Marcella Astore, mezzo-soprano

Fairview, NJ

Romeo (study cover), I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Studio Artist

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

• Kleonike, Lysistrata, Mannes Opera

• Ruth, Dark Sisters, Mannes Opera

Liz Culpepper, mezzo-soprano

Austin, TX

Romeo (cover), I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Resident Artist

Photo by Jeremy Fisher

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

• La Comare, Crispino e la Comare

• Calbo (cover), Maometto Secondo 

• Teresa (cover), La Sonnambula (COVID cancellation)

Recent and upcoming:

• Nika, Charlie Parker's Yardbird, Indianapolis Opera

• Petra, A Little Night Music, Indianapolis Opera

• Mércèdes, Carmen, Indianapolis Opera

• 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

Sedona Libero, mezzo-soprano

Phoenix, AZ

Romeo (study cover), I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Studio Artist

Photo by sigmasnapsphoto

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

• Kleonike, Lysistrata, Mannes Opera

• Ruth, Dark Sisters, Mannes Opera

Francesca Lionetta, soprano

Andover, MA

Giulietta (study cover), I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Studio Artist

Photo by Micah Gleason

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

• Phyllis, Iolanthe, Bronx Opera

• Chorus, Apple of My Eye by Lili Tobias, Hunter College

• Sparks and Wiry Cries NYC Song

• Hannah Cai Sobel: “What This Voice Can Do” (premiere), Sparks and Wiry Cries - 2024 NYC songSLAM Competition

Website:
francescalionetta.com

Morgan Mastrangelo, tenor

Ridgewood, NJ

Edemondo (cover), Anna di Resburgo
Studio Artist

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

• Don Raminro (cover), La Cenerentola, Boston Lyric Opera

• Conte Almaviva, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Wichita Grand Opera

• Hades (cover), Matt Aucoin’s Eurydice, Boston Lyric Opera

• Eisenstein, Die Fledermaus, New England Conservatory

Website:
morgamastrangelo.com

Zoe Rose Pallas, soprano

Tuscaloosa, AL

Etelia (cover), Anna di Resburgo
Studio Artist

Photo by Alonzo Ruffin

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

• Lucia (cover), Lucia di Lammermoor, Druid City Opera

• Pamina (cover), Die Zauberflöte, Opera Mississippi

• Thérèse, Tobias Picker’s Thérèse Raquin, The University of Alabama

• Alcina, Alcina, The University of Alabama

Owen Phillipson, bass-baritone

Toronto, ON

Capellio (cover), I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Studio Artist

Photo by Grace Qiu

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

• Bass Soloist, Fauré Requiem, Elmer Iseler Singers

• Bass, Fairy Tale Mayhem, COSA Canada

Abigail Raiford, soprano

New York, NY

Giulietta (cover), I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Studio Artist

Photo by Guanchen Liu

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

• Elvira, L'Italiana in Algeri, Tulsa Opera

• Soprano Soloist, Messiah, Handel Choir of Baltimore

• Soprano Soloist, Carmina Burana, Emory University

• Vocalist, EiO Writers’ Room: Five Ways to Die, Experiments in Opera

Website:
abigailraifordsoprano.com

Matthew Youngblood, tenor

Benton, KY

Tebaldo (study cover), I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Studio Artist

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

• Florville, Il Signor Bruschino, Bronx Opera

• Gherardo, Gianni Schicchi, Bronx Opera

• Lord Tolloller, Iolanthe, Bronx Opera