COMPANY PROFILES CONTINUED Galeano Salas
Tenor: The Duke of Mantua, Rigoletto Central City Opera: Stage Manager (cover), Our Town, 2013; Will Parker (cover), Oklahoma!, 2012; Prune Vendor/Parpignol/Rodolfo (cover), La bohème, 2012; Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Apprentice Artist, 2013 and 2012 Recently: Italian Singer, Der Rosenkavalier, Bayerische Staatsoper; Nemorino, L'elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper; The Duke of Mantua, Rigoletto, Hungarian State Opera
Charles "Chip" Smith°
Actor: Mr. Bascombe/Starkeeper/Dr. Seldon, Carousel Recently: Elijah, Elijah, Lied Center for Performing Arts; Recital of the Music of Robert Owens, National Opera Association; Shrek, Shrek, Peak to Peak Players; Former West Central Regional Governor, National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
Christopher Zemliauskas
Conductor: Carousel Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Conductor, Acis and Galatea, 2018; The Burning Fiery Furnace, Cabildo and Gallantry, 2017 Recently: Music Director, Gianni Schicchi, Opera Ithaca; Die Zauberflöte, Dido and Aeneas, Sister Act, Ithaca College; Kinky Boots (Regional Premiere), Hangar Theatre
° Indicates a Central City Opera Debut Indicates a Past Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artist
APPRENTICE ARTISTS
BONFILS-STANTON FOUNDATION ARTISTS TRAINING PROGRAM
Dylan Davis•
Madeline Ehlinger•
Carla Vargas Fuster
Corey Gaudreau•
Tenor Marion, OH Recently: Basilio, Le nozze di Figaro, Ohio State University; St. Brioche, The Merry Widow, Opera Project Columbus; Peter Quint, The Turn of the Screw, Chicago Summer Opera
Soprano San Juan, Puerto Rico Recently: Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus, Northwestern University; Anne Trulove, The Rake's Progress, Northwestern University; Pamina, The Magic Flute, Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music
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Soprano Spring Green, WI Recently: Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, Pittsburgh Opera; Florencia, Florencia en el Amazonas, Yale Opera; Tatyana, Eugene Onegin, Yale Opera
Baritone Bristol, CT Recently: Masetto, Don Giovanni, Pensacola Opera; Commissioner/ Yamadori, Madama Butterfly, Shreveport Opera; Álvaro, Florencia en el Amazonas, Pensacola Opera
