Kellen Schrimper, baritone

Des Moines, IA

Photo by Leslie Schrimper

2025 Bel Canto Season:

• Sicario; Macbeth (cover), Macbeth
  Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and Upcoming:

• The Pilot, The Little Prince, Opera in the Heights

• Ford, Falstaff, Pacific Northwest Opera

• Marcello, La Bohème, Opera in the HeightsCount

• Almaviva, Le Nozze di Figaro, Pacific Northwest Opera

• Scarpia (cover), Tosca, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

Website:
kellenschrimperbaritone.com

Jihye Seo, soprano

Seoul, South Korea

2025 Bel Canto Season:

• Dama; Lady Macbeth (study cover), Macbeth
  Teatro Nuovo debut

Leland Alexander Smith, baritone

Pleasanton, CA

2025 Bel Canto Season:

• Alessio (cover), La Sonnambula
  Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and Upcoming:

• Fernando, Rodrigo, UCLA Opera

• General Laturb, Richard Danielpour’s The Grand Hotel Tartarus, UCLA Opera

• Count Almaviva, Le Nozze di Figaro, Trentino Music Festival

• Aeneas, Dido and Aeneas, UCLA Opera

• Title Role, Don Giovanni, Les Mamelles des Tirésias

Haiming Wu, soprano

China

2025 Bel Canto Season:

• Dama (cover), Macbeth
  Teatro Nuovo debut

Ricardo José Rivera, baritone

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Photo by Simon Pauly

2025 Bel Canto Season:

• Title role, Macbeth

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

• Norcesto di Cumino, Anna di Resburgo

• Severo, Poliuto

Recent and Upcoming:

• Silvio, Pagliacci, Pittsburgh Opera

• Conte di Luna, Il Trovatore, Opera Colorado

• Stankar, Stiffelio; Miller, Luisa Miller; Don Carlo, Ernani, Sarasota Opera

• Belcore, L'elisir d'Amore, Florida Grand Opera

• Nottingham, Roberto Devereux, Washington Concert Opera

Website:
sempreartists.com/ricardo-jose-rivera

Teresa Castillo, soprano

New York, NY

Photo by Bill Wadman

2025 Bel Canto Season:

• Amina, La Sonnambula

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

• Annetta, Crispino e la Comare

• Creusa, Medea in Corinto

• Soloist, Callas: Past and Future

Recent and Upcoming:

• Nuria (cover), Golijov’s Ainadamar, Metropolitan Opera

• Maria, West Side Story, Houston Grand Opera

• Title role, Boccherini’s Doña Clementina, Opera Southwest

Website:
teresacastillosoprano.com

Christopher Bozeka, tenor

Photo by Daniel Welch

2025 Bel Canto Season:

• Elvino, La Sonnambula

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

• Evandro in Medea in Corinto

• Giasone (cover) in Medea in Corinto

• Argirio (cover) in Tancredi rifatto

Recent and Upcoming:

• Don Basilio (cover), Le Nozze di Figaro, Metropolitan Opera

• Count Almaviva, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Oopera Las Vegas

• The Hunchback (cover), Die Frau Ohne Schatten, Metropolitan Opera

• Mission Coordinator, Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded, Metropolitan Opera

Website:
christopherbozeka.com

Alexsandra Loutsion, soprano

Photo by Kristin Hoebermann

2025 Bel Canto Season:

• Lady Macbeth, Macbeth
  Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and Upcoming:

• Title role (cover), Aida, Metropolitan Opera

• Lady Macbeth (rehearsal cover), Macbeth, Washington National Opera

• Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Virginia Opera

• Gerhilde/Sieglinde (cover), Die Walküre, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Website:
alexandraloutsion.com

Martin Luther Clark, tenor

Marshall, TX

Photo by Daniel Welch

2025 Bel Canto Season:

• Macduff, Macbeth
  Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and Upcoming:

• Walther, Tannhäuser, Houston Grand Opera

• Luis Griffith, Terence Blanchard’s Champion, Lyric Opera of Chicago

• Tenor soloist, Mozart’s Requiem, Madison Symphony Orchestra

• CJ, Will Liverman and DJ King Rico’s The Factotum (world premiere), Lyric Opera of Chicago

Website:
sempreartists.com/martin-luther-clark

Owen Phillipson, bass

Toronto, ON

Photo by Grace Qiu

2025 Bel Canto Season:

• Rodolfo, La Sonnambula

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

• Capellio (cover)
  I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Recent and Upcoming:

• Bass Soloist, Fauré Requiem, Elmer Iseler Singers

• Bass, Fairy Tale Mayhem, COSA Canada

Abigail Raiford, soprano

Tulsa, OK

Photo by Rafael Clemente

2025 Bel Canto Season:

• Lisa, La Sonnambula

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

• Giulietta (cover), I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Recent and Upcoming:

• National Finalist, 2025 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition

• Nanetta, Falstaff, Opera Tampa

• Soprano Soloist, Messiah, Glacier Symphony

• Soprano Soloist, Carmina Burana, York Symphony

• Mabel, Pirates of Penzance, Tulsa Opera

Abigail Lysinger, mezzo-soprano

Dallas, TX

Photo by Becky Flores

2025 Bel Canto Season:

• Teresa, La Sonnambula

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

• Lisetta, Crispino e la Comare

Recent and Upcoming:

• Jo, Little Women, University of Houston

• Soloist, Bach's St. John Passion, Mercury Chamber Ensemble

• Monitor, Suor Angelica, University of Houston