American tenor Brendan Tuohy has been praised by The Cincinnati Post for his “big, bold tenor edged with silver” and he continues to move audiences both in the states and overseas. 2019/20 season has started, and Brendan is getting to sing several of his favorite pieces including Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Rodolpho in La [...]
Alaskan Justin Birchell is a baritone, conductor, educator and composer. He holds a BA in Music Performance (2019) and an MM in Voice Performance (2021), both from UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music. He is currently studying toward a DMA in Choral Conducting from the University of Washington. At UCLA, Birchell was a recipient of [...]
Praised for his “warm, smoothly produced bass” and "knack for animating a line" (Opera News), Bass Jeremy Harr is emerging as an exciting young talent to watch. In the summer of 2022, Mr. Harr returned to Opera Saratoga to perform Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia and cover the Bass Solo in Rossini's Petite [...]
American soprano Katie Van Kooten’s operatic and concert appearances continue to thrill audiences and earn her praise for using her “powerful, gleaming soprano” to bring vibrancy and life to all of her performances. Of her recent role debut as Tatyana in Tchaikovsky’s Yevgeny Onegin, the Houston Chronicle wrote, “Her singing is extraordinary in its radiance, power [...]
Hallie was born and raised in Olympia, WA, where she spent most of her life as a competitive Irish dancer. After discovering her passion for opera, she pursued her Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance at Oklahoma City University, receiving her degree in 2020 with honors. Hallie recently finished her Artist Diploma at William Jewell [...]
Praised by Opera News for her "relish and energy," mezzo-soprano MAX POTTER is an up-and-coming artist known for her warmth of tone and dramatic presence. The 2022–2023 season features Max's role debut as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier with Pacific Northwest Opera. She returns to Salt Marsh Opera for double bill performances of Gianni Schicchi & Trial by Jury [...]
Praised for her “beautiful singing” by The Stratford Herald for her performance in England, International Mezzo-soprano Katie H. Stevenson has enjoyed an operatic career that spanned Germany, Ireland, Canada, and across the U.S. Prior to her time abroad, she lived in NYC where her career blossomed and she performed numerous opera roles along the East [...]
Tenor Andrew Etherington of Overland Park, Kansas, began his studies at Ole Miss and and then American Opera Studio. While pursuing his masters in performance and pedagogy at The Peabody Institute he performed with the Baltimore Lyric, Baltimore Concert Opera, and Washington National Opera. In 2015, he joined the voice faculty of Olympic College in [...]
