The Girl of the Golden West

Fenlon Lamb

Recently: Papermoon Opera Productions-Artistic Director; Director, Le nozze di Figaro, Portland Opera (2023); Director, Carmen, Opera Santa Barbara (2023); Producer, Werther, Papermoon Productions (2023); Director, Alcina, Boston University (2023); Director, Così fan tutte, Palm Beach Opera (2023); Producer, Il barbieri di Siviglia, Amarillo Opera (2022); Director, La Bohème, New Orleans Opera (2022)

Andrew Bisantz

Recently: Artistic Director and Conductor, Eugene Opera (2008-present); Principal Opera Conductor, Boston Conservatory at Berklee (2023-present); Conductor, Hänsel and Gretel, Eugene Opera (2024); Conductor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Boston Conservatory, (2024); Conductor, La traviata, Eugene Opera (2024); Conductor, L’Étoile, Boston Conservatory (2023); Conductor, Don Giovanni, Savannah Opera (2023); Conductor, Acis and Galatea, Eugene Opera (2023); Conductor, Sweeney Todd, Opera Tampa (2023); Conductor, Die Zauberflöte, Northwestern University Opera (2023); Conductor, La bohème, Eugene Opera, (2023); past productions include Florida Grand Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Omaha, and Virginia Opera.

Brandon Eldredge

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

Kara Shay Thomson

Grant Youngblood

Recently: Sharpless, Madama Butterfly, Virginia Opera (2024); Rigoletto, Rigoletto, Opera Delaware (2024); Rigoletto, Rigoletto, Opera Baltimore (2024)

Jonathan Burton

Previously with CCO: Manrico, Il trovatore (2018); Cavaradossi, Tosca (2016); Don Jose, Carmen (2011)

Recently: Calaf, Turandot, Washington National Opera (2024); Cavaradossi, Tosca, The Dallas Opera and The Santa Fe Opera (2024); Canio, Pagliacci, Austin Opera, Nashville Opera (2023); Paul, Die Tote Stadt, Opera Colorado (2023); Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly, Palm Beach Opera (2023); Prince, Rusalka, Pittsburgh Opera (2022)

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)

Nicholas Lin

Recently: Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville, Opera for the Young (2022-23);
Orfeo, L’Orfeo, Northwestern University (2020); Frank, Die Fledermaus (2020)

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 

Christopher Job

Recently: Alcade, La Forza del destino, Metropolitan Opera (2023-24); Prison Guard, Dead Man Walking, Metropolitan Opera (2023-24); Count Horn, Un ballo in maschera, Metropolitan Opera (2023-24); 1st Priest, The Magic Flute, Metropolitan Opera (2023-24); Imperial Commissioner, Madama Butterfly, Metropolitan Opera (2023-24); Périchaud, La Rondine, Metropolitan Opera (2023-24)

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)

Jefferson Ridenour

Recently: Scenic Designer, Arizona Opera, Opera Delaware, Opera Baltimore, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Palm Beach Opera, Amarillo Opera, Pensacola Opera, West Edge Opera, Knoxville Opera, Charlottesville Opera, Annapolis Opera, Opera Roanoke, Inland Northwest Opera

Daniel B. Chapman

Recently: Projection Designer, Troubled Water, Guerilla Opera (2021); Lighting Designer, Pedr Solis, Guerilla Opera (2021); Designer, On the Verge, Restoration Comedy, Construction of the Human Heart, The Acting Company; Designer, Of Mice and Men, Damascus, Summer Theater of New Canaan

Brian B. Moore

Recently: Lighting Designer/Set Build, The Barber of Seville, Amarillo Opera (2023); Technical Director, Carmen, Pensacola Opera (2021); Don Giovanni, Pensacola Opera (2020); A Little Night Music, Ball State University Theatre (2019); Hansel and Gretel, Palm Beach Opera (2019); Madama Butterfly, Inland Northwest Opera (2019)

Zoe Still

Recently: Costume Designer, A Doll’s House, Wright State University (2024); Costume Build/Paint Charge, The Barber of Seville, Amarillo Opera (2023); Set and Costume Assistant, The Barber of Seville, Opera Delaware (2022)

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)

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) 

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 Poll

Previously with CCO: Assistant Director, Otello (2023)

Recently: Assistant Director, Otello, State Opera Poznań, Poland (2023); Staff Director, La Boheme, Glyndebourne (2022); Staff Director, Rigoletto, Glyndebourne (2019); Assistant Director, Pagliacci/Cavalleria rusticana, Dutch National Opera (2019); Assistant Director, Manon Lescaut, Opera Holland Park, London (2019)