FESTIVAL CAST VINCENT GOVER, baritone, from Clarksville, MD, is known for his comic portrayals in opera and musical theater. In Winter 2019 he was an apprentice artist at Sarasota Opera, performing the Third Slave in Die Zauberflöte, and joined Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre for the world premiere of Michael Ching’s 8 Woods and a Van. He joined the Ohio Light Opera in 2019, where he performed Commander Harbison in South Pacific, one of The Foursome in Girl Crazy, and Sir Amayas Wendell in Perchance to Dream, and understudied Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance. Previous roles include Dr. Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia at Opera in the Ozarks, Betto in Gianni Schicchi, Father in Hänsel und Gretel, Tobias Mill in La cambiale di matrimonio, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and the Learned Judge in Trial by Jury. Additionally a composer and librettist, he recently wrote Lend Me a Roll, a comic operetta that pokes fun at life in the early weeks of the COVID-19 quarantine. A video production can be found online on YouTube, featuring alumni of Ohio Light Opera.
Fleming Endowed Scholarship, and a bachelor’s degree from Oakland University, where he was given the Music, Theatre, and Dance Department Award for “Outstanding Student in Voice Performance.”
MARK HOSSEINI, baritone, is a frequent performer of stage and concert works ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Recently, he was seen as part of the virtual performance troupe Where the Good Songs Go, where he performed in premiere recordings of musical comedies by Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hart, George Gershwin, and Sissle and Blake. Favorite stage performances include Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Opéra Louisiane, the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance with College Light Opera Company, Pandolfe in Cendrillon with Eastman Opera Theatre, and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus with Oakland University Opera. He has appeared as soloist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Bachfest Malaysia, and the Oakland Symphony Orchestra. Mark has been a semifinalist in the Lotte Lenya Competition, a winner of the Oakland Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and has received four first-place awards from the National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition. He holds a master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music, where he was a recipient of the Renée
TERYN KUZMA, soprano, is a Ukrainian-American hailing from Hartford, CT, where she studies voice with Constance Rock. She is thrilled to be returning to OLO for a second exciting season as Luisa in The Fantasticks and as a featured performer. Ms. Kuzma is a part of the Women’s Bandura Ensemble of North America, for which she is an ensemble member and serves on the artistic committee. She has performed with the Ohio Light Opera, the Ukrainian Art Song Project, and the Hartford Opera Theater. Teryn is a recent graduate of the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance, and she looks forward to continuing her studies in the fall of 2021 in the graduate vocal arts program at Bard College-Conservatory.
BENJAMIN KRUMREIG, tenor, is excited to be returning to OLO for a seventh summer. A native of Cleveland, Benjamin received his BM from the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music. He then earned his MM from the University of Illinois School of Music. Well-versed in opera, operetta, and musical theater, Benjamin’s roles include Arcadio in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, Marco in The Gondoliers, Freddy Eynsford-Hill in My Fair Lady, Fenton in Verdi’s Falstaff, and Pluto in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld. Previous roles at OLO include the title role in Candide, Rodney Hatch in One Touch of Venus, Freddie Falls in Primrose, Charlie Dalrymple in Brigadoon, Gardefeu in La vie parisienne, NankiPoo in The Mikado, and Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S. Pinafore.
JOELLE LACHANCE, mezzo soprano, is excited to return to OLO for her third (in person, fourth total) season as Carolie in The Daring of Diane and as a featured performer in The Musical Magic of OLO! and ohiolightopera.org 25
