Apprentice Artists

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

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 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)

APPRENTICE ARTISTS BONFILS-STANTON FOUNDATION ARTISTS TRAINING PROGRAM

Dylan Davis•

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

Carla Vargas Fuster

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 Madeline Ehlinger•

Soprano Spring Green, WI Recently: Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, Pittsburgh Opera; Florencia, Florencia en el Amazonas, Yale Opera; Tatyana, Eugene Onegin, Yale Opera

Corey Gaudreau•

Baritone Bristol, CT Recently: Masetto, Don Giovanni, Pensacola Opera; Commissioner/ Yamadori, Madama Butterfly, Shreveport Opera; Álvaro, Florencia en el Amazonas, Pensacola Opera

Kevin Thomas Harvey

Tenor Bethel Park, PA Recently: Parpignol, La bohème, Sarasota Opera; Le Doyen/Le Prince Charmant (cover), Cendrillon, Opera Company of Middlebury; Lieutenant Cable, South Pacific, Jefferson Performing Arts Society

Eric J. McConnellƥ

Bass-Baritone Thornton, CO Recently: Sam, Trouble in Tahiti, Virginia Opera; Bartolo, Il barbiere di Siviglia (student matinee), Opera Colorado; The Sodbuster, Proving Up, Aspen Music Festival

Michelle Monroe∆

Mezzo-Soprano Cedar Falls, IA Recently: La madre, Madama Butterfly, Cedar Rapids Opera; A Narrator, The Blessed Damozel, Central City Opera; Witch, Hansel and Gretel, University of Northern Iowa

Laura Corina Sanders

Soprano San Francisco, CA Recently: Gilda, Rigoletto, Shreveport Opera; Camila, Pepito, Shreveport Opera; The Foreign Woman, The Consul, Baltimore Concert Opera

Pascale Spinney

Mezzo-Soprano Montreal, Canada Recently: Léonore, La favorite, Academy of Vocal Arts; Cherubino, Le nozze di Figaro, Academy of Vocal Arts; Mercédès, Carmen, Opéra de Montréal Ryan Lustgarten

Tenor Kirkland, WA Recently: Henry Crawford, Mansfield Park, Boston University; Alfred, Die Fledermaus, Northwestern University; Pat, Dog Days, Northwestern University

Bernardo Medeiros

Baritone Tulsa, OK Recently: Count Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro, Moores Opera Center; Baritone Soloist, Carmina Burana, University of Houston Symphony Orchestra; Dottore Malatesta, Don Pasquale, North Shore Music Festival

Erik Nordstrom•

Baritone Saint Paul, MN Recently: Count Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro, Lawrence University; Celebrant, Mass, Lawrence University; Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni, Oberlin in Italy

Andrew Simpson•

Bass-Baritone Dallas, TX Recently: Sam, Trouble in Tahiti, Florida Grand Opera; First Soldier, Salome, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Angelotti, Tosca, Virginia Opera

Sable Strout

Mezzo-Soprano Richmond, ME Recently: Zerlina, Don Giovanni, Wichita Grand Opera; Josephine, The Story of an Hour, Gramercy Opera; Ado Annie, Oklahoma!, Opera on the James

∆ Indicates a Past Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Apprentice Artist • Indicates a Past Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Studio Artist