Utah Opera

Cast / Artistic Staff

Cast / Artistic Staff


metropolitan opera auditions


Michael Chioldi (New York)

The Dutchman

Most Recently at Utah Opera, La traviata

Recently:

Rigoletto, The Metropolitan Opera;

Luisa Miller, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain

Upcoming:

Rigoletto, The Metropolitan Opera;

La traviata, Seattle Opera


Wendy Bryn Harmer (Utah)

Senta

Most Recently at Utah Opera, La voix humaine

Recently:

Elektra, The Metropolitan Opera;

Die Walküre, Detroit Opera;

The Mother of Us All, Chautauqua Opera

Upcoming:

Iphigénie en Tauride, Boston Baroque;

Lohengrin, The Metropolitan Opera


Kristinn Sigmundsson (Iceland)

Daland

Utah Opera Debut

Recently:

Capriccio, Bayerische Staatsoper;

Don Giovanni, La clemenza di Tito, Ravinia Festival®

Upcoming:

Le nozze di Figaro, LA Opera;

Das Rheingold, The Atlanta Opera


Robert Stahley (Massachusetts)

Erik

Utah Opera Debut

Recently:

Semele, Opera Santa Barbara;

Der Freischütz, Wolf Trap Opera

Upcoming:

Das Rheingold, The Dallas Opera;

Tosca, Opera Theatre of St. Louis


Tichina Vaughn (North Carolina)

Mary

Utah Opera Debut

Recently:

Aïda, Cincinnati Opera;

Porgy and Bess, The Metropolitan Opera

Upcoming:

Candide, Opéra de Lyon;

Treemonisha, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis


Dominic Armstrong (Missouri)

Daland's Steerman

Utah Opera Debut

Recently:

Finding Wright, Dayton Opera;

Carmen, Kentucky Opera

Upcoming:

La traviata, Opera Carolina;

Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Bangor Symphony


Ari Pelto (New York)

Conductor

Most Recently at Utah Opera, La tragédie de Carmen

Recently:

William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series, Detroit Symphony Orchestra;

Carmen, Opera Colorado

Upcoming:

Rigoletto, Opera Colorado;

Mozart Mass in C minor, Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera


Andreas Hager (Wisconsin)

Stage Director

Utah Opera Debut

Recently:

La traviata, Opera North;

Eugene Onegin, Opera in the Heights

Upcoming:

Alcina, Opera in Person


Melanie Malinka (Germany)

Chorus Master

Most Recently at Utah Opera, Tosca

Recently:

Symphony No. 3 by Mahler, Grand Teton Music Festival;

The Little Prince, Utah Opera

Upcoming:

Magnificat, The Cathedral of the Madeleine;

Carmina Burana, Utah Symphony


Ian Wallace (California)

Projection Designer

Utah Opera Debut

Recently:

Smart People, Capital Stage;

The Last Match, B Street Theatre

Upcoming:

Puffs, Falcon's Eye Theatre


Steven C. Kemp (Texas)

Set Design

Utah Opera Debut

Recently:

Hansel and Gretel, New Orleans Opera;

Amahl and the Night Visitors, Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Upcoming:

Così fan tutte, Opera Theatre of St. Louis;

Madame Butterfly, New Orleans Opera;

Rigoletto, Utah Opera


Ben Rawson (Georgia)

Lighting Designer

Most Recently at Utah Opera, Silent Night

Recently:

Frida, Detroit Opera;

The Incredible Book Eating Boy, Alliance Theatre

Upcoming:

Something Rotten!, Florida Studio Theatre;

The Many Wondrous Realities of Jasmine Starr-Kidd, Alliance Theatre


Shannon Hutchins (Texas)

Wig and Makeup Designer

Utah Opera Debut

Recently:

Passion, Boston Court Pasadena;

The Winter's Tale, A Noise Within

Upcoming:

Shucked!, Pioneer Theatre Company



The Daughter of the Regiment