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A Midsummer Night's Dream Britten
Artist Bios
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Randall Scotting
Oberon, King of the Fairies
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Countertenor, Grand Junction, CO
DMMO Mainstage Debut
Recently: Teseo, Ercole sul Termodonte, Spoleto Festival, Italy; Oberon, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Juilliard Opera Center; Nireno, Giulio Cesare, Opera Colorado; Israelite Messenger, Judas Maccabeus, Prism Concerts with the Orchestra of Saint Luke's, New York.
Upcoming: Flavio (Cover), Flavio, New York City Opera; Orfeo, Orfeo ed Eurydice, Boulder, CO; Pierrot, Pierrot Lunaire, FusionChamber,Boulder, CO; Olim Lacus (Dying Swan), Carmina Burana, Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, Colorado |
Jane Redding
Tytania, Queen of the Fairies |
Soprano, Pensacola, FL
DMMO History: Gilda, Rigoletto 2006; Zerbinetta, Ariadne auf Naxos 2004; Nannetta, Falstaff, Mary Warren, The Crucible 2003; Cunegonde, Candide 2002; Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi, Sister Genevieve, Suor Angelica 2001; Apprentice Artist Program 1998
Recently: Poppea, Agrippina, Virginia Opera; Lucia, Lucia di Lammermoor, New Orleans Opera; Soloist Romeo Loves Juliette, Virginia Symphony; Soprano Soloist, Carmina Burana, Hartford Symphony and Shreveport Symphony
Upcoming: Musetta, La Bohème, Lyric Opera of San Antonio; Violetta, La Traviata, Mobile Opera; Pamina, The Magic Flute, Pensacola Opera; Soloist "Art Park - An Evening of Opera," Buffalo Philharmonic; Yum Yum, Mikado, Nevada Opera |
Adam Alexander
Puck |
Baritone, New York, NY
James Collier Apprentice Artist Program
DMMO Mainstage Debut
DMMO History: Apprentice Artist 2006
Recently: Mercutio, Roméo et Juliette, Opera Brooklyn; Servant, My Fair Lady, New York Philharmonic; Ball of Electricity, The Jaded Assassin, Ohio Theater (New York City), New York Choral Artists
Upcoming: Stage Combat Instructor, New York |
Brandon Mayberry
Theseus, Duke of Athens |
Bass-baritone, Chicago, IL
DMMO Mainstage Debut
Recently: Soloist, Songs of Liam Lawton, Metropolis Orchestra, Symphony Center, Chicago; Renée Fleming Subscriber Appreciation Concert, Il Mandarino, Turandot, Rising Stars in Concert, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Guglielmo, Così fan tutte, Ryan Opera Center (formerly Lyric Opera Center for American Artists)
Upcoming: Soloist, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Elmhurst Symphony; Various recitals at the Ravinia Festival in affiliation with the Steans Institute |
Gwendolyn Jones
Hippolyta, betrothed to Theseus |
Mezzo-soprano, Baton Rouge, LA
DMMO History: 15 major roles since 1989 including Queen Elizabeth the First, Gloriana 2005,
Der Komponist (Composer), Ariadne auf Naxos, Thisbe, La Cenerentola 2004; Elizabeth Proctor, The Crucible 2003 and 1989; Herodias, Salome 2002; Adalgisa, Norma 2000; Florence Pike, Albert Herring 1997; Augusta Tabor, The Ballad of Baby Doe 1995; Carmen, Carmen 1994; Desideria, The Saint of Bleeker Street 1993; Octavian, Der Rosenkavalier 1992; Nicklausse, Les Contes D’Hoffmann 1989
Recently: Marcellina, Le Nozze di Figaro, Berta, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, New Orleans Opera; Herodias, Salome, Opera Company of North Carolina
Upcoming: La Principessa, Suor Angelica, Ciesca, Gianni Schicchi, New Orleans Opera; Madame Flora, The Medium, Music at Madewood, New Orleans Opera; Amneris, Aïda, Nevada Opera |
Marc Schreiner
Lysander, in love with Hermia |
Tenor, Rollingstone, MN
DMMO History: Scaramuccio, Ariadne auf Naxos 2004; Pluto, Orpheus in the Underworld, The Magician, The Consul 2000; Spoletta, Tosca 1998; Malcolm, Macbeth 1996; Apprentice Artist Program 1996
Recently: George Shannon, The Corps of Discovery, Fargo Moorhead Opera; Martin, The Tender Land, The Bronx Opera; Tenor soloist, Bach Cantata's #'s 90, 91, 106, New York Choral Symphony Society; Tenor Soloist, Heinichen Missa #12, New England Baroque Soloists |
Daniel Cilli
Demetrius, in love with Hermia |
Baritone, Daytona Beach, FL
DMMO History: Apprentice Artist/Sultan Achmet, Candide 2002
Recently: Tarquinius, The Rape of Lucretia, San Francisco Lyric Opera; Mercutio, Roméo et Juliette, Figaro, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Sharpless, Madama Butterfly, Opera San José
Upcoming: Enrico, Lucia di Lammermoor, Albert, Werther, Papageno, Die Zauberflöte, Opera San José |
Kellie Van Horn
Hermia, in love with Lysander |
Mezzo-soprano, Augusta, GA
DMMO Mainstage Debut
Recently: Soloist, The Shakespeare Concert, Jordan Hall, Boston; Recording Artist, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day, Albany Records; Prince Orlovsky, Die Fledermaus, Sarasota Opera; Lady Essex, Gloriana, Opera Theatre of St. Louis; Carmen, Carmen, Commonwealth Opera; Charlotte, Werther, Sarasota Opera |
Kimberly Roberts
Helena, in love with Demetrius |
Soprano, Blairstown, IA
DMMO History: Najade, Ariadne auf Naxos, Cio-Cio San (cover), Madama Butterfly 2004;
Diana, Orpheus in the Underworld, Anna Gomez, The Consul 2000; Olga, The Merry Widow 1998; Yvette, La Rondine 1997; Apprentice Artist Program 1997, 1998
Recently: Soloist, Verdi’s Requiem, Oklahoma City Symphony & Ft. Smith Symphony |
Craig Irvin
Bottom, a weaver |
Bass, Waukee, IA
DMMO History: Imperial Commissioner, Madama Butterfly, Don Magnifico (cover), La Cenerentola 2004; Francis Nurse, The Crucible 2003; Prince Ragotski, First Officer, Candide 2002; Custom's Officer, La Bohème 2001; Officer Murphy, Street Scene 1999; Chorus, La Traviata, Norma, Il Trovatore; Apprentice Artist 2002, 2003 and 2004
Recently: Pirate King, The Pirates of Penzance, Abimelech, Samson & Delilah, Angelotti, Tosca, Orlando Opera |
David Logan
Francis Flute, a bellows mender |
Tenor, St. Louis, MO
James Collier Apprentice Artist Program
DMMO Mainstage Debut
Recently: Werther, Werther, Nemorino, L’Elisir d’Amore, Officer, Thérèse, Soldier, Babette’s Feast, Quint, Prologue, The Turn of the Screw, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; Fenton, Falstaff, Northwestern University |
Aaron Sorensen
Quince, a carpenter |
Bass, Omaha, NE
James Collier Apprentice Artist Program
DMMO History: Osmin, The Billy Goats Gruff, Don Pasquale, Don Pasquale, OPERA Iowa 2007; Second Armored Man, The Magic Flute, Keeper of the Mad House, The Rake’s Progress 2006; Apprentice Artist Program 2005, 2006
Recently: Sparafucile, Rigoletto, Oroveso, Norma, Ferrando, Il Trovatore, Opera in the Heights; Argante, Rinaldo, Moores Opera Center
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Jeremy Milner
Snug, a joiner |
Bass-Baritone, Broken Arrow, OK
James Collier Apprentice Artist Program
DMMO Mainstage Debut
DMMO History: Mr. McGregor, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Peter, Hansel and Gretel, OPERA Iowa Touring Troupe 2004
Recently: The Doctor, Vanessa, Bartolo, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, AVA Opera Theatre; Don Pasquale, Don Pasquale, The Living Opera; Antonio, Le Nozze di Figaro, Tulsa Opera |
Corey Trahan
Snout, a tinker |
Character Tenor, Baton Rouge, LA
James Collier Apprentice Artist Program
DMMO History: Cacambo, Candide, Apprentice Artist, 2002
Recently: Don Lockwood, Singin’ in the Rain, Strauss Theatre; Taddeo, L’Italiana in Algeri, Fort Worth Opera; Pish Tush, Mikado, Lake George Opera; Papageno, The Magic Flute, University of Louisiana
Upcoming: Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors, Louisiana Lyric Opera; Sergeant, Pirates of Penzance, Louisiana Lyric Opera; Henry Higgins (cover) My Fair Lady, Natchez Festival of Music |
Thomas Gunther
Starveling, a tailor |
Baritone, Muscatine, IA
James Collier Apprentice Artist Program
DMMO History: Apprentice Artist Program 2006; Page, Amahl and the Night Visitors 2005
Recently: Marcello, La Bohème, King Melchior, Amahl and the Night Visitors, UNL, Lincoln, NE; Metropolitan Opera Regional Finalist, 2007; Dr. Falke, Die Fledermaus, Thomas Putnam, The Crucible, Simpson College, Indianola, IA |
Jonathan Beatty
Cobweb |
Boy Soprano, West Des Moines, IA
DMMO History: Third Spirit, The Magic Flute 2006; Amahl, Amahl and the Night Visitors 2005
Recently: soloist, Chichester Psalms and So Many Things, Des Moines Choral Society; Angel & Chorus, Calvary, The Resurrection Story, Holy Trinity Catholic Church; Chorus, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Des Moines Playhouse, Civic Center of Greater Des Moines; Frog Prince, The Frog Prince, Des Moines Playhouse; Member, Heartland Youth Choir
Upcoming: Jonny Chrome, The Little Sweep, Collier Apprentice Artist Program |
Girindra Selleck
Peaseblossom |
Boy Soprano, Fairfield, IA
DMMO History: First Spirit, The Magic Flute, 2006
Recently: Street Arab, La Bohème, Martha-Ellen Tye Opera Theatre; Titwillow, Mikado, Iowa Theater Company; Party Boy & Soldier, The Nutcracker, Dance Theater of Iowa; Dancer, A Shakespeare Gala, Iowa Conservatory Theatre
Upcoming: Sam, The Little Sweep, Collier Apprentice Artist Program; First Spirit, The Magic Flute, Ottumwa Symphony |
Andrew Bartlett
Mustard |
Boy Soprano, Norwalk, IA
DMMO History: Second Spirit, The Magic Flute 2006
Recently: Josh, Nowhere to Run, Crossroads Church; Member, 2007 Little Hawkeye Conference Honor Band; Member, 2006 Iowa All State Chorus; Norwalk High School Show Choir and Jazz Band |
Mitchell Phipps
Moth |
Boy soprano, Norwalk, IA
DMMO Mainstage Debut
Recently: Iowa State Honor Opus Choir, 2006 |
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