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JURGITA ADAMONYTĖ:
RECENT: Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro with Salzburg Opera Festival on tour in Japan and with Covent Garden; Idamante in Idomeneo in concerts at Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Lisbon Gulbenkian, and London Barbican; Lucienne in Die Tode Stadt, Nicklausse (cover) in Les Contes de Hoffman, Hänsel (cover) in Hänsel und Gretel at Covent Garden; Blanche in The Gambler (Prokofiev) at Covent Garden; Nicklausse in Les Contes de Hoffman, Opera Hong Kong
Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, June 6, 17, 20 and July 3, 2010
TIFFANY ABBAN
RECENT: Maliella (cover) in Wolf-Ferrari's I Gioielli della Madonna, Rose Theatre / Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Teatro Grattacielo, May 24, 2010
Title role in Tosca, Palm Beach Opera, March 7 - 28, 2011
Margherita in Boito's Mefistofole, Theatre Erfurt, May 13, 22, 27, 2011
Title role in Tosca, Savonlinna Opera Festival, July, 2011
HENRY AKINA:
RECENT: Director of Madama Butterfly, Savonlinna Opera Festival, 2009
Mahagonny Songspiel (with HOT Young Artists), Brecht Theatre Festival, April 30, May 1, 21, 22, May 2, 23, 2010
Director of Madama Butterfly, Savonlinna Opera Festival, July 5, 9, 14, 20, 23, 2010
Director of Madama Butterfly, Malmö Opera, Nov 27 premiere, 2010
Director of Faust, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Jan 28, 30, Feb 1, 2011
Director of La Traviata, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Feb 25, 27, Mar 1, 2011
Director of Lucia di Lammermoor, Opéra Lyra Ottawa, March 2011
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GRETA BALL:
RECENT: Miss Jessel in The Turn of the Screw, Castleton Festival; Princess Lan (cover) in Tea: A Mirror of the Soul (Tan Dun conducting), Opera Company of Philadelphia
Miss Jessel in a reprisal of The Turn of the Screw, Castleton Festival, July 3, 8, 11, 2010
Frasquita in Carmen at Opera Company of Philadelphia, Sept 30, Oct 2, 5, 9, 14, 2011
RICHARD BERNSTEIN:
Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro, Chicago Symphony (Ravinia Festival), Aug , 8, 2010
Bello in La Fanciulla del West, The Metropolitan Opera, Dec 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 27, 30, 2010, Jan 3, 8, 2011
Pietro in Simon Boccanegra, The Metropolitan Opera, Jan 20, 24, 28, Feb 1, 5, 2011
Angelotti in Tosca, The Metropolitan Opera, Mar 25, 31, Apr 4, 8, 12, 16, 2011
1st Apprentice in Wozzek, The Metropolitan Opera, Apr 6, 9, 13, 16, 2011
Flemish Deputy 3 in Don Carlo, The Metropolitan Opera, Jun 5, 10, 15, 18, 2011
Forester in Don Carlo, The Metropolitan Opera, June 15, 18, 2011
Leporello in Don Giovanni, Opera Fairbanks, July 9, 11, 2010
Fafner (cover) in Das Rheingold, Luther (cover) & Crespel in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, First Apprentice in Wozzeck, Colline (cover) in La Bohème, Angelotti in Tosca, Bello in La Fanciulla del West, Truffaldino (cover) in Ariadne auf Naxos, Pietro in Simon Boccanegra, Zuniga in Carmen, The Metropolitan Opera, August 16, 2010 - June 20, 2011
Sancho Panza in Don Quichotte, Seattle Opera, February 27, March 6 & 11, 2011
ARNOLD BEZUYEN:
Title role in Fenelon's Faust, Bastille Paris, March 17 (premiere), 20, 23, 29, 31, 2010
Loge in Das Rheingold, Los Angeles Opera, May 29, June 8, 28, 2010
Loge in Das Rheingold, Bayreuth, August 7, 10, 14, 18, 20, 26, 2010
Loge in Das Rheingold (cover), Metropolitan Opera, Sept 27, 30, Oct 4, 9, 2010
Boris in Katja Kabanova, Lisbon, Jan 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 2011
Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos, Bordeaux, Feb 23, 25, 27, March 2, 4, 2011
Loge in Das Rheingold (cover), Metropolitan Opera, March 30, Apr 2, 2011
ROBERT BRUBAKER:
Recent: Mime in Siegfried, The Metropolitan Opera; Herod in Salome, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona; Kaiser in Die Frau ohne Schatten, Deutsche Oper Berlin; Herod in Salome, Bologna
Alviano in Die Gezeichneten, Los Angeles Opera, Apr 10, 18, 22, 24, 2010
The Witch in Hänsel und Gretel, PORTopera, July 29, 31, 2010
Don Ygnacio in Love and Other Demons, Opéra National du Rhin, Sept 25 - Oct 10, 2010
Loge in Das Rheingold, Seville, Nov 4, 6, 8, 10, 2010
Mao Tse-tung in Nixon in China, The Metropolitan Opera; Feb 2, 5, 9, 12, 15, 19, 2011
Herode in Salome, Teatro Verdi Trieste, March 2011
Title role in Der König Kandaules, Vienna Volksoper, May 5, 8, 12, 17, 23, 26, 2011
Captain in Wozzek, Santa Fe Opera, July - August 2011
RICHARD CRAWLEY:
RECENT: Germann in Pique Dame and Lensky in Eugene Onegin at Sacramento Opera; Don José in Carmen, Lismore Music Festival
Joint outdoor concert with Boston Lyric Opera and Boston Landmarks Orchestra at Boston Hatch Shell, July 28, 2010
Canio in I Pagliacci, Portland Opera, Sept 24, 26m, 30, Oct 2, 2010
Don José in Carmen (cover), The Metropolitan Opera, Oct 11 - Dec 9, 2010
Title role in Lohengrin (cover), Chicago Lyric Opera, Jan 10 - March 8, 2011
Title role in Lohengrin, Savonlinna Opera Festival, July 2011
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PETER EDELMANN:
Recent: Minister in Wiener Blut, Opera Nancy; Title role in Don Giovanni, Orlando Opera; Orest in Elektra, Teatro la Fenice, Venice, Italy; Divorzio all'italiana world premiere in Nancy, France; Leporello in Don Giovanni, Opera Ireland, Feb 28, Mar 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 2009
Faninal in Der Rosenkavalier, Opera de Oviedo, Sept 18, 20, 22, 24, 2011
SUSAN FOSTER:
RECENT: Isolde in Stars of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg; Isolde in Tristan und Isolde, Metropolitan Opera; Turandot in Savonlinna; Title role in Turandot, Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest) for China's 60th Anniversary celebration; Title role in Turandot (cover), Metropolitan Opera
Helmwige / Brünnhilde cover in Die Walküre, Los Angeles Opera, May 30, June 10, 20, 2010
Verdi's Requiem (July 17 2010) and Sieglinde in Act I of Die Walküre, concert version (July 20 2010), with Maestro Gergiev conducting, Baden Baden
Helmwige / Brünnhilde cover in Die Walküre, Teatro alla Scala, Oct 26, 2010 - Jan 2, 2011
Brünnhilde (cover) in Ring Cycle, San Francisco Opera, April 19 - July 3, 2011
Title role in Turandot, San Francisco Opera, Aug 15 - Oct 4, 2011 (cover); Nov 1 - 21, 2011 (3 performances)
TIJANA GRUJIC:
First Witch in Dido and Aeneas, Macau International Music Festival, Oct 15, 16, 17, 2010
Ines in Il Trovatore, Macau International Music Festival, Nov 5, 6, 7, 2010
ISRAEL GURSKY:
Recent: Concert at Washington National Opera with Plácido Domingo and Andrea Bocelli; The Fly at Los Angeles Opera; Don Giovanni at Washington National Opera; Concert with Orchestre Symphonique de Québec (with Plácido Domingo and Virginia Tola); Gala concert in Hungary (with Winners of Operalia and Plácido Domingo)
Hänsel und Gretel, PORTopera, July 29, 31, 2010
Le Nozze di Figaro at Los Angeles Opera, October 14, 17, 2010
Faust at Opera Birmingham Jan 28, 30, 2011
Don Pasquale at Washington National Opera, May 16, 24, 27, 2011
JARI HÄMÄLÄINEN:
Appointed Artistic Director of Savonlinna Festival as of 2008
Recent: Le Nozze di Figaro with Opera Ireland; Macau International Festival's production of Il Trittico; Die Zauberflöte with Opera Australia, Melbourne; Christchurch Symphony (New Zealand); Die Zauberflöte, Opera Hong Kong; Die Walküre at Opera Hawaii
Tosca at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, June 10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20, and 22, 2010
Opera Arias Concert in Prague (Smetana Hall) with Massimo Giordano, January 18, 2011
DIETER KAEGI:
RECENT: Der Rosenkavalier, Opéra de Marseille; Macbeth, Opera Ireland
Lucio Silla, Opera de Nice, Feb 19, 21, 23, 2010
Cunning Little Vixen, Theater Lübeck, April 16, 2010
Pollicino (Henze), Florence Opera, Oct 26, 2010
Tannhäuer, Opéra de Montepellier, May 29, 2011
MIKA KARES:
Currently on Fest contract in Karlsruhe, Germany; all roles in Karlsruhe unless otherwise specified
RECENT: Title role in Mefistofele and Ramfis in Aida, Savonlinna Opera Festival; Concert of Rossini's Stabat Mater at the Vatican; Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Savonlinna; Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Opera Hong Kong
Massimilian in I Masnadieri, Jan 30, Feb 4, 14, 2010
Il Re di Scozia in Ariodante, Feb 19, 21, 23, 26, 2010
King Farasme in Radamisto, Feb 25, 27, 28, 2010
Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata, Valencia, Apr 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 2010
Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Savonlinna Opera Festival, July 10, 15, 17, 2010
Il Re in Aida, Finnish National Opera, Sept 17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 2010 (performances); Oct 8, 10, 15, 22, 26, 30, 2010 (cover)
Colline in La Bohème, Finnish National Opera, Nov 29, Dec 17, 22, 31, 2010; Jan 7, 11, 21, 2011 (performances); Jan 13, 15, 19, 2011 (cover)
Polyphem in Händel's Acis and Galathea (concert), Mozartwache in Salzburg, Jan 26, 2011
Mephistopholes in Faust, Finnish National Opera, Jan 15 - Feb 16, 2011
The King in Ariodante, Badische Staatstheater, Karlsruhe, February 17 - 28, 2011
Ring Cycle at Badische Staatstheater, Karlsruhe: Fasolt in Das Rheingold, Hunding in Die Walküre and Fafner in Siegfried, April 15 - 30, 2011
Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Opera de Oviedo, Nov 13, 15, 17, 19, 2011
Title role in Attila, Seattle Opera, Jan 15, 22, 27, 2012
EDYTA KULCZAK:
RECENT: Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, Boston Lyric Opera
Mercédès (cover) in Carmen, The Metropolitan Opera, Dec 31, 2009 - May 10, 2010
Flora Bervoix (cover) in La Traviata, The Metropolitan Opera, Mar 10 - Apr 24, 2010
The Designer in Lulu, The Metropolitan Opera, May 8, 12, 15, 2010
Venus in Tannhäuser, Poznan (Poland), June 4,11, 2010
Amneris in Aida, Bytom (Poland), June 26, 2010
Adalgisa in Norma, Tulsa Opera, Apr 30, May 6, 8, 2011
Olga in Eugene Onegin, Cincinnati Opera, July 14, 16, 2011
GARY LEHMAN:
RECENT: Joined the MET roster in 2006; Tristan in Tristan und Isolde and Siegmund in Die Walküre, The Metropolitan Opera; Samson in Samson et Dalila, St. Gallen Festspiele; Title role in Peter Grimes and Canio in I Pagliacci, Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf); Title role in Parsifal, Nice, Jan 15, 17, 2010
Title Role in Tannhäuser, Norway Opera, March 6, 10, 15, 18, 21, 24, 2010
Alwa in Lulu (Maestro Levine conducting), The Metropolitan Opera, May 8, 12, 15, 2010
Canio in I Pagliacci, Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf), June 5, 11, 22, 24, 30; July 3, 2010
Siegmund in Die Walküre (Maestro Gergiev conducting), Baden Baden, July 20, 2010
Title role in The Tristan Project, European concert tour (Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting), Sept 2010
Title role in Parsifal, Hamburg, Apr 25, May 1, 2011
Tristan in Tristan und Isolde, Opéra de Lyon, June 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 2011
Title role in Tannhäuser, Deutsche Oper Berlin, July 9, 2011
DARIA MASIERO:
RECENT:
Cardiff Finalist in 2005; Euridice in L'Orfeo e Euridice , Bologna, Italy; Magda in La Rondine with Opéra de Nice; Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Opera Ireland; Margaretha in Boito's Mefistofele, Savonlinna, Finland; La Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro, Macau International Music Festival
Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, June 26, July 4, 9, 17, 27, Aug 3, 7, 11, 2010, Villa Boboli, France
Verdi's Requiem, Festival of Perilada (Spain)
Violetta in La Traviata, Bogotà, Sept 30, Oct 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 2010
DEBORAH MAYER:
Excerpts from Tristan und Isolde in concert with the Pohang Symphony, South Korea, Oct 7, 2010
Strauss' Vier letzte Lieder, recital for Sturgis Council of the Arts, Oct 29, 2010
"Romance of the Ring" Wagner excerpts concert (including the "Immolation Scene" from Götterdämmerung and "Heil dir Sonne, heil dir Licht" from Siegfried), Toledo Opera, Feb 12, 2011
VERONICA MITINA:
RECENT: Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly, Lyrique-en-Mer; Mimì in La Bohème, Virginia Opera; Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Anchorage Opera
Mimì in La Bohème, Opera North, Aug 7, 12, 18, 20, 2010
Mimì in La Bohème, Anchorage Opera, Feb 19, 23, 25, 27, 2011
WARREN MOK:
RECENT:
Calaf in Turandot, Savonlinna Opera Festival, Finland; Cavaradossi in Tosca and Don José in Carmen at Caracalla with Teatro Dell Opera di Roma; Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut, Opera de Nice, France
Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur, Teatro Comunale, Firenze, Italy, February 2010
Mahler Symphony No.8. Adelaide Festival, Australia, March, 2010
Don José in Carmen , National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China, May 2010
Des Grieux in Manon, Opera Hong Kong, May 2010
Cavaradossi in Tosca, Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy, June 2010
Rodolfo in La Bohème, Opera Hong Kong, October 2010
Manrico in Il Trovatore, Macau International Music Festival, November, 2010
Concert tours in China, December, 2010
STEPHEN OWEN:
RECENT: Balstrode in Peter Grimes, Staatstheater Kassel, June 2008; Officer in Philip Glass' In the Penal Colony at Opéra National de Lyon; The role of the Conductor in Battistelli's Prova d'Orchestra, Staatstheater Nürnberg
Joined the ensemble at Theater Augsburg in September 2009, where he will sing the following roles:
Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlo, Oct 17, 24, 28; Nov 13, 20, 22; Dec 16, 30, 2009; Jan 10, Feb 28, 2010
Don Pizarro in Fidelio, Nov 7, 11, 28; Dec 22, 2009; Jan 8, Feb 6, Mar 12, 2010
Dr. Vigelius in Der Ferne Klang, Feb 21, 25; Mar 3, 14, 28; May 8, 2010
Timur in Turandot, June 26, 29, July 2, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, 31, 2010
Officer in Phillip Glass' In the Penal Colony, Opéra National de Lyon, Nov 18, Rouen; Dec 9, Villefranche; Apr 7-17, 2010, Paris; Jun 4, Valence
JOANNA MONGIARDO:
RECENT; Nanetta in Falstaff, Toledo Opera; The Messiah with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra; Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra
Najade in Ariadne auf Naxos, Boston Lyric Opera, March 2010
Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld, Central City Opera, July 3, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 28, 30, Aug 3, 8, 2010
Anne Trulove in A Rake's Progress, Toledo Opera, Nov 12, 14, 2010
Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore (cover), New York City Opera, Mar 22, 24, 26, Apr 1, 3, 5, 9, 2011
Bach's B Minor Mass with Syracuse Symphony, Apr 13-16, 2011
JULIA PEVZNER:
Lady Macbeth from Mzensk, Israeli Opera, March 2011
Maria Padilla, Opera Boston, May 6, 8, 10, 2011
Boris Godunov, Chicago Lyric Opera, November 2011
BENJAMIN PIONNIER:
RECENT: Concert with the Orchestre Regional de Cannes (France); Roméo et Juliette (concert), Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow
March 3, 2010 in Nancy (France )
Opera National de Lorraine (Salle Poirel)
Orchestre Symphonique de Nancy
March 9 - 12, 2010
Concerts in Cannes (France) with the Orchestre Regional de Cannes
March 14, 2010
Concert in Marseille (France) with the Orchestre Rgional de Cannes
March 27, 2010
Gala in Palais des Festivals (Cannes)
Orchestre Regional de Cannes
April 18, 2010
Concert at Opera de Nice (France)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice
June 24, 2010
Antibes Festival (France)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice
July 4, 6, 2010
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Musiques au coeur Festival 2010 (France)
June 2011
Avignon Opera (France) Ballets
JUKKA RASILAINEN:
RECENT:
Kurwenal in LA Philharmonic's The Tristan Project; Title role in Der Fliegende Holländer at Munich State Opera and Dresden Opera; Amfortas in Parsifal at Bayreuth; Title role in Macbeth (role debut), Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden; Wotan in Das Rheingold and Wotan in Die Walküre, New National Opera Tokyo; Amfortas in Parsifal, Opéra de Nice
Wotan/Wanderer in Siegfried, New National Opera Tokyo, Feb 11th, 14th, 17th, 20th, 23rd, 2010
JULIEN ROBBINS:
RECENT: Priam in concert performances of Les Troyens and Pogner in Act III of Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg at Tanglewood, Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine conducting; Pogner in concert version of Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg at Bard Music Festival; First Nazarene in Salome, Montano in Otello at San Francisco Opera, Luisotti conducting; Leuthold in William Tell (in concert), Concertgebouw
JENNIFER ROWLEY:
RECENT: Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Opera New Jersey; Magda in La Rondine, Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Michigan Opera Theatre, April 16, 18, 2010
Maria (Cover) in Maria di Rohan, Caramoor Music Festival, June/July 2010
Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Savonlinna Opera Festival, July 1, 5, 9, 14, 19, 2011
VALÉRY RYVKIN:
RECENT: Turandot, La Bohème, and World Premiere of Séance on a Wet Afternoon by Stephen Schwartz at Opera Santa Barbara
ALEXANDRA SAPAN:
RECENT:
Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Taconic Opera; Musetta in La Bohème, Teatro Lirico D'Europa; Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Mozart Festival Opera; Grand Rapids Symphony Gala Concert; Concert at an International convention at the Javitts Center
"Festival of Voices" concert for Wheaton College, Chicago, March 20, 2010
STEFAN SZKAFAROWSKY:
RECENT: Sacristan / Sciarrone in Tosca, Nashville Opera; Dr. Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro, Macau International Music Festival
Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola, Shanghai, May 1, 2010
Sacristan in Tosca, Savonlinna Opera Festival, July 2, 6, 8, 13, 19, 21, 24, 2010
Mitiukh (cover) in Boris Godunov, Metropolitan Opera,, Aug 30 - October 30, 2010
Vodnik in Rusalka, Opera Colorado, February 12, 15, 18, 20, 2011
Boris Godunov, Dallas Opera, April 1, 3(m) 6, 9, 15, 17(m) 2011
DIEGO TORRE: ERIKA WUESCHNER:
RECENT: Rodolfo in La Bohème, Wolf Trap Opera; Messenger in Aida and Federico in Stiffelio, Metropolitan Opera
Messenger in Aida, Metropolitan Opera, Mar 26, 31, Apr 3, 2010
Masaniello in La Muette de Portici, Dessau, Apr 24, 30, May 2, 16, 22, June 4, 2010
Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor,
Title role in Il Postino (cover), Los Angeles Opera, Sept 23, 29, Oct 2, 5, 9, 16, 2010
Cavaradossi in Tosca at Boston Lyric Opera, November 5, 7m, 10, 12, 14m, 16, 2010
Don José in Carmen (concert), Santo Domingo Music Festival, March 8, 2011
RECENT: Member of LA Young Artists program starting Fall of 2009; Helmwige (cover) in Die Walküre and Carlotta (cover) in Die Gezeichneten at Los Angeles Opera; Soprano Soloist in "Ode to Beethoven" concert, Opera Hong Kong
Sieglinde (2nd cover), 3rd Norn (cover), and Helmwige (cover) in Götterdammerung and Die Walküre, Los Angeles Opera, Apr - June 28, 2010
Countess (cover) in Le Nozze di Figaro, Los Angeles Opera, Aug 10 - Oct 10, 2010
Elsa (cover) in Lohengrin, Los Angeles Opera, Nov 20, 28, Dec 1, 4, 9, 21, 2010
Helmwige in Die Walküre, Bayerische Staatsoper, March 11, 15, 18, 25, 2012
Helmwige in Die Walküre (concert in Paris), Bayerische Staatsoper, April 24, 2012
Gutrune in Götterdämerung, Bayerische Staatsoper, June 30, July 8, 15, 2012
Helmwige in Die Walküre, Bayerische Staatsoper, July 4, 11, 2012
Helmwige in Die Walküre, Bayerische Staatsoper, Jan 6, 14, 2013
Gutrune in Götterdämerung, Bayerische Staatsoper, Jan 13, 18, 2013
Freia in Das Rheingold, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Mar 11 - May 6, 2013
Helmwige in Die Walküre, Bayerische Staatsoper, July 14, 2013
Gutrune in Götterdämerung, Bayerische Staatsoper, July 18, 2013