WHO’S WHO
Michelle Johnson
(Aida)
Soprano
OPERA TAMPA DEBUT
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS:
Zem�� ra in Aleko (Chicago
Opera Theatre, Chicago, Ill.)
Elsa in Lohengrin (Opera
Southwest, Albuquerque,
N.M.)
Title role in Aida (Opera Idaho, Boise, Idaho)
FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS:
Mimi in La Bohème (Florentine Opera,
Milwaukee, Wis.)
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Adam Diegel
(Radames)
Tenor
OPERA TAMPA DEBUT
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS:
Froh in Das Rheingold
(The Metropolitan Opera)
Pinkerton in Madama
Butter�� y (The Metropolitan
Opera)
Don José in Carmen (Opera Australia)
FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS:
Narraboth in Salome (The Atlanta Opera)
Manrico in Il Trovatore (Pensacola Opera, Fla.)
Tenor Soloist in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde
(Park Ridge Civic Orchestra, Ill.)
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Deborah Nansteel
(Amneris)
Mezzo-soprano
OPERA TAMPA DEBUT
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS:
Suzuki in Madama Butter�� y
(Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ill.)
Emilia in Otello (Washington
National Opera, D.C.)
Second Lady in The Magic Flute
(Washington National Opera, Washington, D.C.)
FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS:
Miriam in Awakenings (Opera Theater of
St. Louis, Mo.)
Amneris in Aida (Toledo Opera, Ohio)
Giovanna in Rigoletto (Washington National
Opera, D.C.)
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Joshua Jeremiah
(Amonasro)
Baritone
OPERA TAMPA DEBUT
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS:
Rigoletto in Rigoletto
(Houston Grand Opera)
Lieutenant Horstmayer in
Silent Night (Minnesota
Opera)
Lionel in Joan of Arc (New Orleans Opera)
FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS:
Rigoletto in Rigoletto (Houston Grand Opera)
Sharpless in Madama Butter�� y
(Hawaii Opera Theatre)
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Jake Gardner
(Ramphis)
Bass-baritone
OPERA TAMPA DEBUT
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS:
Benoit and Alcindoro in
La Bohème (Arizona Opera)
Benoit and Alcindoro in
La Bohème (Lyric Opera
of Kansas City, Mo.)
Tapla in Tabarro (Maryland Lyric Opera)
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Stefan Szkafarowsky
(King of Egypt)
Bass
OPERA TAMPA DEBUT
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS:
Benoit and Alcindoro in
La Bohème (Calgary Opera)
Bonze in Rigoletto
(The Metropolitan Opera)
Dikoj in Kat’A Kabanova (Seattle Opera)
Samuel Hall
(Messenger)
Tenor
PREVIOUS OPERA TAMPA
PRODUCTIONS:
Nadir in The Pearl Fishers
Malcolm in Macbeth
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS:
Pinkerton in Madama
Butter�� y (St. Petersburg Opera, Fla.)
Title role in Faust
(St. Petersburg Opera, Fla.)
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