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CAST / ARTISTIC STAFF / CHORUS
Hugh Russell (Canada) Major General Stanley
Utah Opera Debut Recently: Die Zauberflöte, North Carolina Opera Upcoming: Carmina Burana, New Mexico Philharmonic
Craig Irvin (Iowa) Pirate King
Most Recently at Utah Opera: Silent Night Recently: The Shining, Opera Colorado The Pirates of Penzance, The Atlanta Opera Upcoming: Glory Denied, Knoxville Opera; Salome, Madison Opera
John Riesen (Michigan) Frederick
Utah Opera Debut Recently: Gianni Schicchi, On Site Opera; Favorite Son, Nashville Opera Upcoming: Glory Denied, Knoxville Opera
Madison Leonard (Idaho) Mabel
Utah Opera Debut Recently: Rigoletto, Seattle Opera, Austin Opera; The [R]evolution of Steve Jobs, Seattle Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Austin Opera Upcoming: Rigoletto, The Dallas Opera; La fille du régiment, Utah Opera
Meredith Arwady (Michigan) Ruth
Utah Opera Debut Recently: Eugene Onegin, The Metropolitan Opera; Giulio Cesare, The Atlanta Opera Upcoming: Elektra, Washington National Opera; Falstaff, The Metropolitan Opera
Kevin Nakatani (Utah) Sergeant of Police
Most Recently at Utah Opera: Silent Night Recently: Le nozze di Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Utah Festival Opera
Shea Owens (Arizona) Samuel
Most Recently at Utah Opera: The Merry Widow Recently: Florencia en el Amazonas, Theater St. Gallen; Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Symphony Orchestra of St. Gallen; Cendrillon, Theater St. Gallen Upcoming: Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Cathedral of the Madeleine and BYU Choirs; Joan of Arc, Theater St. Gallen
Edith Grossman (New York) Edith
Most Recently at Utah Opera: Flight Recently: If I Were You, Merola Opera; The Human Voice, Light on the Horizon, Utah Opera; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, Utah Symphony Upcoming: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Kenosha Opera Festival; Teatro Nuovo Young Artist Program
Julia Gershkoff (Rhode Island) Kate
Most Recently at Utah Opera: Flight Recently: The Tragedy of Carmen, The Barber of Seville, Utah Opera; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Utah Symphony; Lute Songs of John Dowland, NOVA Chamber Music Series; Sweeney Todd, Viardot’s Cendrillon, Wolf Trap Opera
Anna Atkinson (Indiana) Isabel
Utah Opera Debut Recently: The Turn of the Screw, Opera McGill; The Limit of the Sun, Opera McGill
ARTISTIC STAFF
Gary Thor Wedow (New York) Conductor
Most Recently at Utah Opera: The Barber of Seville Recently: Julius Caesar, The Atlanta Opera; Mendelssohn’s Library, Portland Baroque Orchestra Upcoming: Judas Maccabaeus, Berkshire Choral International; Alcina, Berkshire Opera
Kyle Lang Stage Director/Choreographer
Most Recently at Utah Opera: Die Fledermaus Recently: Le nozze di Figaro, Virginia Opera; Becoming Santa Claus, Chicago Opera Theater Upcoming: Sweeney Todd, Opera Saratoga; The Pirates of Penzance, Virginia Opera
James Schuette (Wisconsin) Set & Costume Designer
Utah Opera Debut Recently: Tristan und Isolde, Croatia; Norma, Los Angeles Opera; The Pirates of Penzance, The Atlanta Opera Upcoming: The Pirates of Penzance, Cincinnati Opera
Driscoll Otto (Texas) Lighting Designer
Most Recently at Utah Opera: The Barber of Seville Recently: The Life, Encores! at New York City Centers; Sanctuary Road, North Carolina Opera Upcoming: Trouble in Mind, Dallas Theatre Center; Hansel & Gretel, New Orleans & San Antonio Opera
Lesli Mozaffari (Utah) Wig and Makeup Designer
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Tosca Recently: Hair Stylist, Hamilton Broadway Tour; Props Designer, Lyric Opera, Kingsbury Hall; Wig and Makeup Designer, Utah Lyric Opera Upcoming: Hair Stylist, Hamilton Broadway Tour
Michaella Calzaretta (Iowa) Chorus Master
Most Recently at Utah Opera: Tosca Recently: Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration: Utah Symphony; Messiah, Utah Symphony; Flight, Utah Opera; Orpheus in the Underworld, Utah Vocal Arts Academy Summer Opera Festival Upcoming: 2022–23 season, Utah Opera
Jenny Andrus Victor Castillo-Ludbrook Charity Cooper Kahli Dalbow Chad DeMaris Buddy Eyre Dyson Ford Elijah Hancock Karllen Johnson Tom Klassen Hilary Koolhoven Rae Luebbert Camree McKenna Lance Reed Merrell Ricky Parkinson Rachel Peterson Lucas Henry Proctor Brian Rowe Shalese Sedgwick Murphy Alan Smith Daniel Tuutau