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Arturo Chacón-Cruz
Tenor
Edgardo
From: Sonora, Mexico. LA Opera: Verdi Requiem (2007), Rodolfo in La Bohème (2007, mainstage debut), Alfredo in La Traviata (2014), Arcadio in Florencia en el Amazonas (2014), Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi (2015); Macduff in Macbeth (2016); Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto (2018); Rafael Ruiz in El Gato Montés (2019). About: His most recent performances include Don José in Carmen in Parma, Gabriel Adorno in Simon Boccanegra in Palermo, Jacopo Foscari in The Two Foscari in Paris, Alfredo in La Traviata in Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater and in Seville, the title role of Werther in Stuttgart, the title role of Don Carlo with Maryland Lyric Opera, Hoffmann in The Tales of Hoffmann in Las Palmas, and Manrico in Il Trovatore in Mahon, Spain, as well as numerous concerts around the world. Later this season, he will make his role debuts as Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera in Maryland and as Calaf in Turandot with the Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg. ArturoChaconCruz.com |
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Alexander Birch Elliott
Baritone
EnricO
From: Florence, South Carolina.
LA Opera: debut, after an online On Now recital (2020). About: His 2021/22 season began with a return to the Metropolitan Opera as Schaunard in La Bohème, followed by the title role in Eugene Onegin at Opera Omaha. In the 2020/21 season, he was seen as Marcello in La Bohème for his debut at San Diego Opera; Escamillo in Carmen with Opera Santa Barbara; and his return to Des Moines Metro Opera as Prince Yeletsky in The Queen of Spades and as Momus in Rameau’s Platée. He was scheduled to appear as Jan in Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves in both Los Angeles and Houston. He made his debuts at the Metropolitan Opera and Houston Grand Opera as Zurga in The Pearl Fishers and made his Carnegie Hall debut with the American Symphony Orchestra for Elgar’s The Kingdom. He also recently returned to Tulsa Opera for performances of Carmen, as well as to the Pittsburgh Symphony for Fidelio. AlexanderElliottBaritone.com
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Eric Owens
Bass-Baritone
RAimondo
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
LA Opera: Ferrando in Il Trovatore (1998, debut); Sparafucile in Rigoletto (2000); Colline in La Bohème (2000); title role in Grendel (2006); Sharpless in Madama Butterfly (2012).
About: In 2023, he will perform King Marke in Tristan und Isolde at the Opéra National de Paris, Emile Griffith in Terence Blanchard’s Champion at the Metropolitan Opera and Wotan in the Ring cycle at the Vienna State Opera. His many appearances with the Metropolitan Opera include Porgy in Porgy and Bess (for which he won a Grammy Award) as well as, most recently, the Verdi Requiem and Philippe II in the original French version of Don Carlos. Earlier this year, he performed King Marke in Tristan und Isolde with Santa Fe Opera and Vodnik in Rusalka in a staged concert version in Hamburg. Other recent performances include Sarastro in The Magic Flute at the Glimmerglass Festival and Wotan in Die Walküre with Seattle Opera. |
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Anthony León
Tenor
Normanno
From: Riverside, California.
LA Opera: debut. He joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program this season.
About: He most recently performed Remendado in Carmen at Santa Fe Opera, Ernesto in Don Pasquale at New England Conservatory and toured with the ensemble I Gemelli as Giove and Amphinome in Monteverdi’s The Return of Ulysses to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris as well in Metz, France, and Geneva, Switzerland. A recording is set to be released in 2023. In 2021, he performed Count Almaviva in the Opera Theatre of St. Louis production of The Barber of Seville and was an Apprentice Artist at Santa Fe Opera, covering the role of Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. AnthonyLeonTenor.com
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