Meet the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists

Jason Ferrante

Recently: Voice Faculty, Banff Centre for the Arts; Arizona Opera; Florentine Opera

Corinne Hayes

Previously at CCO: Assistant Director, The Sound of Music (2014);  La traviata (2015); Head of Training Programs (2025)

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 

Laura Mansoori

Previously at CCO: Lady Rowena & Solo Dancer, Once Upon a Mattress (2025) 

Recently: Choreographer, Finding Nemo, Orlando Family Stage; Carol Patterson, True North (Regional Premiere), Orlando REP; Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts; Associate Choreographer, The Spongebob Musical; Orlando REP Graziella / Pas de Six Dancer, West Side Story, Orlando Shakes  

Tori Tedeschi Adams

Recently: Iris (cover), Innocence, The Metropolitan Opera; Elva Heaster Shue, Everlasting Faint (World Premiere), Madison Opera; Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro, Opera Las Vegas 

Matthew Cossack

Previously at CCO: Sonora, The Girl of the Golden West (2024); General Harrison Howell, Kiss Me Kate (2023); Count Capulet, Romeo & Juliet (2023) 

Recently: Figaro, The Barber of the Cape (World Premiere), Opera in the Pines; Marcello, La bohème, Opera Naples; Dr. Malatesta, Don Pasquale, Opera Naples 

Jamila Drecker-Waxman

Previously at CCO: Soprano #2, The Knock (2025); Berta, The Barber of Seville (Nina Odescalchi Kelly Training Artists Matinee) (2025); Isabel, The Pirates of Penzance (Nina Odescalchi Kelly Young Artists Matinee) (2024) 

Recently: Zerlina, Don Giovanni, Florentine Opera; Elle, La voix humaine, Modernized Opera Initiative, Brooklyn, NY; Adina, The Elixir of Love, Florentine Opera 

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 

Patrick Starke

Previously at CCO: Frederic (cover), The Pirates of Penzance (2024); Harry, The Girl of the Golden West (2024) 

Recently: Tonio, Opera on Tour: The Daughter of the Regiment, Boston Lyric Opera; Anthony, Sweeney Todd, Opera Idaho; Prologue/Peter Quint, The Turn of the Screw, Opera Roanoke 

Quinn Middleman

Previously at CCO: Entertainer, The Burning Fiery Furnace (2017); Dorabella (cover), Così fan tutte (2017) 

Recently: Eldest Daughter, Trusted, Chicago Opera Theater; Mother/Witch, Hansel and Gretel, Opera Montana; Berta, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Annapolis Opera 

Justin Ramm-Damron

Previously at CCO: Le Duc, Romeo & Juliet (2023) 

Recently: Sparafucile, Rigoletto, Heartland Opera Theatre, MO; Leporello, Don Giovanni, Shreveport Opera; Colline, La bohème, Shreveport Opera 

Levi Adkins

Recently: Blind, Die Fledermaus, Florida Grand Opera; Pong, Turandot, Florida Grand Opera; Uncle Percy (cover), This House (World Premiere), Opera Theater of St. Louis 

Sabina Balsamo

Recently: Soprano Soloist, Haydn’s Paukenmesse, Dayton Bach Society; Mamselle, Sleepers Awake (Workshop), Cincinnati Opera & University of Cincinnati College – Conservatory of Music; Margery Mansfield, Welcome to the Madness, Opera Steamboat 

Amanda Densmoor

Recently: Gretel, Hansel and Gretel, Shakespeare Opera Theatre, VA; Girl/1st Trio Member, Trouble in Tahiti, Annapolis Opera; Servilia, La clemenza di Tito, Opera Steamboat 

Nicholas Fahrenkrug

Recently: Danilo (cover), The Merry Widow, Sarasota Opera; Guglielmo (cover), Così fan tutte, Sarasota Opera; Philo/Second Geezer, Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess, Odyssey Opera, Boston 

Derek Hale

Previously at CCO: An Officer, The Barber of Seville (2025) 

Recently: Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte, Florida State Opera; Nick Shadow, The Rake’s Progress, Florida State Opera; Balthazar, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Fine Arts Series, The Episcopal Church of the Nativity, AL 

Olivia Heaner

Recently: Darlene, Family Ties: Take Me Down (Workshop), TellTale Opera Theatre, Baltimore; Valeria, Mayo Buckner: A Life Interrupted, Seagle Festival; Micaëla, Carmen, Seagle Festival 

Francesca Herrera

Recently: Susanna (cover), The Marriage of Figaro, Wolf Trap Opera; Luisa, Zorro, Arizona Opera; Clorinda, La Cenerentola, Arizona 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 

Denique Isaac

Previously at CCO: Lady Lucile, Once Upon a Mattress (2025); Soprano #2 (cover), The Knock (2025) 

Recently: Gertie Cummings, Oklahoma!, Pensacola Opera; Violetta (cover), La traviata, Pensacola Opera; Bea, Three Decembers, Pensacola Opera 

Tess Levine

Recently: Tytania (cover), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opera Theatre of St. Louis; Nellie, Summer and Smoke, Boston Conservatory at Berklee; Tytania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Boston Conservatory 

Jeremy Luis Lopez

Previously at CCO: Jester (cover)/Sir Luce, Once Upon a Mattress (2025) 

Recently: Little Bat (cover), Susannah, Sarasota Opera; Tebaldo (cover), I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Teatro Nuovo, NY; Camille de Rosillon, Die lustige Witwe, Moores Opera Center, University of Houston 

Jordan McCready

Recently: Kate Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly, Opera Colorado; Flora, La traviata, Opera Colorado; Stéphano, Romeo & Juliet, Opera Colorado Community Outreach 

Ryan Nash

Madelin Morales

Previously at CCO: Princess No.12 & Ensemble, Once Upon a Mattress (2025); Chorus, The Knock (2025) 

 Recently: La Ciesca, Gianni Schicchi, Fisher Center at Bard College; Mezzo-soprano Young Artist, SongStudio 2026, Carnegie Hall 

Nicole Plummer

Recently: Frau Reich, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Maryland Opera Studio; Dorabella, Cosí fan tutte, Maryland Opera Studio; Ada, Cold Mountain, Seagle Festival 

JJ Robinson

Recently: Marco, Gianni Schicchi, Knoxville Opera; Zuniga, Carmen, Knoxville Opera; Samuel, The Pirates of Penzance, Charlottesville Opera 

Hallie Schmidt

Recently: Zerbinetta, Ariadne auf Naxos, Pacific Northwest Opera; Rose, At the Statue of Venus, Opera Colorado; Armida, Rinaldo, Pacific Northwest Opera 

Cindy Dajeong Song

Previously at CCO: Lady H, Once Upon a Mattress (2025); Kate, The Pirates of Penzance (2024); Mrs. Jones (cover), Street Scene (2024) 

Recently: Bradamante, Alcina, University of Indiana Jacobs School of Music; Ramiro, La finta giardiniera, University of Indiana Jacobs School of Music 

Russell Spence

Recently: Don Berlico, Le gare generose, FIO MONDO Italia; The Witch, Hansel and Gretel, Miami Beach Classical Music Festival; Orfeo, L’orfeo, Miami Beach Classical Music Festival 

Seth Walley

Recently: Baritone Soloist, Winterreise, Canyon Concert Ballet; Dancaïro, Carmen, Opera Fort Collins; Count Almaviva (cover), Le nozze di Figaro, Opéra des Landes 

Lily Bogas

Recently: Ruggiero, Alcina, San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Dorothée, Cendrillon, San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Sonia (cover), The Dialogue of Memories (World Premiere), Music of Remembrance 

Benjamin Chen

Recently: Il Conte, Le nozze di Figaro, Music on Site, Inc.; Papageno (cover), The Magic Flute, Janiec Opera Company; Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni, Temple Opera Theater, Temple University 

Jared Cohen

Recently: Prunier, La rondine, Northwestern Opera Theater, Northwestern University; El Remendado, Carmen, Northwestern Opera Theater; Frederic, The Pirates of Penzance, The Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company of Chicago 

John Solomon Collins

Recently: Putnam, If I Were You, Maryland Opera Studio, University of Maryland; Nardo, La finta giardiniera, Maryland Opera Studio; Morales, Carmen, Washington Opera Society 

Joshua Cominsky

Recently: Father, Hansel and Gretel, Oklahoma State University Opera; Gianni Schicchi, Gianni Schicchi, Oklahoma Opera and Music Theatre Company, Oklahoma City University; Horace Tabor, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Oklahoma Opera and Music Theatre Company 

Nicholas Cravens

Recently: Nemorino, L’elisir d’amore, Utah Valley Operafest; Gastone de Letorières/Alfredo (cover), La traviata, Opera Idaho; Tybalt, Roméo et Juliette, Opera Idaho 

James Eagle

Recently: Markheim, Markheim, Moores Opera Center, University of Houston; Albert, Hobson’s Choice (World Premiere), Moores Opera Center; Don Magnifico, La Cenerentola, Michigan State University Opera Theatre 

Sidney Grimm

Recently: Valeria, Mayo Buckner: A Life Interrupted, Seagle Festival; Gretel, Hänsel und Gretel, Eklund Opera Program, University of Colorado Boulder; Littler Daughter, Proving Up, Eklund Opera Program 

Olivia Howe

Recently: Cunégonde, Candide, University of British Columbia (UBC) Opera; Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflöte, UBC Opera; Despina (cover), Così fan tutte, Aspen Music Festival and School 

Will Jones

Recently: Ricardo/Mr. Novak (cover), A Nation of Others (World Premiere), UK Opera Theatre, University of Kentucky; Father, Hansel and Gretel, UK Opera Theatre; Count Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro, UK Opera Theatre 

Akshaya Lakshmi

Recently: Noémie, Cendrillon, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Opera; Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, No Strings Theatre, Toronto, CA; Mabel, The Pirates of Penzance, Stafford Opera Troupe, Virginia 

Kanade Motomura

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

Oluwagbemiga David Oluwo

Recently: King Midas, The Alchemists, Annapolis Opera/Maryland Opera Studio, University of Maryland; Bartolo, Le nozze di Figaro, Music on Site, Inc.; Principal, Paul’s Case, Opera Maine 

Brian Wacker

Recently: Colline, La bohème, Janiec Opera Company, Brevard Music Center; Doctor Grenvil, La traviata, Janiec Opera Company; Pangloss, Candide, Oberlin Opera Theater

Nuria Shin

Recently: Frau Fluth, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Maryland Opera Studio, University of Maryland; Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, Maryland Opera Studio; Florencia (cover), Florencia en el Amazonas, Maryland Opera Studio 

 

Carmen Voskuhl

Recently: Bradamante, Alcina, San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) Opera; Prince Charmant, Cendrillon, SFCM Opera; Old Lady, Candide, SFCM Opera; Ensemble, Harvey Milk Reimagined, Opera Parallèle