Cast & Creative

Praised for his energy and integrity on the podium, the Chicago Tribune has said, “Milioto presided with Bernsteinesque bravura.” A rising star of his generation, he is forging a unique career as a versatile conductor and leader. Mr. Milioto is Music Director of OPERA San Antonio and Artistic Advisor to the Florentine Opera Company, while maintaining positions on the music staffs of both the Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Santa Fe Opera. Mr. Milioto is excited to return to The Atlanta Opera. Last year, he returned to San Antonio for performances of Lucia di Lammermoor before heading to The Santa Fe Opera FRANCESCO MILIOTO for Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. The 2021-22 season began with his long-anticipated debut with the Florentine CONDUCTOR Opera Company in their postponed production of Verdi’s ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT Rigoletto. Mr. Milioto also made his debut in Charleston THE THREEPENNY with Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera (HALO) conducting OPERA, 2021 a new production of La traviata performed on the local baseball field. Following these performances in Atlanta, he will return to the Lyric Opera of Chicago to serve as cover conductor for a production of Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Mr. Milioto will round out his season returning to OPERA San Antonio for their production of Rigoletto.

Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. General & Artistic Director of The Atlanta Opera since 2013, Israeli born Tomer Zvulun is one of the leading stage directors of his generation, earning consistent praise for his creative vision and innovative interpretations. His work has been presented internationally and in the U.S., including The Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, Seattle, Houston, Dallas, San Diego, Boston, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Montreal, Buenos Aires, and the festivals of Wexford, Glimmerglass and Wolf Trap, as well as leading educational institutes and universities such as The Juilliard School, Indiana University, and Boston TOMER ZVULUN University. He spent seven seasons on the directing staff at The Metropolitan Opera, where he directed revivals of STAGE DIRECTOR Carmen and Tosca and was involved with more than a ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT dozen new productions. He is a frequent guest director THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, 2009 at companies such as Seattle Opera (Semele, La bohème, Eugene Onegin, Lucia di Lammermoor), The Dallas Opera (Die Fledermaus, La bohème), Houston Grand Opera (The Flying Dutchman, Rigoletto), Wexford Festival (Silent Night, Dinner at Eight), Cincinnati Opera (The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, The Flying Dutchman), Wolf Trap (Falstaff, Don Giovanni), Israeli Opera (Dead Man Walking, Giulio Cesare) among others. His European premiere of Silent Night at the Wexford Festival received two Irish Times Awards and traveled from Ireland to Washington National Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, and the opera companies of Atlanta, Austin, and Salt Lake City. He directed over 15 new productions at his home company in Atlanta, including Dead Man Walking, The Flying Dutchman, Soldier Songs, Silent Night, Maria de Buenos Aires, La bohème, Madama Butterfly, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Magic Flute, and Eugene Onegin. During Tomer’s tenure, the company’s fundraising has tripled, resulting in twice the number of productions presented annually. His focus on innovation has garnered national attention and resulted in a Harvard Business School case study chronicling The Atlanta Opera’s turnaround, an International Opera Awards nomination, an ArtsATL Luminary Award, and an invitation to deliver a TEDx Talk about innovation in opera.

Broadway: Anastasia (Outer Critics Nomination); A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critic’s nominations); Present Laughter (Tony Nomination); Old Acquaintance; Butley; and Hedda Gabler. Off-Broadway: The Whisper House (59E59); Harry Clarke (Vineyard & Minetta Lane); The Liar (CSC); Ripcord (MTC); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights Horizons); Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Second Stage); The Understudy (Roundabout); and Measure for Pleasure (Public); Observe the Sons of ALEXANDER DODGE Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Lincoln Center, SCENIC DESIGNER Lortel Award Winner) Tours: Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame US, Japan, Germany, Austria. Opera: Samson ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT et Dalila (Metropolitan Opera),The Thirteenth Child (Santa Fe Opera), The Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), Dinner at Eight (Minnesota and Wexford), Il trittico (Deutsche Oper Berlin), and Lohengrin (Budapest). Upcoming world premiere of the musical NOIR at the Alley Theatre in Houston. MFA from Yale School of Drama.

Erik Teague is a freelance designer based in the Washington, D.C. Originally hailing from Georgia, he is delighted to make his return to the South. Previous works of note: The Threepenny Opera (The Atlanta Opera); The Cunning Little Vixen, La bohéme, Ariadne in Naxos, Odyssey, Wilde Tales, Trouble in Tahiti, The Flying Dutchman (The Glimmerglass Festival); Lohengrin (Opera Southwest); Hansel and Gretel (New Orleans Opera); Rent, Blackbeard (Signature Theatre); Acoustic Rooster (The Kennedy Center); The Lion, The Unicorn ERIK TEAGUE and Me (Washington National Opera); The Touchstone COSTUME DESIGNER (Wolf Trap Opera); Master and Margarita, The Wild Party, Equus (Constellation Theatre); The Phantom of the Opera, ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT Richard III, The Trial, Titus Andronicus, Sleepy Hollow, The THE BIG TENT SERIES, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Man in the Iron Mask (Synetic SPRING 2021 Theater); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Actor’s Express); Podcast host for Come As You Are, an interview show and part of The Atlanta Opera Podcast series centering LGBTQ+ opera artists. Winner of one Helen Hayes award and two Suzi Bass awards for excellence in costume design. erikteaguedesign.com

MARCELLA BARBEAU

LIGHTING DESIGNER

ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT THE BIG TENT SERIES, SPRING 2021 Marcella Barbeau (she/her) is a lighting designer based in New York City. Her recent credits include: You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Village Theatre), The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (co-design, Austin Opera), Five Guys Named Moe (Playhouse on Park), Club Hertz: Live! (Alliance Theatre), Murder on the Orient Express (Sierra Rep), The Threepenny Opera, The Threepenny Carmen (The Atlanta Opera) Pelléas et Mélisande (Boston University Opera Institute). She has assisted designers at the English National Opera, National Theatre Mannheim, National Theatre Munich, Boston Lyric Opera, American Repertory Theatre, and Cincinnati Opera. As a Chinese American designer, Marcella actively seeks to collaborate and amplify the voices of fellow BIPOC artists of all intersectionalities. She received her Master of Fine Arts from Boston University and frequently visits her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.

MELANIE STEELE

WIG & MAKEUP DESIGNER

ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT THE GOLDEN TICKET, 2011 Melanie Steele lives in Atlanta where she works with The Atlanta Opera, Fox Theatre, The Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, as well as working in film and television. Steele recently toured with the national Broadway tour of The Lion King. She has designed wigs and makeup for The Santa Fe Opera, Austin Opera, Central City Opera, Spoleto Festival USA, Baltimore Opera, Kentucky Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Bard SummerScape, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Opera Pacific, Opera North Carolina, and Saratoga Springs Opera. Some of Steele’s work can be seen in Opera News, Makeup Artist Magazine, Seventeen, Time, Newsweek, Glamour, Voyage Atlanta, IMDB and Texas Monthly Magazine.

Off-Broadway credits include: These Paper Bullets! Drama Desk Nomination (Atlantic Theater Company); Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Company, Geffen Playhouse, Yale Rep); Until the Flood (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Goodman, Milwaukee Rep, St. Louis Rep, ACT Seattle, Portland Center Stage); White Guy on the Bus (59E59, Delaware Theatre Company); Chix 6 (LaMama). Regional credits: Kleptocracy (Arena Stage) Grounded (Alley Theatre); Christmas Carol, A Streetcar Named Desire (Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre); Two Trains Running NICHOLAS HUSSONG (Arden Theater); The Mountaintop (Playmakers Rep); Ella PROJECTIONS DESIGNER (Delaware Theatre); Million Dollar Quartet (Berkshires Theatre Group). Also designs with FEAST, Listen&Breathe, ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT Urban Bush Women, Korean Expo, Virginia Museum of Art, Marc Jacobs, Esperanza Spaulding, Enchantment Theatre Company, White Heron, Lantern Theatre Company, Abrons Art Center, Tiny Dynamite, Premieres NYC, Ars Nova, Cantata Profana, Nashville Symphony, Hartford Symphony. International designs: National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing, Jiangsu Center for the Performing Arts in Nanjing, Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, Arcola in London, Traverse in Edinburgh. He was the Artistic Associate at Triad Stage. 70th and 71st Tony Awards (CBS). Yale School of Drama MFA and Senior Lecturer at New School for Drama. NewNeighborhood.net

NICK CHIMIENTI

PROJECTIONS DESIGNER

ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT He/Him | Projection Designer: Grease (MNM), Everything is Super Great (FAU Theatre Lab), Sunday in the Park (PBAU), Silent Sky (PBAU) | Associate/Assistant: The Vagrant Trilogy (The Public) 2 Wolves and a Lamb (Triad Stage), Dracula (Triad Stage), Man of la Mancha (Triad Stage). Nick is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and would like to thank his family and friends for all of their support.

RICARDO APONTE

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT FRIDA, 2019 Ricardo Aponte is delighted to return to The Atlanta Opera as assistant director, after choreographing Frida in 2019 and The Threepenny Opera and The Threepenny Carmen as part of the Big Tent Series in 2021. Ricardo is an Atlanta-based director and choreographer and a three time Suzi Bass Award winner, who’s work has been seen at The Alliance Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Aurora Theatre, Actor’s Express, Atlanta Lyric Theatre, and Georgia Ensemble Theatre, among other productions around the country. He’s also the founder and artistic director of Theatre Platform Project, a theatre education nonprofit that serves underserved communities.

Michelle Ladd has been working as a professional action director, choreographer, and performer of stunts, staged combat, dance, and acting for over 20 years. Although a native of the Southeast, she honed her stage fight skills in Britain at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and built her career in Los Angeles. She is a recognized Fight Director with the Society of American Fight Directors and the International Order of the Sword and the Pen. She has worked throughout North America, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and Asia. Her credits span theater, film, MICHELLE LADD WILLIAMS and motion capture and include Motion Capture Stunt INTIMACY DIRECTOR Coordinator for Thor; Motion Capture Fight Director for & FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s End; Motion Capture Combat Choreographer for The Lord of the Rings – Return ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT of the King and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, performer with Barneville/Carteret Viking Fest – Freiki 2017 Klan Denmark; fight instruction and demonstration of Parnü Vöitlus Estonia; and featured guest for Korea’s Theatre Magazine. Michelle has staged fights at such venues as Drury Lane and North Park Opera. She and her husband own RE:Action Stunts and Broad-Motion Entertainment while raising their three young stunt boys.

JON SUMMERS

SOUND DESIGNER

ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT THE BIG TENT SERIES, FALL 2020 Jon has enjoyed a sprawling career in the arts, beginning as an Atlanta-based sound designer, working with such companies as Theatrical Outfit, Kenny Leon’s True Colors, Synchronicity Theatre, and many more. Most recently he served as Director of Production for the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, and City Springs Theatre Company with such clients as: LiveNation, AEG, and Outback Entertainment. He is working on projects for the Atlanta Hawks and Music Matters. Jon’s endeavors have put him in the forefront of live event management, production management, streaming event services, and film media.

Winner of the Adelaide Bishop Award and the OPERA America Director-Designer Showcase, Stephanie Havey has staged productions for Seattle Opera, Opera de Montreal, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Hawai’i Opera Theatre, Michigan Opera Theatre, Atlanta Opera, Opera Omaha, New York City Opera, and others. Her new productions have been featured at Boston Lyric Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Tulsa Opera, Finger Lakes Opera, Charlottesville Opera, Lyrique-en-mer Festival International de Belle-Ile, Curtis Institute of Music, and STEPHANIE HAVEY Carnegie Mellon University. She has also been a member ASSISTANT DIRECTOR of the staging staff at San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and The Santa Fe Opera. Ms. Havey is ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT sought after as a collaborator for the development of new opera, staging new works with Opera Philadelphia for their Double Exposure event, OPERA America’s New Works Forum, and is in her fourth season of developing new works as the Resident Stage Director for North American New Opera Workshop. During her two seasons as the first Resident Artist Stage Director for the Pittsburgh Opera, she received rave reviews for her new production of Il matrimonio segreto and directed numerous productions and a staged recital series in the Opera Studio. Ms. Havey is the Director of the Tomita Young Artist Program at Finger Lakes Opera and the Artistic Director of the Oberlin Conservatory Summer Opera Intensive. Her extensive work with Young Artist training programs includes the OPERA America Career Blueprints Program, Curtis Institute of Music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Mannes School of Music at The New School, Manhattan School of Music, Carnegie Mellon University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Central City Opera, Tulsa Opera, Opera North, University of Delaware, and the Florida State Opera. She has also been the Director of Opera Workshop at Middle Tennessee State University and Tennessee State University in Nashville.

With an active career in both opera and musical theatre, baritone Curt Olds has been seen in productions ranging from Don Pasquale and Die Zauberflöte to musicals such as Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, The Threepenny Opera, Broadway’s Riverdance and Cats. Hailed by Opera News as “A wonderful singing actor, as adept in pointing dialogue as in phrasing song,” Curt is best known for his portrayal of the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance and his signature role as Ko-Ko in The Mikado, for which he has some 22 productions to his credit. In January of 2019 he joined the International Tour of The Phantom of the Opera as Andre CURT OLDS which continued to hold performances throughout Asia until the Spring of 2021. Olds is also in demand and has garnered EMCEE/CUSTOMS OFFICIAL international acclaim for his creative portrayals of an array of characters in the operetta repertoire. Career highlights ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT include such performances as: Captain Corcoran in H.M.S. THE PIRATES OF Pinafore with Eugene Opera, Arizona Opera and Central PENZANCE, 2016 City Opera; Ko-Ko in The Mikado with Hawaii Opera Theatre, Central City Opera, Opera New Jersey, Arizona Opera, and Anchorage Opera; The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance with Edmonton Opera, Lake George Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre, and Arizona Opera; Pangloss/Voltaire in Candide with the New England Conservatory; Falke in Die Fledermaus at Lake George Opera; Dick McGann in Street Scene at Central City Opera; Pangloss/Voltaire/Martin/Cacambo/Candide in Candide with Arizona Opera, Anchorage Opera, and in concert with the South Dakota Symphony; Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance with Intermountain Opera, Nashville Opera, The Atlanta Opera, Utah Festival Opera and Opera, among others; Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with Hawaii Opera Theatre; and Njegus in The Merry Widow for Utah Opera.

Aja Goes is a versatile actor, singer, and dancer with a confident, vivacious stage presence. Hailed by The Chicago Tribute as “glamorous” with a “creamy belt,” Goes is cherished by Chicago theatergoers where her performances in the windy city garner massive acclaim. At Broadway in Chicago, she wowed audiences as Dyanne in Million Dollar Quartet, the elegant, sultry jazz singer who accompanies Elvis Presley to Sun Records’ historic 1956 recording session. Goes cultivated smooth, sophisticated versions of jazz standards such as “Fever.” The production was a hit and is the longest running in Broadway in Chicago’s history. Critics AJA GOES took notice of her knockout performance in the quirky Sondheim revue Putting it Together at Porchlight Music SALLY BOWLES Theater where Chicago Theater Beat hailed “Her pitch and comedic timing are perfect.” The Chicago Tribune raved, ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT labeling her “promising debut” as “top notch.” Well known on regional stages for her dynamic portrayals of ingenues and leading ladies, Goes lent her talents to Music Theater Works’ production of Camelot and The O’Malley Theatre’s The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, where she dazzled in the sexy, fiery, intensely physical role of Taddy Jo. In How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at the O’Malley Theatre, Goes took on the principal role of Rosemary Pilkington; Goes employed a sparkly, charming mezzo-soprano to perfectly embody the effervescent, dreamy, determined romantic lead. Goes also appeared in the Lookingglass Theatre and the Chicago Children’s Choir’s critically acclaimed production of Sita Ram, the heroic tale of a warrior’s quest to save his friends from a demon king, based on the Hindi epic The Ramayana. A demanding role for a vocalist, Goes played Sita to intense emotional and stunning musical effect. The production was named one of the most memorable shows of the decade by The Chicago Tribune.

As a boy soprano, Laciura made his operatic debut in a small role in Louise, in March 1965, at the New Orleans Opera Association, opposite the last performances in this opera of Dorothy Kirsten and Norman Treigle. As an adult, he would give many performances with that company, and would earn music degrees from Loyola University of the South and Tulane University. On the opening night of the 1982–83 season, the tenor debuted with the Metropolitan Opera, where he has since appeared well over 800 times. That first role was the Major-domo in Der Rosenkavalier, with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. In fact, that ANTHONY LACIURA production was televised, as were Laciura’s performances in La forza del destino (directed by John Dexter, 1984), HERR SCHULTZ Francesca da Rimini (with Renata Scotto and Plácido ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT Domingo, 1984), Tosca (1985), Le nozze di Figaro (opposite Ruggero Raimondi, and produced by JeanPierre Ponnelle, 1985), Die Fledermaus (1987), Carmen (in Sir Peter Hall’s production, 1987), Turandot (conducted by James Levine, 1987), Les contes d’Hoffmann (1988), Ariadne auf Naxos (with Jessye Norman, 1988), La fanciulla del West (1992), Falstaff (with Paul Plishka, Mirella Freni, and Marilyn Horne, 1992), I lombardi alla prima crociata (opposite Luciano Pavarotti, 1993), Billy Budd (1997), Le nozze di Figaro (1998), and Wozzeck (2001). Several of these productions have been published on DVD. The tenor’s final appearance at the Met was in The Gambler (2008). In October 2011, he returned to the New Orleans Opera, for Emperor Altoum, in Turandot.

Billy is thrilled to be making his debut with the Atlanta Opera. Other recent metro Atlanta credits include playing The Baker in Into the Woods at City Springs Theater and Georges Seurat in Sunday In the Park at Jennie T. Anderson Theater. He has also recently created roles in several Broadway-bound musicals including Brantely Foster in the world premiere of Universal Pictures’ The Secret of My Success at the Paramount Theater and Tucker in the Old Globe’s world premiere of Heart of Rock and Roll, featuring the catalog of Huey Lewis. Billy has performed on a variety of stages internationally BILLY TIGHE including Broadway, the West End, National Tours and Off-Broadway. He is best known for playing Elder Price in CLIFFORD BRADSHAW The Book of Mormon at London’s Prince of Wales Theatre. ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT Billy made his Broadway debut as an original company member of the 2013 Tony Award-winning revival of Pippin. He has toured North America on five Broadway National Tours and most recently starred as JM Barrie in Finding Neverland at Tokyo’s Theatre Orb. Other national tour credits include Fiyero in Wicked, Jean-Michel in La Cage Aux Folles, Elder Price in The Book of Mormon and the original company of Dirty Dancing. Billy was also recently part of Barrow Street’s immersive Off-Broadway production of Sweeney Todd as Anthony Hope. Throughout his career, Billy has also had the privilege of playing some of the US’ most prestigious regional theatres, including Paper Mill Playhouse, The Old Globe, the St. Louis MUNY, Ogunquit Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House and the Marriott Theatre among others. As a concert soloist Tighe has performed as a guest artist with various symphony orchestras across North America, including the Vancouver, Toronto, Houston, Long Beach, Modesto and Indianapolis Symphonies and the Cincinnati Pops. Thank you to my family for everything!

LEE OSORIO

ERNST LUDWIG / MAX

ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT Lee Osorio is an Atlanta-based actor, playwright, and audiobook narrator. He has appeared Off-Broadway and on regional stages across the country and has been privileged to work with incredible directors including Kenny Leon, Kimberly Senior, and Woody Harrelson. He is a five-time Suzi Bass Award Nominee and won for Best Lead Actor in 2018 for Richard II. Lee has appeared on network and cable television shows including Your Honor, True Detective, NCIS: New Orleans, and The Resident.

Praised as “hypnotic and unforgettable,” Dynamo Deb Bowman’s performances “are cut from one rare thread” and “must be seen.” Her vocal versatility and unmatched acting have thrilled audiences of all ages worldwide. Whether belting out Broadway and big band ballads or softly seducing you with sultry standards, she always delivers memorable musical moments that keep people coming back for more. “Bowman leaves everything on the stage.” With a BA focus on classical Theater and Dance from the University of Alabama, Bowman began DEBORAH BOWMAN her professional career in entertainment in 1999 in New FRAÜLEIN KOST / FRITZIE York City, performing internationally in TV, film, theater, and cabaret shows. Stage credits include Chicago, ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT Cabaret, 42nd Street, Addams Family, The Little Mermaid, Hairspray, Oliver first national tour, Evita, Sweeney Todd, and A Streetcar Named Desire. TV/ Film Credits include DC Stargirl, Creepshow, Spielberg’s Amazing Stories, Ugly Betty Season IV, Being Mary Jane, The Haves and the Have Not’s, Its Complicated, Wall Street II, and several National Commercials. Her newest endeavors as a songwriter brought much anticipation for her recent jazz album, “Fast Heart” which made the 62nd Grammy Ballot in three categories including Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best New Artist. Bowman is also an esteemed private vocal and acting coach. For more info and to follow her on social media, please visit: debbowman.com

Mezzo-soprano Joyce Campana has made an international career on the operatic, musical theatre and concert stages. Representative companies and orchestras with which she has performed major roles include: Dresden Semper Oper, Opera Ireland, New York City Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera Omaha, Portland Opera, Anchorage Opera, Nevada Opera, The Opera Festival of New Jersey, Connecticut Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera, Orlando Opera, Cleveland Opera, Syracuse Opera, Opera Nevada, Central City Opera, Connecticut Opera, Pittsburgh Opera Theatre, Saint Paul JOYCE CAMPANA Chamber Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, New Jersey FRAÜLEIN SCHNEIDER Symphony, Denver Symphony, Minnesota Symphony, Rockford Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Evansville ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT Philharmonic, Hartford Symphony, and Kasugai Symphony of Japan among others. Her performance credits include major orchestral works and many leading roles in opera as well as musical theatre, including the title roles in Carmen, Der Rosenkavalier, La Cenerentola, L’Italiana in Algeri, and Regina. Her early career began in New York City in the theatre, where she appeared on Broadway with Yul Brynner in The King and I as Lady Thiang, after touring the country with the National Tour. She has appeared with Mandy Patinkin in The Knife at the New York Shakespeare Festival, The Public Theatre, and numerous other regional houses including Paper Mill Playhouse. Television audiences have seen Joyce in the role of Julie in The New Moon with New York City Opera, which was nationally broadcast as part of PBS’s “Great Performances” series. Miss Campana received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance degree at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. She enjoys running a private vocal studio in Metuchen, New Jersey where she lives with her husband, Patrick Rogers and daughter Emma Rose Rogers.

MAX COOK

BOY SOPRANO

ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT 14-year-old boy soprano Max Cook is the recipient of the 2022 Excellence Award from the Georgia Boy Choir with whom he has been singing since he was eight years old. He has toured internationally and domestically with the Choir, performing in some of the world’s finest venues. In addition to his singing, Max is also a pianist, recently having played in his first wedding event. When not making music, he enjoys sailing, free-diving, and playing with his dog, Coco.

BRANDON NGUYEN-HILTON

GORILLA/VICTOR

ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT OUT OF DARKNESS: TWO REMAIN, 2018 Brandon Nguyen-Hilton is a native of Fort Worth Texas. He received his dance training at Margo Dean School of Ballet and was later accepted into the Houston Ballet Ben Stevenson Academy of full scholarship. As a professional dancer he performed with Houston Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Cirque du Solei’s La Nouba, and Atlanta Ballet. In 2018 he danced in Seoul, South Korea in celebration for the Winter Olympics. He has worked with Mariah Carey, Elton John, and Chaka Khan. He has had the absolute pleasure working with The Atlanta Opera in Out of Darkness: Two remain, The Threepenny Carmen, The Threepenny Opera, and Julius Caesar. He has a massage and bodywork practice called B-right Atlanta Sports Massage where he encourages holistic healing. Brandon would like to thank The Atlanta Opera for having him, and his parents and husband for supporting him. He is forever grateful to his past, present, and future teachers.

Raised in Jonesborough, Tennessee, Gwynn Root Wolford received her dance training at Johnson City Ballet/CYB in East Tennessee; Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet in Carlisle, PA; and various intensives. She has danced with the Louisville Ballet, Columbia Classical Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, and with Festival Ballet Providence, where she danced in such works as The Firebird, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante and Rubies, Rite of Spring, in Christopher Wheeldon’s The American, Up Close on GWYNN ROOT WOLFORD Hope and in Viktor Plotnikov’s House of Bernarda Alba, DANCE CAPTAIN/ The Widow’s Broom, The Soldier’s Tale, and Carmen. Her FRENCHE full repertoire also includes Coppelia, Giselle, The BrownForman and Atlanta Ballet’s The Nutcracker, La Bayadere, ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT Swan Lake, Etudes and works by Tudor, Limon, Helen LA TRAVIATA, 2019 Pickett and Val Caniparoli. She’s performed in various music videos by Atlanta artists, including EarthGang. She is teacher at Dancemakers of Atlanta and the Dance and Music Academy of Woodstock. She has been on staff at numerous ballet and dance schools as well as a guest teacher, ballet coach, and guest artist for various organizations. As a choreographer, she has set original works on both students and professionals, including recently an all new production of Peter and the Wolf for Dance and Music Academy of Woodstock. Mrs. Root Wolford has previously danced with The Atlanta Opera in the productions of La traviata, Pagliacci, The Kaiser of Atlantis, The Threepenny Carmen and The Threepenny Opera, and she was an original cast member of Tomer Zvulun’s Salome

Jacob Attaway is thrilled to performing with The Atlanta Opera for his very first time! It’s been a dream to perform in Cabaret and to work with The Atlanta Opera. After earning a BFA in dance performance from Jacksonville University, he returned to Atlanta to continue pursuing his career as a professional dancer. His previous Atlanta Credits include: Song and Dance (Aurora Theatre), Cinderella (Aurora Theatre), The Nutcracker (Gwinnett Ballet), along with holding the role of Demetrius in Midsummer Night’s Dream The Ballet (Gwinnett Ballet), JACOB ATTAWAY Along with these wonderful performance opportunities, HERMAN Jacob is currently a company member with Atlantabased contemporary dance company: Kit Modus, ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT directed by Jillian Mitchell. He would like to give thanks to Debra Hoffey, Brian Palmer, Lana Heylock, and all the other inspirational mentors that have led him and guided him through the pursuit of chasing his dreams. Instagram: @jacobraa_

Rachel Shiffman is excited to be performing again with The Atlanta Opera. She has been seen in productions of La traviata (Gypsy), Frida (Ensemble Dancer), Julius Caesar (Ensemble Dancer) and West Side Story (Clarice). Some of her theatre credits include, Wizard of Oz (Ensemble/ Dance Captain), Disenchanted (Princess Jasmine), Cabaret (Lulu), Stone Mountain Christmas Spectacular (Angelina). Her recent TV and film credits include, Staircase (HBO) and Take It (Glass Taxi). Rachel is a graduate of The University of Arizona with Honors. She has been privileged to dance around the world including Israel, Poland, and Mexico, but is excited to share the stage with so many fellow artists here in Atlanta.

PATRICK COLEMAN

RUDY/HANS

ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT WEST SIDE STORY, 2018

RACHEL SHIFFMAN

ROSIE

ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT LA TRAVIATA, 2019 Atlanta: Head Over Heels (Actor’s Express) On Your Feet! (Aurora Theatre), Mamma Mia! (City Springs Theatre) Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Newsies (Legacy Theatre), Bullets Over Broadway (Georgia Ensemble Theatre), Rocky Horror Show, The Ethel Merman Disco Christmas Spectacular (Out Front Theatre Company), West Side Story (The Atlanta Opera) Regional: Peter Pan (ArtPark), Ben Butler, Mamma Mia (Kavinoky Theatre), Oklahoma!, Gypsy (The Prizery) Education: BFA in Musical Theatre from Elon University. Instagram: pjcoalman

BAILEY JO HARBAUGH

LULU

ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT SALOME, 2020

MATTI STERITI

TEXAS

ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT WEST SIDE STORY, 2018 Matti Steriti (they/them) is thrilled to be returning to The Atlanta Opera for their first theater performance post pandemic! They previously performed with The Atlanta Opera in West Side Story as Big Deal. They have performed in West Side Story multiple times, including with The Lyric Opera of Chicago (Swing/Dance Captain), IHI Stage Around Tokyo (Riff/Dance Captain), Lyric Opera of Kansas City (Big Deal) and The Glimmerglass Festival. Matti is based in New York City and has a BFA in Musical Theater from Syracuse University. Love to Patrick.

PEYTON MCDANIEL

BOBBY

ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT Bailey Jo resides in Atlanta, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Kennesaw State University. While there she originated roles in choreographies for the KSU Dance Company, and studied abroad in Tel Aviv, Israel, beneath Ohad Naharin, Ido Gidron, and Kelvin Yu. Her performance home is with Staibdance and The Atlanta Opera. Here she dances works by George Staib, Tomer Zvulun, Donald Byrd, Amir Levy, and Ricardo Aponte. Bailey Jo is thrilled to be in her seventh production with The Atlanta Opera, and grateful to previous and current creatives who have influenced her artistry so deeply.

Peyton McDaniel (he/him) is incredibly excited to be making his Atlanta Opera debut in this incredible show! He’s a proud graduate of The University of Alabama and Aurora Theatre’s Apprentice Company. Previous credits include: Don Kerr in A Chorus Line (City Springs Theatre Company), Himself in Christmas Canteen (Aurora Theatre), Henry in Newsies (Aurora Theatre), Mercedes in La Cage Aux Folles (Out Front Theatre Company), and in the Ensembles of Head Over Heels (Actors Express) and Men with Money (Aurora Theatre). Peyton would like to thank his amazing friends, loving family, and The Brigade for their undying support! Instagram: _peyton_mcdaniel

TereLyn received her Bachelor of Fine Arts- Dance with an English minor from Howard University. Upon graduating, she joined the dance company of Disney’s The Lion King choreographer, Garth Fagan. While touring nationally with the company, she began her training in Aerial Silks and Lyra Hoop. TereLyn traveled to Europe and was casted as an aerialist and dancer for Disney’s Tarzan in Stuttgart, Germany where she lived and performed for two years. When she returned to Atlanta, she performed the lead role as Mary in The Black Nativity for three years. TereLyn was TERELYN JONES also casted in world premiere musical Men with Money HELGA (Aurora Theatre), Children of Eden (Aurora Theatre), and Cinderella (Aurora Theatre). She also choreographed ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT Christmas Phenomenon, Madeline (Horizon Theatre), Zombie Prom, (Georgia Gwinnett College)She also choreographed at Alabama State University and at her alma mater, where she was awarded Alumni of the Year for her choreography. TereLyn choreographed for Cynthia Bailey Arts Camp, assisted choreographer and artist Victor Jackson at Broadway Dreams Camp and Kandi Cares Arts and Entertainment Camp. She’s made appearances on popular television series such as TV One’s “One Christmas” with Anthony Hamilton and other series on VH1 and Lifetime. TereLyn is very excited about the opportunity to work with The Atlanta Opera and join the cast of The Cabaret! She would like to Thank God, her family, and friends for the continued support. Jeremiah 29:11 @Iam_TereLyn