Texas-born tenor Joseph Dennis studied at The Juilliard School in New York and has been honored with numerous awards, including Grand Final winner of The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and the top prize at the Gerda Lissner Foundation competition. This season, Joseph returns...
Read moreBass-baritone Oliver Poveda Zavala, originally from the highland country of Ecuador, is a graduate of the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver. In the 2024-25 Season, Oliver joins the Opera Colorado Artist in Residence program, during...
Read moreJames Eder is a bass from Columbus, OH. He is excited to join Opera Colorado for the 2024-25 Season as an Artist in Residence. On the mainstage, James performed in Daughter of the Regiment (Hortensius, mainstage and Student Matinee)....
Read morePeter Strummer’s memorable performances are frequently lauded in both the international and domestic press. Opera Canada recognized him as “a veteran basso steeped in the Italian buffo tradition, whose every move as Don Magnifico served to enhance the comic...
Read moreThe Oregonian praised soprano Katrina Galka for her recent performance in The Elixir of Love (Adina) and exclaimed, “ looked like a young Glenn Close, projecting power over Nemorino as she thrilled with fine coloratura filigree and pure high...
Read moreStefano de Peppo was born in Italy and began his career as a boy soprano at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He is known for his powerful bass-baritone, his crisp diction, and his skills as a singing actor. He...
Read moreAmerican mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook has excelled in a wide range of roles with leading companies throughout the United States. For her performance as the title character in Tobias Picker’s Dolores Claiborne, Opera Today wrote “to say that Ms. Cook...
Read moreBorn and bred in New York City, Monét X Change is an entertainment spitfire and the first double crown winner from RuPaul’s Drag Race. Having earned the title Miss Congeniality on Season 10, she became the first queen of...
Read moreSoprano Raquel González is a winner of the prestigious Sphinx Organization’s Medal of Excellence Award. Other highlights of the 2024-25 Season include her debut with the Colorado Symphony for Verdi’s Messa da Requiem and performances with Opera San Antonio...
Read moreZach Borichevsky is known as a “star-level tenor” with “precise, nuanced high-register singing and agile acting,” paired with a “magical sense of complete spontaneity that comes from being in total command of the instrument.” He has performed in La...
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