E. LOREN MEEKER
Director (Massachusetts)
FGO Debut
Recent: Director,
(Portland Opera)
Director, Tosca
(Opera San Antonio)
Co-Director, Show Boat
(Glimmerglass Festival)
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MICHAEL MILLER
Baritone (Pennsylvania)
Masetto, Don Giovanni
Marullo, Rigoletto
FGO Debut
Sponsored by David and Olga Melin
Recent: Lieutenant Audebert, Silent Night
(Glimmerglass Festival)
Eugene Onegin, Eugene Onegin
(Boston Conservatory)
Joseph DeRocher, Dead Man Walking (Boston Conservatory)
michaelmillerbaritone.com
NICHOLAS NESTORAK
Tenor (Michigan)
FGO Debut
Recent: Goro,
(Knoxville Opera)
Conte Almaviva, Il barbiere di Siviglia
(Opera Roanoke)
Grant Wood, The Grant Wood Operas:
Strokes of Genius
(Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre)
nicholasnestorak.com
STEPHANY PEÑA
Soprano (Florida)
Fidalma, Il matrimonio segreto
FGO Debut
Sponsored by R. Angel and Alba González
Recent: Mercedes, Carmen
(Kittsee Summer Festival)
2nd Calavera, Frida
(Florida Grand Opera)
Annina, La traviata (Operavia)
stephanypena.com
Artists' Profiles
JARED PEROUNE
Pianist/Coach (Florida)
FGO Debut
Sponsored by Pavini Rice Foundation
Recent: Pianist, Repetiteur, Coach
(Miami Lyric Opera)
Pianist, Repetiteur, Coach
(Miami Music Festival)
Pianist
(Music Academy International)
RAFAEL PORTO
Bass-baritone (Brazil)
Leoprello, Don Giovanni
Count Ceprano, Rigoletto
Geronimo, Il matrimonio segreto
FGO Debut: 2018, 1st Nazarene, Salome;
Capitán, Florencia en el Amazonas; 2019,
Bartolo, Le nozze di Figaro; Johann, Werther
Sponsored by Ms. Linda T. Smith
Recent: Putnam, If I were you – Jake Heggie
world premiere (Merola Opera Program)
Guard, Prisoner of the state – David Lang world premiere
(New York Philharmonic)
Johann, Werther (Florida Grand Opera)
rafaelwporto.com
MICHELLE ROFRANO
Conductor (New York)
Rigoletto, Il matrimonio segreto
FGO Debut: 2018-19, Assistant Conductor,
La bohème, Le nozze di Figaro
Recent: Conductor, Le nozze di Figaro
(The Crane School of Music)
Conductor, The Queen of Spades
(The Glimmerglass Festival)
Conductor, Trouble in Tahiti
(Westminster Choir College)
SUE SCHAEFER
Designer (Minnesota)
Resident Wig and Make-Up Designer,
Rigoletto, Il matrimonio segreto
FGO Debut: Wig and Make-Up Designer,
2014, ; 2014–19,
Resident Wig and Make-Up Designer
Recent: Wig and Make-Up Designer, Tosca
(Hawaii Opera Theatre)
Wig and Make-Up Designer, Werther (Florida Grand Opera)
Wig and Make-Up Designer, Frida (Florida Grand Opera)
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