A Masked Ball Giuseppe Verdi

Artist Bios

 

Arnold Rawls, Tenor

West Monroe, LA

Gustavus III

DMMO History:  Calaf, Turandot, Governor, Candide 2002, Apprentice Artist 1991

Recently: Des Grieux, Manon Lescaut, Metropolitan Opera; Radamès, Aida, Florida Grand Opera; Manrico, Il Trovatore, Bregenz Festival, Austria; Sam, Susannah, Opera Pacific

Upcoming: Radamès, Aida, Bregenz Festival, Austria; Manrico, Il Trovatore, Seattle Opera; Canio, Pagliacci, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly, Florida Grand Opera
DMMO History:  Iago, Otello 2007; Rigoletto, Rigoletto 2006

Recently:  Falstaff, Falstaff, Sarasota Opera, Seattle Opera; Iago, Otello, Opera Deleware; Scarpia, Tosca, New York City Opera, Santa Barbara Opera, Giessen Stadttheatre, Giessen, Germany; Germont, La Traviata, Hong Kong Opera, New Orleans Opera, Amonasro, Aïda,  Rigoletto, Rigoletto, Nashville Opera

Upcoming: Falstaff, Falstaff, Opera North; Rigoletto, Rigoletto, Greensboro Opera, Scarpia, Tosca, New York City Opera;  Amonasro, Aïda, Opera Carolina;  The High Priest, Samson and Delilah, Nashville  Opera; Verdi Gala Concert, Jacksonville Symphony

Todd Thomas, Baritone

Philadelphia, PA

Anckarström

Lise Lindstrom, Soprano

Sonora, CA

Amelia

DMMO History: Ariadne, Ariadne auf Naxox 2004, Giulietta, the Tales of Hoffmann, Penelope, Lady Rich, Gloriana 2005

Recently: Salome, Salome,  Teatro Regio Torino; Turandot, Turandot, Palm Beach Opera;  Senta, Der Fliegende Holländer, Utah Opera; Salome, Salome (final scene), San Francisco Symphony

Upcoming: Senta, Der Fliegende Holländer, Opera Grand Rapids;  Turandot, Turandot,  Deutsche Oper Berlin, De Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, San Diego Opera
DMMO Mainstage Debut

Recently: Abuela, La Vida Breve, Dallas Opera; El Amor Brujo, St. Louis Symphony; Recitals, Perth, Australia

Upcoming: Lord Nelson Mass, Central Pennsylvania Symphony; Rodgers & Hammerstein Pops, York Symphony

Gwendolyn Bowers,

Mezzo-soprano

Pella, IA

Ulrica

Melanie Long, Soprano

Urbandale, IA

Oscar

Apprentice Artist Program

DMMO History:  Papagena, The Magic Flute, Apprentice Artist Program, 2006,

Recently:  Papagena, The Magic Flute, New Jersey Opera; Alma Way, The Village Singer, Manhattan School of Music; First Spirit, Cendrillon, Manhattan School of Music; Masha, The Seagull, Papagena, The Magic Flute, Valencienne, The Merry Widow, Simpson College
DMMO History:  Pistol, Falstaff, Rev. John Hale, The Crucible 2003: Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Superintendent Budd, Albert Herring 1997; Don Alfonso, Cosi fan tutte, Benoit/Alcindoro, La Bohème 1996; Dr. Bartolo, The Marriage of Figaro, Judge Turpin, Sweeney Todd 1995; Horace Giddens, Regina, Sparafucile/Monterone, Rigoletto 1994

Recently:  Njegus, The Merry Widow, Florentine Opera; Dickenson, The Midnight Angel, Skylight Opera; Alcindoro/Benoit, La Bohème, Berkshire Opera Company; Don Basilio, Il Barbiere di Siviglia,  Austin Lyric Opera; Seneca, The Coronation of Poppea, Theater/Milwaukee

Ryan Allen, Bass

Dallas, TX

Count Horn

Jan Opalach, Bass-baritone

New York City, NY

Count Ribbing

DMMO History: Leporello, Don Giovanni, Dulcamara, The Elixer of Love 1982

Recently: Falstaff, Falstaff , New York City Opera; Napoleon’s Adjutant, War and Peace, Metropolitan Opera; Bartolo, Il barbiere di Siviglia, PORTopera (ME); Dulcamara, L’elisir d’amore, New York City Opera

Apprentice Artist Program

DMMO History: Peter, Hansel and Gretel, Mr. McGregor, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, OPERA Iowa, Apprentice Artist Program 2002

Recently: Gregorio, Roméo et Juliette, New Jersey Opera; Figaro, Le Nozze di Figaro, Queens College; Ali, L'Italiana in Algeri, UNESCO Concert, Avery Fisher Hall

Upcoming: Concert, Azuriales Opera, Nice, France

Brace Negron, Baritone

Sao Paolo, Brazil

Christian

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