PERFORMERS

Wettbewerb competition in 2017 and participated in masterclasses with Professor Monica Pick-Hieronimi, Claudia Visca, and Edda Moser.

Laura Beth Couch (Quartet), mezzo-soprano, from New Jersey, is a Performance Diploma candidate who studies with James Demler. This is Laura’s first role with the Opera Institute. In the fall, she sang with the ensemble of Our Town. With Opera in the Ozarks, she performed the roles of Dorothée in Cendrillon and Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor. At Shenandoah University, Laura performed Dorabella in Così fan tutte and Hannah After in As One. At Rutgers University, she performed La Chatte in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges. In the Spring, Laura will be covering Bradamante in the Opera Institute’s performance of Alcina.

Alena Feldman (Friedrich Bhaer), mezzo-soprano, originally from Pottstown Pennsylvania, is a first-year Master’s student in Voice Performance in the studio of Professor Penelope Bitzas. Ms. Feldman will be debuting with the Opera Institute as Friedrich Bhaer in Little Women. She earned her BM in Voice Performance from Boston Conservatory at Berklee under the tutelage of Professor Frank Kelley, and is excited to stay in Boston for her MM Voice Performance degree. Ms. Feldman has appeared as the title role in Dido and Aeneas with the Classical Musicians Coalition at Berklee. She has also sung the role of Idamante (Idomeneo) in the Act III quartet with the Boston Conservatory at Berklee Opera studio. She is looking forward to covering the role of Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro) this summer at Chicago Summer Opera Festival.

Courtney Erin Fitzgerald (Quartet), soprano, is from Tallahassee, FL and is currently a first-year master’s student in the studio of Lynn Eustis. She has performed Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro with both the European Music Academy in the Czech Republic and with the UNF Opera Department, as well as the title role in Barab’s Little Red Riding Hood with UNF Opera Outreach.

Marcus Huber (Laurie), tenor, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania is a secondyear masters student in the studio of Professor Penelope Bitzas. With the Opera Institute, Marcus has performed the roles of George Gibbs in Our Town, David in If I Were You, and William in The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace. Other past roles include Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, Detlef in The Student Prince, Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus, and Pisandro in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria. Marcus has been named a winner in the Rhode Island Civic Chorale and OperaLancaster young artist competitions, and will perform with Opera Neo this summer.

Allison Holloway (Alma March), soprano, from the Chicagoland area, is a second-year Master of Voice student under the tutelage of Matthew DiBattista. With the Opera Institute, she has performed the roles of Nanny in The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace, Young Woman in If I Were You, and Flower in Daniel Catán’s La hija de Rappaccini. Previously, Ms. Holloway was a studio artist with Opera in the Ozarks, and performed Papagena in The Magic Flute. Her previous roles include Lola in Gallantry, The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Carrie in Speed Dating Tonight, and Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel

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April 27 - May 6, 2023

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