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 

Tori Tedeschi Adams

Recently: Iris (cover), Innocence, The Metropolitan Opera; Elva Heaster Shue, Everlasting Faint (World Premiere), Madison Opera; Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro, Opera Las Vegas 

Andrew Simpson

Previously at CCO: Soloist, Theatre of Dreams Gala (2026); Count Ceprano, Rigoletto (2021) 


Recently: Sam, Trouble in Tahiti, Florida Grand Opera; First Soldier, Salome, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Angelotti, Tosca, Virginia Opera

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 

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 

Jordan McCready

Recently: Kate Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly, Opera Colorado; Flora, La traviata, Opera Colorado; Stéphano, Romeo & Juliet, Opera Colorado Community Outreach 

Justin Ramm-Damron

Previously at CCO: Le Duc, Romeo & Juliet (2023) 

Recently: Sparafucile, Rigoletto, Heartland Opera Theatre, MO; Leporello, Don Giovanni, Shreveport Opera; Colline, La bohème, Shreveport Opera 

Nicole Plummer

Recently: Frau Reich, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Maryland Opera Studio; Dorabella, Cosí fan tutte, Maryland Opera Studio; Ada, Cold Mountain, Seagle Festival 

Patrick Starke

Previously at CCO: Frederic (cover), The Pirates of Penzance (2024); Harry, The Girl of the Golden West (2024) 

Recently: Tonio, Opera on Tour: The Daughter of the Regiment, Boston Lyric Opera; Anthony, Sweeney Todd, Opera Idaho; Prologue/Peter Quint, The Turn of the Screw, Opera Roanoke 

Francesca Herrera

Recently: Susanna (cover), The Marriage of Figaro, Wolf Trap Opera; Luisa, Zorro, Arizona Opera; Clorinda, La Cenerentola, Arizona Opera 

Brian Wacker

Recently: Colline, La bohème, Janiec Opera Company, Brevard Music Center; Doctor Grenvil, La traviata, Janiec Opera Company; Pangloss, Candide, Oberlin Opera Theater

Olivia Howe

Recently: Cunégonde, Candide, University of British Columbia (UBC) Opera; Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflöte, UBC Opera; Despina (cover), Così fan tutte, Aspen Music Festival and School 

Carmen Voskuhl

Recently: Bradamante, Alcina, San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) Opera; Prince Charmant, Cendrillon, SFCM Opera; Old Lady, Candide, SFCM Opera; Ensemble, Harvey Milk Reimagined, Opera Parallèle 

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 

Lily Witemeyer

Recently: Coach & Rehearsal Pianist, The Cunning Little Vixen, University of Tennessee Opera Theatre; Children’s Chorus Director, Carmen, Knoxville Opera; Rehearsal & Orchestra Pianist, Cendrillon, Janiec Opera Company, Brevard Music Center 

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

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

Nora Marlow Smith

Previously at CCO: Associate Set Designer, The Barber of Seville (2025) 

Recently: Set Designer, Annie, Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO; Disaster!, Waitress, Rent, Pipeline, Omaha Community Playhouse; Once on This Island, The Mountaintop, The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York; Sweeney Todd, Urinetown, Fiddler on the Roof, Proctor’s Collaborative School of the Arts, NY; Costume Designer The Onion: A New Opera, Sawyer & Bashford Huntington Theatre 

Caitlyn Murphy

Recently: Prop Supervisor, Marcel on the Train, Classic Stage Company; Prop Design, Room 1214, 59E59 Theatres, NYC; Stargazers, Page 73 Productions, NYC 

Glenn Avery Breed

Recently: Costume Designer, Oklahoma!, Pensacola Opera; La traviata, Pensacola Opera; Fiesta of Five Flags, Janiec Opera at Brevard Music Center; Il trovatore, North Carolina Opera; Department Chair and Professor of Costume Design, Costume Construction, Millinery, Corsetry and Basic Tailoring, University of West Florida 

Alexandra Dill

Previously at CCO: Stitcher / Dresser, The Rape of Lucretia (2008), West Side Story (2008), Susannah (2008) 

Recently: Soft Goods Supervisor, The Boys, Prime Video; Red One, Prime Video; Vought Rising, Prime Video 
 

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 

Kendra Green

Previously at CCO: Stage Manager, The Barber of Seville (2025), The Girl of the Golden West (2024); Assistant Stage Manager, Street Scene (2024)  

Recently: Production Stage Manager, La traviata, Opera Colorado; Il trovatore in Concert, Opera Colorado; La bohéme, Opera Colorado; Stage Manager, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Colorado Ballet; The Great Gatsby, Colorado Ballet; The Nutcracker, Colorado Ballet 

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