GUEST ARTISTS

ROYCE McINTOSH

Royce has a had a lifelong career in musical theater, choir, opera and other staged performances. He studied at Berklee School of Music, Plymouth State University, and completed both bachelor and master’s degrees in music from the University of Montana. Credits include three National Broadway tours (South Pacific, Elf the Musical and Mamma Mia!), N.H. Master Chorale Tour (Europe), as well as many regional productions throughout the U.S. Most recently he played Robert Kincaid in Bridges of Madison County at MCT. Besides performing, Royce enjoys teaching and collaborating with others. The gift of music is meant to be shared. Many thanks to Black Tie Broadway Concerts and Missoula Symphony Association for their collaboration in this performance. Thanks to you, the audience, for your continued support of the arts!

Arielle Nachtigal

A devoted Montana native, Soprano Arielle Nachtigal has appeared around the country in concert, opera, and musical theatre. After completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Montana, she received her Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music in Vocal Performance and Literature. She has performed in master classes for Renee Fleming, Nicole Cabell, Federico Sacchi, and Benton Hess. She has performed the title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Carmela in Mese mariano, Emily in Ned Rorem’s Our Town, and Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro She spent one summer in Urbania, Italy to study the Italian language and opera, then two summers championing operetta and golden age musicals with the Ohio Light Opera. In Montana, she has graced the stage as La Ciesca in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and the Sour Kangaroo in Seussical, the Musical. Also a budding director and artistic leader, she has acted as music director for the Bigfork Summer Playhouse, produced and performed Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World, and has led private voice lessons for Missoula Children’s Theater’s Next Step Prep. Recently, she was music director for You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Footloose Jr., Winnie the Pooh Jr., and was co-music director while appearing in Into the Woods at the Missoula Children’s Theatre and Missoula Community Theatre.