The Barber of Seville

Nina Odescalchi Kelly training Artists Matinee

 

 

Nina Odescalchi Kelly Training Artists Matinee

Friday, July 25th, 2025, 2 pm

All tickets are $30!
*Handling fees apply and are included in the online ticket listing price.

For more information, contact our Box Office at 303-292-6700.

The Barber of Seville

Nina Odescalchi-Kelly Training Artists Matinee

This performance features a cast filled with the talented members of the 2025 Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program in place of the principal cast. 

All tickets for this performance are $30.
(Handling fees included)

Contact the Box Office for more information at 303-292-6700.

 

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Performing Artists & Creative Team

AllCastCreative
Developing Artist

Virginia Reed

Apprentice Artist

Henrique Carvalho

Apprentice Artist

Daniel Michael Miller

Figaro

Andrew Wilkowske

Apprentice Artist

Matthew Soibelman

Countess Almaviva; Soloist (Concert)

Jamila Drecker-Waxman

Studio Artist

Logan Tarwater

Jacob; Chorus Bass

Derek Hale

Stage Director

Eric Sean Fogel

Conductor

Louis Lohraseb

Associate Director

Ian Silverman

Assistant Director

Sable Strout

Pianist / Continuo / Coach

Artyom Pak

Studio Artist

Joshua Jones

Clerk/Father Chappelle/Mayor of Leadville; Chorus Tenor

Jeremy Luis Lopez

Sam; Chorus Tenor

Ryan Nash

Apprentice Artist

Grant Peck

Apprentice Artist

Xuyue Qing

Apprentice Artist

Adam Hirama Wells

Apprentice Artist

Jonathan Lawlor

Developing Artist

Virginia Reed

Currently: Rosina (cover) and Nina Odeschalchi YA Matinee, The Barber of Seville; Mezzo-Soprano soloist in Yellow Rose Ball Concert

Previously with CCO: 2019 Studio Artist: Contralto Soloist, La Damoiselle elue

Recently: Grandmother, Laitman & Gioia’s Maya and the Magic Ring, (Premiere), Lyric Opera of Kansas City, (2025); Berta, The Barber of Seville, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, (2024); Clear String, Gregory & Gregory’s The Haberdasher Prince, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, (2024)

Voice Type:Mezzo-Soprano

Hometown:Albany, NY

New or Returning:Returning

Apprentice Artist

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)

 

Voice Type:Baritone

Hometown:São Paulo, Brazil

New or Returning:New

Apprentice Artist

Daniel Michael Miller

Currently: Count Almaviva (cover) and Nina Odeschalchi YA Matinee, The Barber of Seville; Ensemble in Once Upon a Mattress; Tenor Soloist in Yellow Rose Ball Concert

Previously with CCO: 2023 Apprentice; Tybalt, (Nina Odeschalchi Young Artists Matinee) Romeo and Juliet; Second Stage Hand/Philip, Kiss Me Kate; The Doge, Rossini’s Othello

Recently: Tonio, The Daughter of the Regiment, Opera Colorado (2024); Almaviva, The Barber of Seville, Opera Colorado, (2024); Witch, Hansel and Gretel, Opera Colorado (2024)

Voice Type:Tenor

Hometown:Arvada, Colorado

New or Returning:Returning

Figaro

Andrew Wilkowske

Previously at CCO: Dr. Bartolo, The Barber of Seville (2025) 

Recently: Doctor Bartolo, The Barber of Seville, Minnesota Opera; Don Alfonso, Cosí fan tutte, Madison Opera; All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Asolo Repertory Theatre, FL; Baron de Pictordu, Cinderella, Opera Montana; VOXSPEX, Opera Reading Project; Gary, Ofrenda by Sosa and De Los Santos, Minneapolis Center for the Performing Arts; Bass Soloist, Mass of Guðbrandur by Rúnarsdóttir, Trinity Lutheran Church, Stillwater, MN

Apprentice Artist

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)

Voice Type:Bass

Hometown:Canoga Park, California

New or Returning:New

Countess Almaviva; Soloist (Concert)

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 

Studio Artist

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)

Voice Type:Baritone

Hometown:Rockville, Maryland

New or Returning:New

Jacob; Chorus Bass

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 

 

Voice Type:Bass

Hometown:Wortham, Texas

New or Returning:New

Stage Director

Eric Sean Fogel

Recently: Director, The Rake’s Progress, The Glimmerglass Festival; American Rhapsody, Washington National Opera/Kennedy Center; The Barber of Seville, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Revival Director, The Magic Flute, The Metropolitan Opera; Associate Director, West Side Story, Houston Grand Opera 

Conductor

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

Associate Director

Ian Silverman

Recently: Associate Director, Semele, The Atlanta Opera; Assistant Director, Tannhäuser, Houston Grand Opera; Assistant Director, West Side Story, Houston Grand Opera; Associate Director, The Magic Flute, The Atlanta Opera; Director, Beyond the Horizon, Teatro Grattacielo; Associate Director, The Sound of Music, Lyric Opera of Kansas City 

Assistant Director

Sable Strout

Previously at CCO: Stéphano, Roméo et Juliette (2023); Sorceress, Dido and Aeneas (2021); Giovanna, Rigoletto (2021) 

Recently: Director, The Barber of the Cape, Opera in the Pines; Assistant Director, Lucidity, On Site Opera/Seattle Opera; Director, The Ugly Duckling, Tri-Cities Opera  

Pianist / Continuo / Coach

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 

Studio Artist

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)

Voice Type:Tenor

Hometown:Robbinsville, North Carolina

New:New

Clerk/Father Chappelle/Mayor of Leadville; Chorus Tenor

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 

Sam; Chorus Tenor

Ryan Nash

Previously at CCO: Prince Dauntless (cover), 1st Knight, Once Upon a Mattress (2025); Ensemble, The Barber of Seville (2025) 

Recently: David Gassaway, Everlasting Fain(World Premiere) Madison Opera; Parpignol, La bohème, Madison Opera 

 

 
Apprentice Artist

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)

Voice Type:Baritone

Hometown:Lexington, KY

Apprentice Artist

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)

Voice Type:Tenor

Hometown:Tongling, Anhui, China

New or Returning:New

Apprentice Artist

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)

Voice Type:Baritone

Hometown:Clemson, SC

New or Returning:New

Apprentice Artist

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)

 

Voice Type:Baritone

Hometown:State College, PA

New or Returning:Returning

Contact our Box Office for more information at 303-292-6700 or [email protected].

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Performance Location

Central City Opera House
124 Eureka St.
Central City, CO 80427

Music by

Gioachino Rossini

libretto by

Cesare Sterbini
Based on the play Le Barbier De Seville

Sung In

Italian
(English supertitles)

Run Time

2 hours, 50 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission