Street Scene

Daniel Pelzig

Previously with CCO: Choreographer, Kiss Me, Kate (2023); Director/Choreographer, Carmen (2011); West Side Story (2008)

Recently: Associate Director/ Choreographer, The Barber of Seville, Seattle Opera (2024);
Choreographer, A Year with Frog and Toad, Children’s Theatre Company, Minneapolis (2024); Associate Director/Choreographer, The Barber of Seville, Des Moines Metro Opera (2024); Director/Choreographer, City of Angels, Boston Conservatory (2023); Choreographer, The Band’s Visit, Huntington Theatre, Boston (2023)

Adam Turner

Previously at CCO: Conductor, Kiss Me, Kate (2023); The Light in the Piazza (2022); Madama Butterfly (2019); Carmen (2017); Man of La Mancha (2015); Associate Conductor (2014, 2011-12)

Recently: Artistic Director & Chief Conductor, Siegfried, Madama Butterfly, Virginia Opera (2018-present); Conductor, Roméo et Juliette, Toledo Opera (2024); Conductor, Sweeney Todd, Pacific Symphony (2024)

Katherine Pracht

Previously at CCO: Anna Maurrant, Street Scene, (2024)

Recently: Helen O’Mara, February (L. Kaminsky - premiere) Opera on the Avalon (St. John’s Newfoundland), (2023); Mary Johnson, Fellow Travelers (G. Spears) Virginia Opera, (2023); Cornelia, Giulio Cesare, West Edge Opera, (2022)

Kevin Burdette

Previously with CCO: John Claggart, Billy Budd (2019)

Recently: Bartolo, Il barbiere di siviglia, Seattle Opera (2024), Santa Fe Opera (2022); Papinou, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (world premiere), Dallas Opera (2023); Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd, Austin Opera (2023), Chautauqua Opera (2023); Stefano, The Tempest, La Scala (2022)

Christie Conover

Previously with CCO: Education and CCO Presents Artist 2015-present

Recently: Rusalka, Rusalka, Opera Steamboat (2019); Contessa, Le Nozze di Figaro, Opera Colorado (Student Matinee) (2019); Pamina, Die Zauberflöte, Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra (2018); Micaëla, Carmen, Billing Symphony Orchestra (2018); Susanna, Le Nozze di Figaro, Livermore Valley Opera (2017)

Christian Sanders

Recently: Rodolfo, La Bohème, Minnesota Opera (2024); Alfred, Die Fledermaus, Pensacola Opera (2024); Vain Man/ Snake, The Little Prince, Utah Opera (2024); Little Bat, Susannah, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (2023); Loge, Das Rheingold, Dayton Opera (2023); Beppe, Pagliacci, Opera Tampa (2023)

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   

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 

Isaiah Feken

Previously at CCO: Harry Easter, Street Scene (2024); Second Man, Kiss Me, Kate (2023); Giuseppe, The Light in the Piazza (2022) 

Cherry Duke

Recently: Old Lady/Blair Daniels, Sunday in the Park with George, El Paso Opera (2024); Flora, La traviata, El Paso Opera (2023); Julia Child, Bon Appetit, El Paso Opera (2021); Dolly Levi, Hello, Dolly!, UTEP Dinner Theatre (2019); Principessa, Suor Angelica, Opera UTEP (2019)

Lauren Gemelli

Previously with CCO: Lois Lane/Bianca, Kiss Me Kate (2023)

Recently: Choreographer and Associate Director, Broadway Backwards, New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway (2023); Liz, Mona, u/s Velma, u/s Roxie, u/s Mama, Chicago: The Musical, Broadway National and International Tours (2015-2019); Velma, Chicago: The Musical, Broadway National Tour at The Kennedy Center (2017); Ensemble, Hal Prince’s final Candide, New York City Opera (2017)

Jeffrey Scott Parsons

Previously with CCO: Bill Calhoun/Lucentio, Kiss Me Kate (2023)

Recently: Mike, A Chorus Line, Moonlight Amphitheatre (2021); Ted Hanover, Holiday Inn, Musical Theatre West (2019); Bobby Child, Crazy for You, San Diego Musical Theatre (2019)

Andrew Harris

Previously with CCO: Bartender, The Saint of Bleeker Street (2007); Mutter, Die Sieben Todsünden (2011); Simone, Gianni Schicchi (2011); Zuniga, Carmen (2011)

Recently: Il Re, Aida, Deutsche Oper Berlin (2024); Fafner, Das Rheingold, Siegfried, The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (2024); Talpa, Il Trittico, Deutsche Oper Berlin (2024); Vater Rangier, Die Teufel von Loudun, Bayerische Staatsoper (2023)

James Anthony Mancuso

Recently: Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi, Bronx Opera (2024); Bruschino Jr., Il Senor Bruschino, Bronx Opera (2024); Yamadori (Cover), Madama Butterfly, Sarasota Opera (2023)

Bernard Holcomb

Jake Surzyn

Recently: Elijah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Christ Church Grosse Pointe (2024); Councilman (cover), Breaking the Waves, Detroit Opera (2024); Der Lautsprecher, Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings (2024); Alfio, Cavalleria Rusticana, Opera West (2023); Older Thompson, Glory Denied, Permian Basin Opera (2023)

Rob Onuska

Michael Poll

Recently: Guest Conductor, Tchaikovsky and New Works, Virginia Tech (2024); Guest Artist, Siete, BalletX of Philadelphia (2023); Guest Artist, New Commissions, SUNY Binghamton (2023); Guest Conductor, Elgar and New Works, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2022); Conductor, Così fan tutte, Bloomsbury Opera (2019)

Arthur Bosarge

Recently: Chorus Master and Director of the Apprentice Artists Program, Sarasota Opera (2024); Hansel and Gretel, Opera Birmingham (2023); A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Utah Festival Opera (2023); L’occasione fa il ladro, Opera Southwest (2023)

Shelby Rhoades

Previously at CCO: Principal Coach (2024); Music Staff (2023)

Recently: Music Staff, Palm Beach Opera (2023-24); Music Staff, Seattle Opera (2022-23)

Chan Mi Jean

Recently: Lecturer in Collaborative Piano, University of Tennessee at Martin (2018-Present); Music Director, MUEN 367: Lyric Opera Theater (2018-Present); Co-Director & Chair of Collaborative Piano Program, Vilacello String and Piano Summer Music Festival (2023); Vocal Coach & Music Director for Young Singer Program, Hawaii Performing Arts Festival (2022-2023)

Matt Herndon

Previously with CCO: Fight Choreographer, Romeo et Juliette, Kiss Me, Kate, Otello (2023); The Light in the Piazza, Die Fledermaus, Two Remain (2022)

Recently: Fight Choreographer, Sweeney Todd, IU Opera and Ballet Theatre (2024); Fight Choreographer, Romeo et Juliette, IU Opera and Ballet Theatre (2023)

Ronell Oliveri

Previously with CCO: Wig and Makeup Designer/Supervisor (2011; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2023)

Recently: Opera Colorado, Sampson and Delilah (2024); Opera Omaha, The Last Dream of Frida and Diego (2024); Opera Columbus, Eugene Onegin (2024); Pacific Symphony, La Bohème (2024)

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

Barbara Erin Delo

Brooks Larson

Appearing courtesy of the Colorado Children’s Chorale

Brooks Larson is a member of the Colorado Children’s Chorale National Tour Choir and a sixth grader at Oberon Middle School. Most recently, he portrayed Charlie in Street Scene with Central City Opera and had the honor of performing at Carnegie Hall with the Chorale. In his free time, Brooks enjoys playing both the piano and saxophone. During the summer, he swims competitively, while in the winter, he takes to the slopes for skiing.