KATHERINE KOZAK
Chorus Master (Ohio)
Chorus Master, Don Giovanni,
Head Coach, FGO Studio
FGO Debut: 1996, Young Artist Coach/
Accompanist; 2006–08, Assistant
Chorus Master/Vocal Coach;
2015–19, Chorus Master
Recent: Chorus Master, Show Boat,
La traviata, The Ghosts of Versailles
(The Glimmerglass Festival)
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KEVIN LANGAN
Bass (New Jersey)
Commendatore, Don Giovanni
FGO Debut: 1988, Leporello, Don
Giovanni; 1994, Sparafucile, Rigoletto;
1996, Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro; 1997,
Seneca, L’incoronazione di Poppea;
1999, Alvise Badoero, La Gioconda;
2002, Pimen, Boris Godunov; 2004,
Timur, Turandot; 2005, Raimondo,
Lucia di Lammermoor; 2010, Timur,
Turandot; 2011, Sparafucile, Rigoletto;
2013, Ezra Mannon, Morning Becomes Electra
Recent: Seneca, L’incoronazione di Poppea (Boston Baroque)
Nourabad, Les pêcheurs de perles (Opera Tampa)
Gremin, Eugene Onegin (Opera Santa Barbara)
SANDRA LOPEZ
Soprano (Miami)
FGO Debut: 2006, Micaëla, Carmen;
2018, Florencia Grimaldi,
Florencia en el Amazonas
Recent: Manon Lescaut, Manon Lescaut
(Sarasota Opera)
Cio-Cio San,
(Arizona Opera)
Floria Tosca, Tosca (Opera North)
sandralopezdeharo.com
ELLIOT MADORE
Baritone (Canada)
Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni
FGO Debut: 2017, Reinaldo Arenas,
Before Night Falls
Recent: Anthony Hope, Sweeney Todd
(Opernhaus Zürich)
Ramon, Le nozze di Figaro
(Opera Theatre of Saint Louis)
Figaro, Il Barbiere di Siviglia
(Calgary Opera)
elliotmadore.com
CRYSTAL MANICH
Director (Puerto Rico)
Director, Il matrimonio segreto
FGO Debut
Recent: Director, Così fan tutte
(Mill City Summer Opera)
Director, La serva padrona
(Mill City Summer Opera)
Director, Norma
(Utah Opera)
crystalmanich.com
SHAINA MARTINEZ
Soprano (Maryland)
Countess Ceprano, Rigoletto
Elisetta, Il matrimonio segreto
FGO Debut
Recent: Susannah, Susannah
(Lighthouse Opera Company)
Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tutte
(Manhattan School of Music Opera
Theater)
Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni (Lighthouse Opera Company)
shainamartinez.com
NATHAN MATTICKS
Baritone (South Carolina)
The Imperial Commissioner,
Count Monterone, Rigoletto
Il Conte Robinson, Il matrimonio segreto
FGO Debut
Sponsored by Dr. Diva Harriet G. Mertz
Recent: Count Di Luna, Il trovatore
(Regina Opera)
Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia
(Opera New Hampshire)
Marcello, La bohème (Opera Connecticut)
nathanmatticks.com
PACIEN MAZZAGATTI
Conductor (Pennsylvania)
Conductor, Rigoletto
FGO Debut
Recent: Conductor, L'amore dei tre re
(New York City Opera)
Conductor, Porgy and Bess
(Palacio de Bellas Artes)
Conductor, Kurt Weill
(Polish National Opera)
pacienmazzagatti.com
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