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Pianist (Florida)
Rehearsal Pianist
FGO Debut: 2016, Rehearsal Pianist and
Young Artist Program Coach
Recent: Rehearsal Pianist
(Florida Grand Opera)
Rehearsal Pianist
(Mostly Mozart Festival)
Pianist, New York Legends Album with
Thomas Stacy (Cala Records)
paulschwartzmusic.com
EMILY SENTURIA
Conductor (California)
Conductor, Il matrimonio segreto
FGO Debut
Recent: Conductor, La traviata
(Hawaii Opera Theatre)
Conductor, Ariadne auf Naxos
(Wolf Trap Opera)
Conductor, Fellow Travelers
(Boston Lyric Opera)
emilysenturia.com
MORGAN SMITH
Baritone (Ohio)
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FGO Debut: 2013, Adam Brant,
Mourning Becomes Electra
Recent: Scarpia, Tosca
(National Taiwan Symphony)
Tadeusz, The Passenger
(Israeli Opera)
Joseph De Rocher, Dead Man Walking
(Welsh National Opera)
baritonemorgansmith.com
RAMÓN TEBAR
Conductor (Spain)
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FGO Debut: 2010, Conductor,
Lucia di Lammermoor, 2012–14,
Music Director and Conductor;
2014–17, Principal Conductor; 2018,
Conductor, La bohème
Recent: Artistic Director (Opera Naples)
Artistic and Music Director
(Orquesta de Valencia, Spain)
Principal Guest Conductor (Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Spain)
ramon-tebar.com
TODD THOMAS
Baritone (Pennsylavania)
Rigoletto, Rigoletto
FGO Debut: 2014, Scarpia, Tosca;
2014, Sharpless, ������������������������������;
2017, Count Anckarström, Un ballo
in maschera
Recent: Michele/Gianni Schicchi, Il Trittico
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The Dutchman, Die Fliegende Hollander
(Theater Erfurt/Baltimore Concert Opera)
Tonio/Taddeo, Pagliacci (Opera Omaha)
toddthomasbaritone.com
RON VODICKA
Designer (California)
Lighting Designer, Rigoletto
FGO Debut
Recent: Lighting Designer,
Les pêcheurs de perles
(Lyric Opera of Chicago)
Lighting Designer, Rigoletto
(Kentucky Opera)
Production Stage Manager,
The Lion King
(Broadway)
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Soprano (Arizona)
Zerlina, Don Giovanni
A Page, Rigoletto
Carolina, Il matrimonio segreto
FGO Debut
Sponsored by Loof Family Foundation
Recent: House Soprano, A Rocking
Horse Winner - American Premiere
(Opera Saratoga)
Juliette, Romeo et Juliette (City Lyric Opera)
Tytania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Brevard Music Festival)
asleifwillmer.com
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Designer (Missouri)
Lighting Designer, Don Giovanni
FGO Debut: 2019,
Lighting Designer, Frida
Recent: Lighting Designer,
Sunday in the Park with George
(LSU Opera)
Lighting Designer, Candide
(Des Moines Metro Opera)
Lighting Designer,
85th Anniversary Concert (Florentine Opera Company)
natewheatley.com
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