Idomeneo Cast
Vianca Alejandra (Cretan Woman / Ensemble)BxO Debut
OTHER CREDITS: Norina, Don Pasquale, Festival of the Aegean; Kathie, The Student Prince, Regina Opera; 2nd Place Winner, National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition, NYC chapter; Prize Winner, Lotos Foundation Prize in the Arts; District Winner, Metropolitan Opera House Laffont Competition – Puerto Rico district; 1st Place Winner, Music International Grand Prix – Adult Classical
Gordon Blodgett (Voice of the Oracle / Ensemble)BxO Debut
OTHER CREDITS: Baritone Soloist, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Connecticut Choral Society; Count Ceprano, Rigoletto, OperaDelaware, Melchior, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Opera Huntsville; Simone, Gianni Schicchi, Spotlight On Opera; Prince Gremin, Eugene Onegin, Opera Baltimore
John Carr (Ensemble)WITH BxO: Barista, Così fan tutte; Gardener, Il signor Bruschino / Maestro Spinelloccio, Gianni Schicchi; 1st Officer (cover), Dialogues of the Carmelites; Innkeeper, Falstaff; Peter Simple (cover), Sir John in Love; Cal (cover), Regina; Innkeeper (cover), Die drei Pintos; Ensemble, Lady in the Dark; Ensemble, Trial by Jury (film); etc.
OTHER CREDITS: Cameraman, La clemenza di Tito, dell’Arte Opera Ensemble
Caitlin Caruso Dobbs (Cretan Woman / Ensemble)BxO Debut
OTHER CREDITS: Julia Child, Bon Appetit, La Senta Productions; Mezzo Soloist / Ensemble, Messiah, Fifth Avenue Chamber Choir, Mezzo Soloist, Bach’s Magnificat, Musica Viva NY; Mezzo Soloist, Copland’s In the Beginning, New York Chamber Choir; Hänsel, Hänsel und Gretel, SingThrough Central; Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, The Joe Hill Revival (premiere), Brooklyn Tavern Theater
James Cottone (Trojan Man / Ensemble)WITH BxO: The Lord Chancellor (cover), Iolanthe
OTHER CREDITS: Norton, La cambiale di matrimonio, Garden State Opera; Baritone, New York Philharmonic Chorus; Baritone soloist, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, The Hampton Choral Society; Baritone soloist, Mozart’s Solemn Vespers, The Richmond Choral Society; Baritone soloist, Bach’s Cantata BWV 72, St. John’s by the Pond; Baritone soloist, Beyond the Binary, Ember Choral Arts Ensemble
James Danner (Idomeneo)WITH BxO: Florville, Il signor Bruschino / Gherardo, Gianni Schicchi
OTHER CREDITS: Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni, Off-Brand Opera; Ambrose Raines (cover), In a Grove, PROTOTYPE; Rustighello, Lucrezia Borgia, New Amsterdam Opera; Rodolfo (cover), La bohème, Fargo Moorhead Opera; Ricky, The Lover, Love Bites, Fargo Moorhead Opera; Pelléas, Pelléas et Mélisande, dell’Arte Opera Ensemble
Rashard Deleston (High Priest of Neptune / Idomeneo (cover))WITH BxO: Marquis d’Obigny, La traviata
OTHER CREDITS: Waldemar (cover), Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder, Bard Festival Chorus; Danilo / St. Brioche, The Merry Widow, Charlottesville Opera; Beppe / Canio (cover), Pagliacci, New Camerata Opera; Figaro, The Barber of Seville, American Landmark Festival; Marcello / Schaunard, La bohème, Eastern Opera of New Jersey; Malatesta, Don Pasquale, Princeton Opera Alliance
Victoria Falcone (Ensemble / Idamante (cover))WITH BxO: Dorabella (cover), Così fan tutte
OTHER CREDITS: Annio (cover), La clemenza di Tito, dell’Arte Opera Ensemble; Golden Mane the Fox, The Adventures of Vixen Sharp-Ears, Manhattan School of Music Opera; Ottavio, L’incoronazione di Poppea, MSM JOT Ensemble; Dido, Dido and Aeneas, MSM JOT Ensemble; Tisbe, La Cenerentola, Opera Studio Weimar; Upcoming: Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus, Opera at Florham
Troy Freeman-Cheng (Ensemble / Arbace (cover)BxO Debut
OTHER CREDITS: Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni, Delaware Valley Opera Company; Borsa, Rigoletto, Arte Concert Opera; Beppe, Pagliacci, Regina Opera; Tamino, Die Zauberflöte, Oklahoma City University; George, Sunday in the Park with George, Oklahoma City University; M.M. – Opera Performance, Oklahoma City University
Miastasha Gonzalez-Colòn (Idamante)WITH BxO: Dorabella, Così fan tutte; Queen of the Fairies, Iolanthe; Zita, Gianni Schicchi
OTHER CREDITS: Ensemble, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Lincoln Center Theatre; Aisha McNair (cover), The Knock, Central City Opera; Hand, In the Green, Mannes School of Music; Soloist, Misa a Buenos Aires, New York City Master Chorale; Mother Marie, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Purchase Opera; Dido, Dido and Aeneas, Purchase Opera
Caroline Hawthorne (Ensemble)BxO Debut
OTHER CREDITS: Manon, Bittersweet, Ohio Light Opera; Wilhelmine, The Cousin from Batavia, Ohio Light Opera; The Plaintiff’s Counsel, Trial by Jury, College Light Opera Company; Cousin Hebe, H.M.S. Pinafore, College Light Opera Company; Dame Carruthers, The Yeoman of the Guard, College Light Opera Company; Sister Berthe / Mother Abbess (cover), The Sound of Music, Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
Christopher Jackson (Ensemble)BxO Debut
OTHER CREDITS: Ensemble, Pagliacci, New Rochelle Opera 40th Anniversary Gala
Regina Krawiec (Ensemble / Elettra (cover))BxO Debut
OTHER CREDITS: Soprano Soloist, A Christmas Tapestry: Bach, Britten, Bonds, Greenwich Choral Society; Deacon Frances, Much Ado About Nothing, The Hanover Repertory Company; Soprano Soloist, Messiah, Danbury Symphony Orchestra; B.A., Vassar College
Elias Levy (Ensemble / High Priest (cover))BxO Debut
OTHER CREDITS: Rosario Davez, Adventure Gospel (premiere workshop production), Arts On Site NYC; Ralph Rackstraw, H.M.S. Pinafore, Troupers Light Opera; Pirelli, Sweeney Todd, Downtown Cabaret; Mayor Upfold, Albert Herring, Chicago Summer Opera; Aegisth / Junger Diener, Elektra, Madison Lyric Stage; B.A., Valley City State University
Samantha Long (Elettra)WITH BxO: Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte; Gertrude, Hansel and Gretel; Nella, Gianni Schicchi; etc.
OTHER CREDITS: Alcina, Alcina, Operativo; Pamina, Die Zauberflöte, Miami Music Festival; Iolanta, Iolanta, Russian Opera Workshop; Susannah, Susannah, Rice University; Congregant/Various, Taking Up Serpents, Rice University; Contessa Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro, Prague Summer Nights
Emma Robertson (Ilia)BxO Debut
OTHER CREDITS: The Bride, Labyrinth, Cambridge Multicultural Center; Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro, Teatro Angela Peralta; 2nd Place Winner, Lowell Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition; Encouragement Winner, Philharmonic Society of Arlington, Annual Concerto Competition; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music; B.M., University of Georgia; Upcoming: Nannetta, Falstaff, Opera51
Amanda Simms (Ensemble / Ilia (cover))BxO Debut
OTHER CREDITS: Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro, Music On Site. Inc.; Zelmira (cover), Armida, Opera NEO; Teutile (cover), Motezuma, Opera NEO; Anna de Chantal, The Reef act I (premiere), Berkshire Opera Festival; Handmaiden I, Turandot, OperaDelaware; Cendrillon, Cendrillon, Peabody Opera
Zachary Tirgan (Trojan Man / Ensemble)WITH BxO: Ferrando (cover), Così fan tutte; Thomas, Earl Tolloller (cover), Iolanthe; First Officer / Chevalier de la Force (cover), Dialogues of the Carmelites; etc.
OTHER CREDITS: frontman of Nouhi’s Nomad; Monostatos, Die Zauberflöte, Amore Opera; Thomas, Earl Tolloller, Iolanthe, Ridgewood Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company; Ensemble / Ralph Rackstraw (cover), H.M.S. Pinafore, Utopia Opera; B.A., Sarah Lawrence College
Matthew Youngblood (Arbace)WITH BxO: Ferrando, Così fan tutte; Thomas, Earl Tolloller, Iolanthe; Florville, Il signor Bruschino / Gherardo, Gianni Schicchi
OTHER CREDITS: Bobby, Company, Oswego Opera Theater; Tybalt, Roméo et Juliette, Quisisana Resort; Pluto, Orpheus in the Underworld, Quisisana Resort; Gherardo, Gianni Schicchi, Salt Marsh Opera; Mayor Upfold, Albert Herring, Aaron Copland School of Music; The Defendant, Trial by Jury, Oswego Opera Theater