CCO In Concert: Opera's Greatest Hits

Louis Lohraseb

Recently: Conductor, The Marriage of Figaro, Staatsoper Hamburg; Carmen, Semperoper Dresden; Tosca; The Barber of Seville; La Traviata, LA Opera; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Atlanta Opera

Ksenia Leletkina

Recently: Associate Conductor, Metropolitan Opera; Principal Coach and Assistant Conductor, Palm Beach Opera; Guest Faculty, Eastman School of Music; Vocal Coach, Eastman Opera Theatre; Opera Naples; Renata Scotto Opera Program 

Kyle Naig

Recently: Conductor, Tartuffe, Pocket Opera; La scuola de’ gelosi, Pacific Opera Project; Principal Coach, Breaking the Waves, Houston Grand Opera 

Edward Sturm

Previously with CCO: Street Scene (2024)

Recently: Assistant Director, DON GIOVANNI, Opera Philadelphia, (2025); Assistant Director, FANTASTIC MR. FOX, Opera Omaha, (2025); Assistant Director, ALCINA, Mannes School of Music, (2024); Associate Producer, Bucks County Playhouse, (2024)

Laurel McIntyre

Previously at CCO: Festival Production Stage Manager, Once Upon a Mattress (2025), CCO in Concert (2025); Stage Manager, Amahl and the Night Visitors (2024) 

Recently: Stage Manager, Carmen, San Diego Opera; Fellow Travelers, Portland Opera; Assistant Stage Manager, Aida, Washington National Opera; Central Park Five, Detroit Opera 

Holden Fox

Recently: Assistant Stage Manager, Motezuma, Opera Neo; Production Assistant, La traviata, San Diego Opera; Production Assistant, Salome, San Diego Opera; Production Assistant, Making Merry: A Choral Holiday Celebration, San Diego Opera; Production Assistant, La bohème, San Diego Opera; Company Manager, Impact Arts/Summer Stock Austin; Production Stage Manager, The Little Mermaid, Summer Stock Austin; Production Stage Manager, The Wizard of Oz, Summer Stock Austin

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

Miranda Graves

Previously at CCO: Wardrobe Supervisor/Costume Shop Manager, Pirates of Penzance (2024); The Girl of the Golden West (2024); Street Scene (2024); Romeo & Juliet (2023); Kiss Me, Kate (2023); Otello (2023); Two Remain (2022); Die Fledermaus (2022); The Light in the Piazza (2022) 

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

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 

Arthur Bosarge

Previously at CCO: Director of Choruses, The Barber of Seville (2025), The Knock (2025), Once Upon a Mattress (2025); Assistant Conductor, The Pirates of Penzance (2024), Street Scene (2024) 

Recently: Artistic Administrator, Sarasota Opera; Director of Choruses and Director of the Apprentice Artists Program, Sarasota Opera; Music Staff, Matilde (American Premiere), Opera Southwest; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Utah Festival Opera 

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 

Andrew Morstein

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 

Cierra Byrd

Recently: Jeanette Reese, She Who Dared (premiere), Chicago Opera Theater, (2025); Bertha, Fire Shut Up in My Bones, The Metropolitan Opera, (2024); Lucinda (cover), Intelligence (premiere), Houston Grand Opera, (2023); Queen Kandake Amanirenas, Kandake, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (2025); Kate Pinkerton (cover), Madama Butterfly, The Metropolitan Opera, (2024)

Jason Zacher

Recently: Pangloss/Voltaire, Candide, South Florida Symphony, (2025); 2nd Priest/2nd Armored Man, The Magic Flute, The Atlanta Opera, (2024); Schaunard (cover), La bohème, The Atlanta Opera, (2024); Uncle/Witness #9, Elizabeth Cree, The Glimmerglass Festival, (2024); Alidoro, La Cenerentola, Kentucky Opera, (2023); Colline, La bohème, Kentucky Opera, (2022)

Laura Corina Sanders

Lisa Marie Rogali

Recently: Carmen, Carmen, The Florentine Opera (2025); Rosina, The Barber of Seville, Sarasota Opera (2025); Paquette, Candide, South Florida Symphony Orchestra (2025); Carmen, Carmen, Virginia Opera (2024)

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 

Michael Kuhn

Previously at CCO: Padre, Man of La Mancha (2015); Franz/Ensemble, The Sound of Music (2014) 

Recently: Ensemble, u/s Pirelli, Sweeney Todd, Broadway (2024); Bartell D’Arcy, The Dead, 1904, Irish Repertory Theatre (2024); Tobias, Sweeney Todd, Pacific Symphony (2024)  

Véronique Filloux

Previously at CCO: Greta Fiorentino, Street Scene (2024); Title Role, Debussy’s La damoiselle élue (2019); Papagena, Die Zauberflöte (2018); Soprano Soloist, ENCORE: A Musical Review (2019) 

Recently: Gretel, Hansel and Gretel, Opera Montana; Gilda, Rigoletto, Eugene Opera; Marie, The Daughter of the Regiment, Livermore Valley Opera; Rosa, Don Bucefalo, Pacific Opera Project   

Alexandra Wiebe

Currently: Soprano #1 role (cover) and Ensemble Soprano 1, The Knock; Ensemble in Once Upon a Mattress; Soprano Soloist in CCO Concert

Recently: Title role in Matilde, Opera Southwest (2024); Nedda, Pagliacci, Pittsfield Players (2024); Madame Pompous, Too Many Sopranos, Cedar Rapids Opera (2024)

Cornelia Lotito

Currently: Queen Aggravain (cover), Once Upon a Mattress; Apprentice Mezzo-Soprano Soloist, CCO Concert; Ensemble in The Knock

Recently: Third Lady, The Magic Flute, Opera Naples, (2025); Katisha, The Mikado, Opera Naples, (2025); Stephano, Romeo and Juliet, Opera Idaho, (2024)

Jonathan Lawlor

Currently: Sir Studley, Once Upon a Mattress; Apprentice Baritone Soloist, CCO Concert; Baritone Soloist, Lunch and a Song; Ensemble in The Barber of Seville

Previously with CCO: 2024 Apprentice; Major General Stanley, The Pirates of Penzance; Happy, The Girl of the Golden West; Harry Easter (cover), Street Scene

Recently: Morales/Le Dancaïre, Carmen, Shreveport Opera, (2025); Noam Chomsky, American Terror: An Opera (workshop), Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House, (2024)

Matthew Soibelman

Currently: Don Basilio (cover) and Nina Odeschalchi YA Matinee, The Barber of Seville; Ensemble in Once Upon a Mattress; Bass Soloist in CCO Concert

Recently: Idreno, Armida, Pittsburgh Opera, (2025); Sciarrone, Tosca, Pittsburgh Opera, (2024); The Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Teatro Grattacielo, (2023)

Adam Hirama Wells

Currently: Sir Harry (cover), Once Upon a Mattress; Chorus Bass, CCO Concert; Baritone Soloist, Drag Me to the Opera at Levitt Pavilion Denver; Baritone Soloist, Lunch and a Song; Ensemble in The Barber of Seville

Recently: Samuel, The Pirates of Penzance, New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, (2025); Fiorello/An Officer, The Barber of Seville, Annapolis Opera, (2024); Oliver Hix/Harold Hill(cover), The Music Man, Charlottesville Opera, (2024)

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 

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 

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 

Emily Kondrat

Currently: Ensemble, The Knock; Winnifred (cover) in Once Upon a Mattress; Chorus Alto in CCO Concert; Mezzo-Soprano Soloist in Board Meeting Dinner

Previously with CCO: Studio Artist; Outstanding Young Artist Award, 2024; Edith, (Nina Odeschalchi Young Artists Matinee) The Pirates of Penzance; 2nd Nursemaid (cover), Street Scene

Recently: The Singer, Shaw, Hong & Randich’s H&G, a Great and Terrible Story, Eastman Opera Theatre, (2025); Mezzo-Soprano Soloist, Alma Mahler’s Sieben Lieder, Eastman Philharmonia Orchestra, (2024)

Gloria Palermo

Currently: Alto/COW (cover), The Knock; Ensemble in Once Upon a Mattress; Chorus Alto in CCO Concert (also Rosina study cover)

Recently: Carmen, Spanish Nights!, Opera Tampa, (2024); Nettie, Carousel, First Coast Opera, FL, (2024); title role in Cendrillon, University of Colorado Boulder, (2023)

Grant Peck

Currently: Minstrel (cover) in Once Upon a Mattress; Ensemble in The Barber of Seville; Chorus Tenor, CCO Concert

Previously with CCO: 2024 Studio Artist; Jake Wallace (cover), The Girl of the Golden West (2024); Vincent Jones, Street Scene (2024)

Recently: Ping (cover), Turandot, University of Houston, (2025); Gianni Schicchi, Gianni Schicchi, University of Houston, (2025); John Brooke, Little Women, University of Houston, (2024)

Henrique Carvalho

Currently: Fiorello and Figaro (cover) and Nina Odeschalchi YA Matinee, The Barber of Seville; Ensemble in Once Upon a Mattress; baritone soloist in Yellow Rose Ball Concert; Baritone soloist in CCO Concert

Recently: Dr. Cajus, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Maryland Opera Studio, (2025); Marullo, Rigoletto, INseries Opera, (2024); Mr. Bluff, The Impresario, Opera Baltimore, (2024)

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 

Jeysla Rosario Santos

Currently: Ensemble in The Knock; Ensemble, Once Upon a Mattress; Soprano Chorus in CCO Concert; Studio Soprano in Short Works; Soprano Soloist in Lunch and a Song

Recently: ‘Poppea, The Comet/Poppea, Curtis Institute of Music, (2024)

Joshua Jones

Currently: Ensemble in The Barber of Seville; Ensemble in Once Upon a Mattress; Tenor Chorus in CCO Concert; Studio Tenor in Short Works

Previously: Witch, Hansel and Gretel, University of Alabama Opera Theatre, (2025); Kaspar, Amahl and the Night Visitors, University of Alabama Opera Theatre, (2024); Prince Charming, Cendrillon, University of Alabama Opera Theatre, (2024)

Logan Tarwater

Currently: Fiorello (cover) and Nina Odeschalchi YA Matinee, The Barber of Seville; Sir Studley (cover) in Once Upon a Mattress; Bass Chorus in CCO Concert; Studio Baritone in Short Works

Recently: John Sorel, The Consul, Wichita State University (2025); Bishop Latour, Hulme’s December Night, Wichita State University (2024) (world premiere); Hunter, Rusalka, Wichita Grand Opera (2024)

Louis Lee

Currently: Ensemble in The Barber of Seville (except 7/25); Ensemble in Once Upon a Mattress; Chorus Tenor in CCO Concert; (also Almaviva study cover, recital alternate)

Previously with CCO: 2024 Studio Artist; Pony Express Rider, The Girl of the Golden West

Recently: Tenor Soloist, Bach Magnificat BWV 243, I Cantori di Carmel, (2024); Ferrando, Cosi fan tutte, Korea National University of Arts, (2021)

Miastasha Gonzalez-Colón

Currently: Aishah McNair (cover), The Knock; Ensemble in Once Upon a Mattress; Chorus Soprano in CCO Concert; Soprano Soloist, Lunch and a Song

Recently: Dorabella, Così fan tutte, Bronx Opera (2025); Fairy Queen, Iolanthe, Bronx Opera (2024); Zita, Gianni Schicchi, Bronx Opera (2024)

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 

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 

Ryan Nash

Xuyue Qing

Currently: Ensemble in The Barber of Seville; Ensemble in Once Upon a Mattress; Tenor Chorus in CCO Concert; Tenor Soloist in Lunch and a Song

Recently: Don José, Carmen, Music Academy of West (2024); Chevalier de la force, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Eastman Opera Theatre (2024); Malcolm, Macbeth, Opera Western Reserve (2019)