Hans Tashjian, bass

Springville, NY

Title role, Maometto Secondo
Resident Principal Artist

Photo by Lyndon England

Previously at Teatro Nuovo:

  • Figaro, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

  • Il Podestà, La Gazza Ladra

Recent and upcoming:

  • Ceprano (cover), Rigoletto, The Metropolitan Opera

  • Flemish Deputy (cover), Don Carlo, The Metropolitan Opera

  • Zoroastro, Orlando, Opera Praktikos/Opera Essentia

  • Billy, The Snowy Day, Houston Grand Opera

  • Bass Pit Singer (cover), Dean’s Hamlet, The Metropolitan Opera

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

  • Bartolo, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis-Opera on the GO!

Website:
hanstashjian.com

Hannah Ludwig, mezzo-soprano

Sacramento, CA

Calbo, Maometto Secondo
Resident Principal Artist

Photo by John Matthew Myers

Previously at Teatro Nuovo:

  • Rosina, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

  • Pippo, La Gazza Ladra

  • Isaura, Tancredi

Recent and upcoming:

  • Handel’s Messiah, National Symphony Orchestra

  • Third Lady, Die Zauberflöte, The Dallas Opera

  • Alisa, Lucia di Lammermoor, Philadelphia Opera

  • Elgar’s Sea Pictures, Colorado Symphony

  • Isabella, L’italiana in Algeri, Eroica Berlin

  • District Attorney, Central Park Five, Portland Opera

Website:
hannahludwig.com

Allison Gish, contralto

West Hurley, NY

Teresa, La Sonnambula
Resident Principal Artist

Photo by Michael Kuhn

Previously at Teatro Nuovo:

  • Lucia, La Gazza Ladra

Recent and upcoming:

  • Grimgerde, Die Walküre, TUNDI Productions

  • Mrs. Noye, Noye’s Fludde, Church of the Transfiguration, NYC

  • Lucretia, The Rape of Lucretia, New Camerata Opera

  • Mother, The Consul, Bronx Opera

  • Apollo, Handel’s Terpsichore, American Bach Soloists Academy

  • Handel’s Messiah, Bourbon Baroque

  • Bach’s Mass in b minor, American Bach Soloists Academy

Website:
allisongish.com

Simone McIntosh, mezzo-soprano

Vancouver, BC

Anna, Maometto Secondo
Resident Principal Artist

Photo by Seraphlia Photography

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

  • Siegrune, Die Walküre, Opernhaus Zürich

  • Flora, La Traviata, Opernhaus Zürich

  • Arsame, Serse, Opernhaus Zürich

  • Angelina, La Cenerentola, Vancouver Opera

  • La Ciesca, Gianni Schicchi, Festival Napa Valley

  • Paquette, Candide, Cincinnati May Festival

  • Second Woodsprite, Rusalka, San Francisco Opera

Website:
simonemcintosh.com

Enrique Guzmán, tenor

Mexico City, Mexico

Elvino, La Sonnambula
Resident Principal Artist

Photo by Carlos Baeza

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

  • Ramiro, La Cenerentola, Lunenberg Academy of Musical Performance

  • Orff’s Carmina Burana, Camerata de Coahuila

  • Narves, Montezuma, Ópera de Bellas Artes

  • Franz/Alfred/Cochenille, Les Contes des Hoffmann, Ópera des Bellas Artes

  • Pedrillo, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Teatro Bicentenario

  • Alfred, Die Fledermaus, Ópera des Bellas Artes

Nicholas Simpson, tenor

Raymore, MO

Paolo Erisso, Maometto Secondo
Resident Principal Artist

Photo by JJ Ignotz

Previously at Teatro Nuovo:

  • Conte Almaviva, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Recent and upcoming:

  • Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music, Mozart’s Regina Coeili and Missa Brevis, New England Symphonic Ensemble

  • Kronprinz, Silent Night, Fort Worth Opera

  • Don José, Carmen, Maryland Symphony

  • Title role, Tannhäuser, Apotheosis Opera

  • Recital, Riga Jurmala Music Festival

  • Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Performance Santa Fe

  • Paul, Die tote Stadt, Cleveland Opera

Website:
nicholassimpsontenor.com

Dorian McCall, baritone

Chicago, IL

Count Rodolfo, La Sonnambula
Resident Principal Artist

Photo by Jeremy Bell Photography

Previously at Teatro Nuovo:

  • Montolino, La Straniera

Recent and upcoming:

  • Zuniga, Carmen, MIOpera

  • Famigliaro III, Littore, and Tribuni, L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Haymarket Opera

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

  • Pirate King, The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan Company of Chicago

  • Zurga, Les Pêcheurs de Perles, /kor/ Productions

  • Polyphemus (cover), Acis and Galatea, Haymarket Opera

  • Scarpia, Tosca, Ouroboros Opera

Website:
dorianmccall.com

Meagan Sill, soprano

Sterling, VA

Lisa, La Sonnambula
Resident Principal Artist

Photo by Stephen Dillon

Previously at Teatro Nuovo:

  • Rossini’s Stabat Mater

  • Ninetta (cover), La Gazza Ladra, Teatro Nuovo

Recent and upcoming:

  • Lusilla, La Scala di Seta, Rossini in Wildbad

  • Mathilda, excerpts of Guillaume Tell, Title role, excepts of Semiramide, Isabelle, excerpts of Robert le Diable in concert, Rossini in Wildbad

  • Cunegonde, excerpts of Candide in concert, Washington National Opera-Cafritz Young Artists

  • Martin’s Le Vin Herbé, Wolf Trap Opera

Website:
meagansill.com

Teresa Castillo, soprano

Aurora, CO

Amina, La Sonnambula
Resident Principal Artist

Photo by Richard Blinkoff

Previously at Teatro Nuovo:

  • Creusa, Medea in Corinto

Recent and upcoming:

  • Queen of the Night (cover), Die Zauberflöte, Lyric Opera of Chicago

  • Frasquita, Carmen, Opera San José

  • Maria, West Side Story, Opera San José

  • Lucette, Silvain, Opera Lafayette

  • Miss Wordsworth, Albert Herring, Chicago Opera Theater

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

Website:
teresacastillosoprano.com

Toby Bradford, tenor

Pasadena, CA

Notary, La Sonnambula
Condulmiero cover, Maometto Secondo
Studio Artist

Photo by Andre Peele

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

  • Carlo, Linda di Chamonix, Fletcher Opera Institute

  • Mosca, Musto’s Volpone, Fletcher Opera Institute

  • Pasquale, Orlando Paladino, Fletcher Opera Institute

  • Basilio, Le Nozze di Figaro, Opera UCLA

  • Title role, Orfeo nell’Inferni, Opera UCLA

Spencer Lawrence Boyd, tenor

Canal Fulton, OH

Selimo, La Sonnambula
Paolo Erisso cover, La Sonnambula
Resident Artist

Photo by Brandon James Schmidt

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

  • Don José, Carmen - student matinee, Opera Colorado

  • Lloyd and Bill Watson, The Shining, Opera Colorado

  • Nemorino, L’Elisir d’Amore, Indiana University Opera Theater

  • Spoletto, Tosca, Opera Colorado

  • Tamino, Die Zauberflöte, LAH SOW

  • Don José, Carmen, Ardent Opera

  • First Knight of the Grail, Parsifal, Indiana University Opera Theater

Website
spencerlawrenceboyd.com

Fanyong Du, tenor

Nei Mongol, China

Condulmiero, Maometto Secondo
Elvino cover, La Sonnambula
Resident Artist

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

  • Mozart, Mozart and Salieri, Russian Chamber Art Society of Washington, D.C.

  • Young Gypsy, Aleko, Russian Chamber Art Society of Washington, D.C.

Evan J. Nelson, baritone

Albany, GA

Alessio, La Sonnambula
Count Rodolfo cover, La Sonnambula
Resident Artist

Photo by Kenney Ellison

Previously at Teatro Nuovo:

  • Fiorello cover, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Recent and upcoming:

  • Le Philosophe, Chérubin, University of Missouri-Kansas City Opera

  • Guglielmo, Così fan tutte, University of Missouri-Kansas City Opera

  • Bonds’ Credo, University of Missouri-Kansas City Choir and Orchestra

  • Prince Yamadori, Madama Butterfly, Tri-Cities Opera

Website
evanjnelsonbaritone.com

Claire Coven, mezzo-soprano

New York, NY

Studio Artist

Photo by Ellen Steinberg Coven

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

  • Idamante, Idomeneo, Mannes Opera SCENEWORK Program

  • Excerpts of Annio, La Clemenza di Tito and Dorabella, Così fan Tutte, Exploring Opera’s “An Afternoon of Mozart,” Mannes School of Music 

  • Chorus, The Fairy Queen, Mannes Sounds Festival and Mannes Opera

  • Chorus, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, Mannes Opera

  • Soloist, May Composers Concert, Mannes School of Music 

  • Excerpts of Third Lady, Die Zauberflöte; Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus; and Hänsel, Hänsel und Gretel, Opera Workshop, LaGuardia Arts High School 

  • Mozart’s Missa Solemnis K. 337, LaGuardia Arts High School

Liz Culpepper, mezzo-soprano

Austin, TX

Teresa cover, La Sonnambula
Calbo cover, Maometto Secondo
Studio Artist

Photo by Jeremy Fisher

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

  • Title role, Xerxes, Indiana University Opera Theatre

  • First Secretary, Nixon in China, Princeton Festival

  • Old Prioress, Dialogues des Carmélites, Indiana University Opera Theatre

  • La Zia Principessa, Suor Angelica, Indiana University Opera Theatre

Website
lizculpeppermezzo.com

Samuel Rosner, tenor

Scarsdale, NY

Elvino cover, La Sonnambula
Studio Artist

Photo by Jacob Warren

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

  • Tonio (cover), La Fille du Régiment, Saint Petersburg Opera

  • Winter Apprentice Artist, Sarasota Opera

  • Chevalier de la Force and  L'Aumonier, Dialogues des Carmélites, New England Conservatory

  • Don Curzio,  Le Nozze di Figaro, Opera Neo

  • Tamino, Die Zauberflöte, Harvard College Opera

Adrienne Lotto, soprano

New York, NY

Amina cover, La Sonnambula
Studio Artist

Photo by Sean Salamon

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

  • Handel's Messiah, New Haven Symphony Orchestra

  • Mozart's Requiem, Yale Schola Cantorum

Victoria A. Davis, soprano

Washington, DC

Anna cover, Maometto Secondo
Resident Artist

Photo by Steven Cargill

Teatro Nuovo debut

James Danner, tenor

New York, NY

Paolo Erisso cover, Maometto Secondo
Selimo cover, Maometto Secondo
Studio Artist

Photo by Andrea Hachuel

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

  • Pelléas, Pelléas et Melisande, dell'Arte Opera

  • Georges (cover), La Dame Blanche, New Amsterdam Opera

  • Titania and Autumn, The Fairy Queen, Mannes Sounds Festival

Emily Hughes, mezzo soprano

New York, NY

Teresa cover, La Sonnambula
Studio Artist

Photo by Kelsey Jorrison

Previously at Teatro Nuovo:

  • Studio Artist

Recent and upcoming:

  • Zerlina, Don Giovanni, Long Island Lyric Opera

  • Annio, La Clemenza di Tito, Bronx Opera

  • Rosina, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Panopera

  • Tisbe, La Cenerentola, Geneva Light Opera

  • Musette, Leoncavallo’s La Bohème, Teatro Grattacielo

  • Patsy, The Only Girl, Victor Herbert Renaissance Project

  • Ada Lovelace, The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace, New Camerata Opera

Website
emily-hughes.com