CAROUSEL

Anna Christy

Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Baby Doe, The Ballad of Baby Doe, 2016; Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro, 2014; Emily Webb, Our Town, 2013

Recently: Soloist, The East Land Symphony, Carnegie Hall (U.S. Premiere); Soloist, Messiah, Colorado Symphony; Fire/Princess/Nightingale, L’enfant et les sortilèges, Philadelphia Orchestra

Steven LaBrie

Central City Opera: Debut

Recently: Valdeburgo, La straniera, Teatro Nuovo; Charlie, Three Decembers, San Diego Opera; Riolobo, Florencia en el Amazonas, Florida Grand Opera

Jennifer DeDominici

Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Soloist, CCO Al Fresco, 2020, Opera Teaser 2020 and 2019, Encore: A Musical Revue, 2019 and 2018

Recently: Soloist, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Denver Philharmonic Orchestra; Francesca (Henry Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress), The Bridges of Madison County, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; Guenevere, Camelot, Intermountain Opera Bozeman

Will Ferguson

Central City Opera: George Gibbs, Our Town, 2013

Recently: Titorelli/Flogger/Student, Der Prozess, Salzburger Landestheater; Snout, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Teatro Massimo di Palermo; Candide, Candide, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

Phyllis Pancella

Central City Opera: Mrs. Gibbs, Our Town, 2013; Rinaldo, Rinaldo, 2009; Lucretia, The Rape of Lucretia, 2008; Nerone, L’incoronazione di Poppea, 2006

Recently: Professor of Voice, University of North Carolina School of the Arts; Principessa/Zita, Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi, Opera Memphis; Mother, Thumbprint, LA Opera

John Paul Huckle

Central City Opera: Past member of the Bonfils-Stanton Artists Training Program

Recently: Samuel, Un ballo in maschera, Opera di Genova; Quinault, Adriana Lecouvreur, Opera di Genova; König Marke, Tristan und Isolde, Claude Heater Foundation at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music

Ken Cazan

Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Billy Budd, 2019; Acis and Galatea and The Face on the Barroom Floor, 2018; The Burning Fiery Furnace, 2017

Recently: Professor of Opera/Resident Stage Director, University of Southern California Thornton School of Music; Director/Co-librettist, Frau Schindler (World Premiere), Gärtnerplatz Theatre, Munich; Director, As One (World Premiere), American Opera Projects and Brooklyn Academy of Music

Christopher Zemliauskas

Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Conductor, Acis and Galatea, 2018; Conductor, The Burning Fiery Furnace, Cabildo and Gallantry, 2017; Conductor and Chorus Master, Don Quixote and the Duchess and The Prodigal Son, 2015

Recently: Music Director, Gianni Schicchi, Opera Ithaca; Die Zauberflöte, Dido and Aeneas, Sister Act, Ithaca College; Kinky Boots (Regional Premiere), Hangar Theatre

Dan Wallace Miller

Central City Opera: Assistant Director, Billy Budd and Director, Short Works, 2019

Recently: Film Director, Tosca, Seattle Opera; Director, Carmen, Kentucky Opera; Director, Orpheus and Eurydice, Inland Northwest Opera

Brandon M Eldredge

Central City Opera: Debut

Recently: Assistant Conductor and Chorus Master, Trouble in Tahiti, Aida, La cenerentola, Il Postino and Tosca, Virginia Opera; Conductor, Mozart and Salieri, Opera Saratoga

Judeth Shay Comstock

Charles “Chip” Smith

Central City Opera: Debut

Recently: Elijah, Elijah, Lied Center for Performing Arts; Recital of the Music of Robert Owens, National Opera Association; Shrek, Shrek, Peak to Peak Players; Former West Central Regional Governor, National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)

Aryssa Leigh Burrs

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Recently: Zerlina, Don Giovanni, Opera Columbus; Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus, Northwestern University; Captain, Dog Days, Northwestern University

Dylan Elza

Hometown: Dallas, TX

Recently: Messenger, Aida, Virginia Opera; Mr. Xoloti/Eduardo Jr., Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Girl in the World, Florida Grand Opera; Thug #1, Il Postino, Virginia Opera

Katherine Holobinko

Hometown: Avon, CT

Recently: Meg, Little Women, Indiana University; Annina, La traviata, Indiana University; Belinda, Dido and Aeneas, Peabody Opera Theatre

James Resch

Hometown: Katy, TX

Recently: Dino di Vino, Strega Nona, Houston Grand Opera’s Opera to Go!; Marquis de la Force, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Loyola University; Patsy McCall, Roscoe, Seagle Music Colony

Past Studio Artist

Marin Tack

Hometown: Traverse City, MI

Recently: Lisa, Dog Days, Northwestern University; Héro, Béatrice et Bénédict, Northwestern University; Miss Jessel, The Turn of the Screw, Northwestern University

David Martin Jacques

Edina Hiser

Jason Allen 

Central City Opera: Wig and Makeup Co-Designer/Supervisor, 2011

Recently: Wig and Makeup Designer, Waitress and Straight White Men, Broadway; Primetime Emmy-nominated Makeup Artist