Lyric Opera

James Maddalena (Baritone) - John Brown

Lyric Debut

Recently

• Nixon in China, Houston Grand Opera
• The Mines of Sulphur, Glimmerglass Opera
• La traviata, Boston Lyric Opera
• Così fan tutte, New York City Opera
• Doctor Atomic, San Francisco Opera

Patrick Miller (Tenor) - Oliver Brown

Lyric Debut

Recently

• Eugene Onegin, Virginia Opera
• The Magic Flute, Orlando Opera
• Lucia di Lammermoor, Lyric Opera of Chicago
• A wedding (Bolcom W.P.), Lyric Opera of Chicago
• The Mikado, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

Jennifer Aylmer (Soprano) - Martha Barber

Lyric Debut: Tytania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2004

Recently

• Hansel and Gretel, New York City Opera
• The Grapes of Wrath, Utah Opera
• Rodelinda, Portland Opera

Upcoming

• Semele, Florentine Opera
• The Student Prince, Nashville Opera
• The Bartered Bride, Opera Boston

Donnie Ray Albert (Baritone) - Frederick Douglass

Lyric Debut

Recently

• The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Los Angeles Opera
• Der Ring des Nibelungen, New National Theater (Tokyo)
• Ernst Bloch’s Macbeth, Klangbogen Festival (Vienna)
• La traviata, Metropolitan Opera
• La Fanciulla del West, Prague National Opera

Upcoming

• Othello, Kentucky Opera

David Gagnon (Tenor) - Lt. J.E.B. Stuart

Lyric Debut

Recently

• Grendel, Los Angeles Opera
• Midnight Angel, Skylight Opera Theatre
• The Merry Widow, Opera Columbus
• L’Elisir d’Amore, Cedar Rapids Opera Theater
• The Pirates of Penzance, Michigan Opera Theater

Robert McNichols, Jr. (Baritone) - Jim/Daniel

Lyric Debut

Recently

• The Elixir of Love, Southern Illinois Music Festival
• The Ugly Duckling, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
• The Mikado, Kansas City Civic Opera
• Dakota Sky, Kansas City Theater League
• Gianni Schicchi, Kansas City Puccini Festival

Holly White (Mezzo-soprano) - Annie Brown

Lyric Debut: Giovanna, Rigoletto, 2003

Recently

• Fiddler on the Roof, The Theatre in the Park

• Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance KU Opera

• Aida, Pearl Fishers, Magic Flute, Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Upcoming

• Mikado, Oklahoma, Cabaret Girl, Ohio Light Opera

Nathan Whitson (Bass) - Charles Robinson/Amos Lawrence

Lyric Debut: Armored Man, The Magic Flute, 2008

Recently

• Aida, The Pearl Fishers, The Magic Flute, Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Upcoming

• Verdi Requim, Bob Jones University

John Stephens (Bass) - Governor Shannon/Governor Wise

Lyric Debut: Calchas, La Belle Hélène, 1981

Recently

• Dialogues of the Carmelites, Kentucky Opera
• Die Zauberflöte, Santa Fe Opera
• The Merry Widow, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
• Tartuffe, Orlando Opera, Lake George Opera

Upcoming

• Billy Budd, Santa Fe Opera

Andrew Harris (Bass-Baritone) - Ralph Waldo Emerson/Gallagher

Lyric Debut: Priest, The Magic Flute, 2008

Recently

• The Magic Flute, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
• Gianni Schicchi, University of Missouri-Kansas City Opera

Upcoming

• Julius Caesar, La traviata, Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Benjamin Hilgert (Tenor) - Sheriff Jones/James Doyle

Lyric Debut: Priest, The Magic Flute, 2008

Recently

• The Magic Flute, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
• Gianni Schicchi, University of Missouri-Kansas City Opera

Upcoming

• Cendrillon, Aspen Opera Theater Center
• La traviata, Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Tyler Simpson (Bass-Baritone) - Tom Barber/Henry Thoreau

Lyric Debut: Imperial Commissioner, Madama Butterfly, 2006

Recently

• La bohème, Santa Fe Opera
• La traviata, KU Opera
• The Magic Flute, Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Upcoming

• Picnic, KU Opera
• Le nozze di Figaro, Falstaff, Billy Budd, Santa Fe Opera

Trevor B. Smith (Tenor) - Dangerfield Newby

Lyric Debut:

Recently

• From Barrelhouse to Broadway, New World Records
• Treemonisha, Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and Singers
• Somebody’s Children, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
• Tales of Hoffmann, Porgy and Bess, Houston Grand Opera
• Powder Her Face, Brooklyn Academy of Music

Vanessa Kim Thomas (Soprano) - Harriet Newby

Lyric Debut:

Recently

• Joshua’s Boots, Lyric Opera Express
• Faure Requiem, Kaw Valley Community Chorus
• A Concert of American Music with the Kansas City Chorale, Library of Congress
• Lincoln’s Forever Free National Library Series Recital, Leavenworth, KS

Jonathan Stinson (Baritone) - Owen Brown

Lyric Debut:

Recently

• The Saint of Bleecker Street, Central City Opera
• Carmen, Opera Memphis
• Roméo et Juliette, Cleveland Opera
• La bohème, University of Missouri-Kansas City Opera
• Gianni Schicchi, University of Missouri-Kansas City Opera

Upcoming

• La bohème, Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Kristine McIntyre - Director

Lyric Debut: Director, Turn of the Screw, 2005

Recently

• The End of the Affair, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
• La traviata, Luisa Miller, Metropolitan Opera
• Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, Portland Opera

Upcoming

• Un giorno di Regno, Wolftrap Opera Company
• Werther, Kentucky Opera

Marcus Dilliard - Lighting Designer

Lyric Debut:

Recently

• The Diary of Anne Frank, Intiman Theater, Seattle
• Third, The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis
• Italian Girl in Algiers, Minnesota Opera

Upcoming

• Figaro, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
• Yankee Doodle, The Ordway Music Theater

 

Kirke Mechem - Composer

Lyric Debut

Recently

• Tartuffe, Kammeroper (Vienna)
•  Pride and Prejudice, Davis Hall, San Francisco
• Jayhawk Overture, Kalamazoo Symphony
• All-Mechem concerts, Miami and Taipei
• Symphonic retrospective, Moscow