James Danner, tenor

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New York, NY

Un cristiano, Felice (cover), Poliuto
Studio Artist

Photo by Andrea Hachuel

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • Selimo (cover), Paolo Erisso (cover), Maometto Secondo

Recent and upcoming:

  • Parpignol, Rodolfo (cover), La Bohème, Fargo Moorhead Opera

  • Ricky/The Lover, Love Bites, Fargo Moorhead Opera

  • Rustighello, Gennaro (cover), Lucrezia Borgia, New Amsterdam Opera

Claire Coven, mezzo-soprano

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New York, NY

Lisetta (cover), Crispino e la Comare
Studio Artist

Photo by Anthony Monoyios

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • 2022 season

Recent and upcoming:

  • Recital of Handel, Brahms, Bellini, and Schubert, Open Note Solo Recital Festival-Klavierhaus

  • Ensemble, Il Tabarro, On Site Opera

  • Dritte Knabe, Die Zauberflöte, Mannes Opera

  • Pane (cover), La Calisto, Mannes Opera

  • Spanish Renaissance Motets, Mannes Sounds Festival

Hans Tashjian, bass

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New York, NY

Callistene, Poliuto
Resident Principal Artist

Photo by Lyndon England

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • Title role, Maometto Secondo (COVID cancellation)

  • Figaro, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

  • Podestà, La Gazza Ladra

Recent and upcoming:

  • Title role, Imeneo, Opera Essenti

  • Méphistophèlès, Faust, Opera Baltimore

  • Ceprano, Rigoletto, Metropolitan Opera

  • Flemish Deputy (cover), Don Carlos, Metropolitan Opera

  • Billy, The Snowy Day, Houston Grand Opera

Website:
hanstashjian.com

Santiago Ballerini, tenor

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Title role, Poliuto
Resident Principal Artist

Photo by Guillermo Adami

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • Argirio, Tancredi

Recent and upcoming:

  • Don Narciso, Il Turco in Italia, Teatro Colòn

  • Count Almaviva, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Arizona Opera

  • Ernesto, Don Pasquale, Canadian Opera Company

  • Edgardo, Lucia di Lammermoor, Cincinnati Opera

  • Alfredo, La Traviata, Ópera Nacional de Chile

Teresa Castillo, soprano

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New York, NY

Annetta, Crispino e la Comare
Resident Principal Artist

Photo by Bill Wadman

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • Amina, La Sonnambula (COVID cancellation)

  • Creusa, Medea in Corinto

Recent and upcoming:

  • Sarah Turing, The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing (world premiere), Chicago Opera Theater

  • Comtesse Adèle, Le Comte Ory, Opera Southwest

  • Miss Wordsworth, Albert Herring, Chicago Opera Theater

  • Maria, West Side Story, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari

  • Comtesse Adèle (cover), Le Comte Ory, Lyric Opera of Chicago

Dorian McCall, bass-baritone

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Chicago, IL

Fabrizio, Crispino e la Comare
Resident Principal Artist

Photo by Jeremy Bell Photography

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • Count Rodolfo, La Sonnambula (COVD cancellation)

  • Montolino, La Straniera

Recent and upcoming:

  • Ensemble, La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola di Alcina, Haymarket Opera

  • Handel’s Messiah, Handel Choir of Baltimor

  • Resident Teaching Artist, Lift Every Voice, Cedar Rapids Opera

  • Ensemble, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Music of the Baroque

  • Scarpia, Tosca, Ouroboros Opera