Alison Moritz

Previously with CCO: Stage Director, Madama Butterfly (2019); Stage Director, Cabildo (2017); Stage Director, Gallantry (2017); Assistant Director, Così fan tutte (2017); Assistant Director, Tosca (2016)

Recently: Stage Director, Don Giovanni, Opera Philadelphia; Stage Director, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Opera Omaha; Stage Director, The Manchurian Candidate, Austin Opera; Stage Director, Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Scenes; Stage Director, Elizabeth Cree, Glimmerglass Festival; Stage Director, Don Giovanni, Cincinnati Opera 

Alison Pogorelc

Recently: Director, Salome, Des Moines Metro Opera; Partenope, Washington National Opera; Assistant Director, Rigoletto, Moby Dick, Le nozze di Figaro, La sonnambula, I puritani, Tristan und Isolde, La Traviata, The Metropolitan Opera; Assistant Director, Champion, Lyric Opera of Chicago; La bohème, Madison Opera 

David Bloom

Recently: Artistic Director, Queer Urban Orchestra; Principal Conductor, NYU Orchestra; Conductor, Die Zauberflöte, Tri-Cities Opera; American Opera Initiative, Washington National Opera; Amahl and the Night Visitors, NYU Opera; Idomeneo, NYU Opera; Don Giovanni, Teatro Grattacielo; The Secret Life of Planets, LA Philharmonic 

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 

Tyler Tucker

Previously at CCO: Conductor and Pianist Fellow (2025) 

Recently: Music Director & Conductor, All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 by Rothstein, Tri-Cities Opera, NY; Assistant Conductor, Rigoletto, Tri-Cities Opera; Assistant Professor (Vocal Coach), School of Music, The University of Oklahoma; Lecturer in Vocal Coaching and Teaching, Binghampton University; Resident Artist Pianist, Opera Colorado 

Lawrence E. Moten III

Previously at CCO: Scenic Designer, The Knock (2025) 

Recently: Scenic Designer, Treemonisha, Washington National Opera; Merry Wives, Shakespeare Theatre Company, DC; Henry 6, The Old Globe; Chicken & Biscuits, Circle in the Square Theatre; Cosí fan Tutte, Wolf Trap Opera; This Little Light of Mine (World Premiere), Santa Fe Opera; Covenant (World Premiere), Roundabout Theatre Company; Bullrusher, McCarter Theatre; Faust, Wolf Trap Opera; Blues for an Alabama Sky, Guthrie Theatre    

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

Aleksandra Vrebalov

Recently: Cardinal Directions, Kronos Quartet (2025); Love Canticles, commissioned by Boston Symphony Orchestra (2024); ilektrikés rímes, commissioned by Carnegie Hall (2022); The Knock, The Glimmerglass Festival (2021); Abraham in Flames, Z Space (2019); The Uncharted, commissioned by English National Ballet (2019)

Deborah Brevoort

Recently: Campbell Opera Librettist Prize, Opera America (2023); Quamino’s Map, commissioned by Chicago Opera Theater (2022); My Lord, What A Night, Ford’s Theatre (2021); The Knock, commissioned by Cincinnati Opera and The Glimmerglass Opera (2020); Murasaki’s Moon, MetLiveArts (2019); Steal a Pencil for Me, Opera Colorado (2018)

Mary-Hollis Hundley

Recently: Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Opera Orlando (2024); Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Arizona Opera (2024); Mother, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Dayton Opera (2024); Gertrude, Hansel and Gretel, Helena Symphony (2024); Sister Catherine (cover), Dead Man Walking, The Metropolitan Opera (2023); Joella “Jo” Jenner, The Knock, Cincinnati Opera (2023); Freia, Das Rheingold, Dayton Opera (2023); Kayla, Taking Up Serpents, The Glimmerglass Festival (2022)

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)

Armando Contreras

Previously at CCO: Le Dancaïre, Carmen (2017); Esteban, En Mis Palabras (2017) 

Recently: Ben / David, The Telephone / A Hand of Bridge, Opera Theatre of the Rockies/Art Song Colorado; Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Opera Las Vegas; Don Bucefalo, Don Bucefalo, Pacific Opera Project; Guglielmo, Così fan tutte, Crested Butte Music Festival; Lt. Roberto Gonzalez, The Knock, Cincinnati Opera 

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)

Sydney Dardis

Currently: Soprano #1, The Knock; The Nightingale and Lady Larken (cover) in Once Upon a Mattress; Soprano Soloist in Drag Me to the Opera at Levitt Pavilion Denver; Soprano Soloist in Yellow Rose Ball Concert

Previously with CCO: Apprentice; Outstanding Young Artist Award, (2024); Mabel, (Nina Odeschalchi Young Artists Matinee) The Pirates of Penzance, (2024); Greta Fiorentino (cover), Street Scene (2024)

Recently: Frasquita, Carmen, Florida Grand Opera, (2025); Papagena, The Magic Flute, Florida Grand Opera, (2024)

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 

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)

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 

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)

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)

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)

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 

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)

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 

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)

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 

Naomi Reisner

Recently: Barber and Hairstylist on HBO MAX’s Fantasmas Season 1, (2024); Hairstylist for American Ballet Theatre’s Season at the Metropolitan Opera House (2024); Barber and Wig Stylist for Wicked on Broadway, (2021-2024)

Alaina de Bellevue

Previously at CCO: Pianist, The Knock (2025) 

Recently: Pianist, Colorado Ballet; The Medium/Gianni Schicchi, Anchorage Opera; Chorus Director, Dead Man Walking, University of Colorado Eklund Opera 

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 

Jarryd Lara

Recently: Stitcher, Cabaret, University of North Texas (2025); Costume Designer, Bus Stop, University of North Texas (2024); Stitcher, The Odyssey, Shakespeare Dallas (2024) 

David Macaluso

Previously at CCO: Major General Stanley, The Pirates of Penzance (2024) 

Recently: Ko-Ko, The Mikado, New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players (NYGASP) Tour; Strephon, Iolanthe, NYGASP; Director, H.M.S. Pinafore, G&S Light Opera Company of Long Island; Creative Producer, Cox & Box the Film, NYGASP  

Peter Walsh

Previously at CCO: Romeo & Juliet (2023); Othello (2023); Kiss Me Kate (2023); Street Scene (2024); The Girl of the Golden West (2024); The Pirates of Penzance (2024)

Recently: Morristown Beard School; The Matchmaker (2024); Legally Blonde (2024)

Trevor Bowen

Recently: Costume Designer, The Nacirema Society, Guthrie Theater; La Bohème, Minnesota Opera; The Histories, Guthrie Theater; Shane, Dallas Theater Center; Hamlet, Guthrie Theater; La Cenerentola, Boston Lyric Opera  

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

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

Valos Lowe

Recently:Stage Manager, Fearless, Opera Delaware; Vinkensport / The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace, Mannes Opera; A Raisin in the Sun, TheatreSquared; A Musical Cabaret, The Juilliard School; Assistant Stage Manager, This Little Light of Mine, Kentucky Opera; La clemenza di Tito, The Juilliard School; Water by the Spoonful, The Juilliard School  

Lucy Guillemette

Previously at CCO: Assistant Stage Manager, The Barber of Seville (2025), The Knock (2025) 

Recently: Assistant Stage Manager, La bohéme, Opera Colorado; Madama Butterfly, Kentucky Opera; Sweeney Todd, Utah Opera; Rigoletto, Opera San Antonio; Pagliacci, Opera San Antonio; The Pirates of Penzance, Opera San Antonio; Madama Butterfly, Opera San Antonio; Ernani, Sarasota Opera; Fidelio, Heartbeat Opera 

Isabel Simoes deCarvalho

Previously at CCO: Pirates of Penzance (2024), Girl of the Golden West (2024), Street Scene (2024) 

Recently: Prop Artisan & Warehouse Supervisor, The Old Globe Theatre; Scenic Design, The Magic Hummingbird, Opera Tijuana; In A Sunshine State, Don Powell Theatre 

Kohei Umetani

Recently: Film Acting: Procession, House of Kodo; Industrial/Commercial Acting: Costello Productions

Venicia Lamy

Recently: Set costumer, Milk Shake Kiss, Cornell Performing and Media Arts Center (2025)

Gia Vainisi

Recently: Props Designer, Big Fish, University of Southern Mississippi (2025); The Lieutenant of Inishmore, University of Southern Mississippi (2024); Electra, University of Southern Mississippi (2024); Doctor Faustus, University of Southern Mississippi (2023)

Claire Yuccas

Recently: Student Draper, Orfeo, Lyric Theatre at Illinois (2025); Student Draper, Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really, Illinois Theatre (2024);
Wardrobe, Sense and Sensibility/Twelfth Night, Illinois Shakespeare Festival (2024); Stitcher, Sense and Sensibility, Illinois Shakespeare Festival (2024); Assistant Costume Designer, The Gangster Play Circus/Circus, Illinois Theatre (2024); Costume Crafts, The Realness, Illinois Theatre (2023)

Kalyn Paradis

Recently: Assistant to the Costume Designer, 12 Ophelias: a play in broken songs, Pittsburgh Playhouse (2025); Costume Designer, The Starling & The Sparrow, Ghostlight Theatre Company (2024); Wardrobe Supervisor, Polyphone Festival of New Musicals, The University of the Arts (2024)

Amelia May

Recently: Makeup Artist / Production Assistant, Spamalot, Performing Arts Training Program NYC (On Broadway); Wig Run Crew, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Theatre School at DePaul University; Film: Hair and Makeup, Hunting Season, Prairie Creek Productions; The Immortal, NY Film Academy; Best Seller, NY Film Academy; Nightwalker, NY Film Academy

Colleen Kane

Previously with CCO: Assistant Stage Manager, The Girl of the Golden West (2024); The Pirates of Penzance (2024)

Recently: Assistant Stage Manager, Carmen, The Florentine Opera; Viva la Mama!, The Florentine Opera; The Nutcracker, Colorado Ballet