nora Marlow Smith

Previously at CCO: Associate Set Designer, The Barber of Seville (2025) 

Recently: Set Designer, Annie, Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO; Disaster!, Waitress, Rent, Pipeline, Omaha Community Playhouse; Once on This Island, The Mountaintop, The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York; Sweeney Todd, Urinetown, Fiddler on the Roof, Proctor’s Collaborative School of the Arts, NY; Costume Designer The Onion: A New Opera, Sawyer & Bashford Huntington Theatre 

Glenn Avery Breed

Recently: Costume Designer, Oklahoma!, Pensacola Opera; La traviata, Pensacola Opera; Fiesta of Five Flags, Janiec Opera at Brevard Music Center; Il trovatore, North Carolina Opera; Department Chair and Professor of Costume Design, Costume Construction, Millinery, Corsetry and Basic Tailoring, University of West Florida 

Abigail Hoke-Brady

Previously at CCO: Lighting Designer, The Barber of Seville (2025), The Knock (2025), Once Upon a Mattress (2025), The Pirates of Penzance (2024), The Girl of the Golden West (2024), Street Scene (2024), Romeo & Juliet (2023), Kiss Me, Kate (2023), Othello (2023)  

 

Recently: Lighting Designer, A Doll’s House, Two River Theater; Little Miss Perfect, The Olney Theater; Intelligence, Virginia Opera; La traviata, San Diego Opera; Tosca, Pittsburgh Opera; Pagliacci, Seattle Opera; Roméo et Juliette, Toledo Opera; Don Pasquale, Opera Omaha

Candace Leyland

Previously at CCO: Wig and Makeup Designer, The Barber of Seville (2025), The Knock (2025), Once Upon a Mattress (2025); Wig and Makeup Assistant, The Pirates of Penzance (2024), The Girl of the Golden West (2024), Street Scene (2024), Madama Butterfly (2019), Billy Budd (2019)  

Recently: Wig & Makeup Designer, The Marriage of Figaro, Opera Omaha; Wigs, Hair and Make-Up Designer, La traviata, Opera Columbus; Wig Designer, The Rocky Horror Show, The Carnegie; Assistant Wig & Makeup Designer, Madama Butterfly, Pittsburgh Opera; Don Giovanni, Opera Omaha

Alexandra Dill

Previously at CCO: Stitcher / Dresser, The Rape of Lucretia (2008), West Side Story (2008), Susannah (2008) 

Recently: Soft Goods Supervisor, The Boys, Prime Video; Red One, Prime Video; Vought Rising, Prime Video 
 

Caitlyn Murphy

Recently: Prop Supervisor, Marcel on the Train, Classic Stage Company; Prop Design, Room 1214, 59E59 Theatres, NYC; Stargazers, Page 73 Productions, NYC 

Kendra Green

Previously at CCO: Stage Manager, The Barber of Seville (2025), The Girl of the Golden West (2024); Assistant Stage Manager, Street Scene (2024)  

Recently: Production Stage Manager, La traviata, Opera Colorado; Il trovatore in Concert, Opera Colorado; La bohéme, Opera Colorado; Stage Manager, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Colorado Ballet; The Great Gatsby, Colorado Ballet; The Nutcracker, Colorado Ballet 

Allison Ann Bailey

Recently: Assistant Stage Manager, I & You: The Musical, Olney Theatre Center; The Crucible, Washington National Opera; Little Miss Perfect, Olney Theatre Center 

Lorna Stephens

Recently: Assistant Stage Manager, The Tales of Hoffmann, The Florentine Opera; Don Giovanni, The Florentine Opera; The Flying Dutchman, Des Moines Metro Opera 

Olivia Darling

Previously at CCO: Stage Management Intern, Dido and Aeneas (2021), Rigoletto (2021) 

Recently: Calling Stage Manager, The Barber of Seville, Charleston Opera Theatre; Assistant Stage Manager, The Little Prince, The Dallas Opera; La traviata, Opera Colorado 

Artyom Pak

Previously at CCO: Pianist, Continuo, The Barber of Seville (2025)

Recently:  Music Director, Apprentice Artists Program, Sarasota Opera; Chorus Director, La bohéme, Sarasota Opera; The Merry Widow, Sarasota Opera; Il trovatore, Sarasota Opera; Susannah, Sarasota Opera; Assistant Conductor, Così fan tutte, Sarasota Opera; Pianist, L’enfant et les sortilèges, The Julliard School; Dialogues des Carmélites, The Juilliard School 

Jeremy Reger

Previously at CCO: Festival Head of Music (2025); Assistant Conductor, The Knock (2025), Street Scene (2024), Kiss Me, Kate (2023), The Light in the Piazza (2022)  

Recently: Co-chair, Voice + Opera, & Associate Professor of Vocal Coaching, University of Colorado Boulder School of Music; Music Staff, Virginia Opera; Opera Steamboat; Eugene Opera; Hawaii Opera Theater; Mill City Opera; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Minnesota Opera 

Tres Hunter

Recently: Flemish Deputy, Don Carlo, The Dallas Opera; Baobab/Hunter, The Little Prince, The Dallas Opera; King/Businessman, The Little Prince, The Dallas Opera Outreach 

Lily Witemeyer

Recently: Coach & Rehearsal Pianist, The Cunning Little Vixen, University of Tennessee Opera Theatre; Children’s Chorus Director, Carmen, Knoxville Opera; Rehearsal & Orchestra Pianist, Cendrillon, Janiec Opera Company, Brevard Music Center 

Kanade Motomura

Recently: Meg Page, Falstaff, Shepherd School Opera, Rice University; Ruggiero, Alcina, Shepherd School Opera; Hansel, Hansel und Gretel, Tri-Cities Opera (upcoming)

McKenna Ebert

Previously at CCO: Assistant Lighting Designer, The Barber of Seville (2025), The Knock (2025), Once Upon a Mattress (2025); Lighting Designer, CCO in Concert (2025) 

Recently: Lighting Designer, The Precipice, Irondale, NYC; Assistant Lighting Designer, A Guide for the Homesick, DR2 Theatre, Off-Broadway; Left on Tenth, Broadway; The Who’s Tommy, Broadway & Goodman Theatre, Chicago; Peter Pan, National Tour