A Very Drunken

Christmas Carol

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: The Tenor, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: The Tenor, Songs of Summer: The Drunken Tenor – Quarantini Edition (’20)
Previously at Seattle Opera: The Tenor, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol (’21, ’22); The Tenor, Songs of Summer: The Drunken Tenor (’21)

Engagements: Idreno, Semiramide (Metropolitan Opera); Andres, Wozzeck (Houston Symphony); Italian Tenor, Der Rosenkavlier (San Francisco Opera); Narraboth, Salome (The Israeli Opera); Nadir, The Pearl Fishers (English National Opera); Prince Léopold, La Juive (The Israeli Opera and Opéra national du Rhin); Bannon/Kelly/Lafitte, Trump L’oeil (Off-Broadway)

Last Updated: November 2024

At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: The Pianist, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol

Hometown: Portland, OR
Previously at Seattle Opera: Pianist, Bound ('23); The Pianist, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol ('21, '22)

David McDade first worked with Seattle Opera in 1995, accompanying rehearsals of Rigoletto and the Ring, and joined the staff full-time in 2002. As Head of Coach-Accompanists and Assistant Chorus Master he plays for rehearsals and auditions, and is sometimes heard on celesta or piano in the pit with the orchestra. He regularly accompanies the local rounds of the Laffont Competition and is often heard in recital with Seattle Opera artists. McDade has been a vocalist, a French horn player, and a conductor.

Last Updated: October 2024

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: The Soprano, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Seattle Opera Debut: Bridesmaid, The Marriage of Figaro (’09) 
Previously at Seattle Opera: The Soprano, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol (’21, ’22); The Soprano, Songs of Summer: The Drunken Tenor (’21); Alice, Count Ory (’16); First Lay Sister, Suor Angelica (’13); Pedro, Don Quichotte (’11)

Engagements: Konstanze, The Abduction from the Seraglio (Pacific Northwest Opera); Alice Ford, Falstaff (Pacific Northwest Opera); Soprano Soloist, Rutter Magnificat (Seattle Choral Company); The Foreign Princess, Rusalka (Pacific Northwest Opera); Lucia, Lucia di Lammermoor (Sky Opera); Leila, Pearl Fishers (Puget Sound Concert Opera)

Last Updated: October 2024

Mezzo-soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: The Mezzo, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol

Hometown: Bend, OR
Seattle Opera Debut: Fyodor, Boris Godunov (’00)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Wife #1/Market Woman #3, A Thousand Splendid Suns (‘23); The Mezzo, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol (’21, ’22); Teacher, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (’19); Kate Pinkerton, Madame Butterfly (’17); Second Lay Sister, Suor Angelica (’13)
Engagements: Marcellina, Le Nozze di Figaro (Pacific Northwest Opera); Mezzo Soloist, Brahms Songs (Governor’s Chamber Music Series); Mezzo Soloist, Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 (Auburn Symphony Orchestra); Composer, Heart Mountain Suite (Central Oregon Mastersingers); Mezzo Soloist, Mozart Requiem (Seattle Choral Company); Mezzo Soloist, Copland: Old American Songs, Porter: Unpublished Cole Porter (Music at the Museum, Cascadia Art Museum)

Last updated: October 2024

Baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: The Baritone, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol

Hometown: Milton, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: The Baritone, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol ('21)
Previously at Seattle Opera: The Baritone, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol ('22)
Engagements: Colline, La bohème (Tacoma Opera); Uncle Bonze, Madame Butterfly (Tacoma Opera); Figaro, The Barber of Seville (Spokane Opera); Tonio, Pagliacci (Spokane Opera); Suplice, La Fille Du Regiment (Spokane Opera); Joseph, The Birth Of Christ (PBS)

Last Updated: November 2024

At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: The Voice, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol

Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Seattle Opera Debut: The Producer, The Drunken Tenor: Quarantini Edition (’20)
Previously at Seattle Opera: The Voice, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol (‘21, ‘22)

Engagements: Mansky, The Play's the Thing (Burien Actors Theatre); Emcee, The Drunken Tenor's Operapalooza Spectacular Shindig (Tacoma Opera); Emcee, The Drunken Tenor's Halloween Spooktacular (Vashon Opera); Co-host, The Johnson and Johnson Morning Show (CBS Radio, 94.1 KMPS)

Last Updated: December 2024

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: A Tenor, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol

Hometown: Tacoma, WA
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Mitch, A Streetcar Named Desire (Tacoma Opera); Don José, Carmen (Union Avenue Opera); The Beloved, The Rose Elf (Orpheus PDX); Cassio, Otello (Vashon Opera); Fenton, Falstaff (Vashon Opera); Michael, Tres Minutos (San Diego Symphony)

Last Updated: November 2024