The Elixir of Love

At Seattle Opera in 2020/21: Adina, The Elixir of Love

Hometown: Coeur d'Alene, ID
Seattle Opera Debut: Chrisann Brennan, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (’19)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Gilda, Rigoletto ('19); Frasquita, Carmen ('19)
Recently: Gilda, Rigoletto (Austin Opera); Ilia, Idomeneo (Wolf Trap Opera); Morgana, Alcina (Washington National Opera)
Upcoming: Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro (Dallas Opera); Mabel, The Pirates of Penzance (Utah Opera)

Last Updated: August 2020

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2022/23: Shepherd/Sailor, Tristan and Isolde

Hometown: Rochester, MN
Seattle Opera Young Artist: 2010/11, 2011/12
Seattle Opera Debut: Arturo, Lucia di Lammermoor (’10)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Nemorino, The Elixir of Love (’21); Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni (’21); Spoletta, Tosca (’21);Tamino, The Magic Flute (’17); Tonio, La Fille du Regiment (’13); Orphée, Orphée et Eurydice (’12)
Engagements: Bill, Flight (The Dallas Opera); Bao Yu (cover), Dream of the Red Chamber (San Francisco Opera)

Last Updated: August 2022

At Seattle Opera in 2020/21: Dulcamara, The Elixir of Love

Hometown: Newburgh, NY
Seattle Opera Debut: Frank, Die Fledermaus (’06)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Music Master/Truffaldino, Ariadne auf Naxos (’15); Don Magnifico, Cinderella (’13); Ping, Turandot (’12)
Recently: Brander, La Damnation de Faust (Metropolitan Opera); Speaker, The Magic Flute (The Metropolitan Opera); Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte (Lyric Opera of Kansas City)
Upcoming: Doctor Bartolo, The Barber of Seville (San Diego Opera); Bartolo, The Marriage of Figaro and Starveling, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Santa Fe Opera)

Last updated: September 2020

At Seattle Opera in 2020/21: Belcore, The Elixir of Love

Hometown: Fort Worth, TX
Seattle Opera Debut: Guglielmo, Così fan tutte (’18)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Eugene Onegin, Eugene Onegin ('20)
Recently: Zurga, The Pearl Fishers (Gran Teatre del Liceu); Papageno, The Magic Flute (Washington National Opera); Masetto, Don Giovanni (Grand-Theatre de Geneve)
Upcoming: Maximilian, Candide (Grand-Théâtre de Genève); Count Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Omaha, Madison Opera)

Last Updated: August 2020

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Papagena, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: Clorinda, The Combat (’17)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Nana/Market #1/Wajma, A Thousand Splendid Suns (’23); Giannetta, The Elixir of Love (’21, ‘22); Female Soldier, The Falling & The Rising (’19); E, O+E (’18)
Engagements: Mimì, La bohème (Intermountain Opera); Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro (Opera Idaho); Soldier, The Falling & The Rising (Des Moines Metro Opera, Arizona Opera, Intermountain Opera, Opera Memphis); Soloist, Mozart C Minor Mass (Seattle Pro Musica)

Last Updated: January 2024

At Seattle Opera in 2020/21: Actor, The Elixir of Love

Hometown: Seattle WA
Seattle Opera Debut: Amelia (’10)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Actor, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (’20); Supernumerary, Tosca, Don Giovanni, The Daughter of the Regiment, Rigoletto (‘14), Don Pasquale (YAP), Amelia.
Upcoming: Performer, City of Refuge (ReAct Theatre)

Last Updated: September 2020

Conductor
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Pagliacci

Hometown: Cecina, Italy
Seattle Opera Debut: Don Quichotte ('11)
Previously at Seattle Opera: La traviata (’23); The Elixir of Love (’20); Rigoletto (’19); Il trovatore (’19); Madame Butterfly ('17); Mary Stuart ('16)
Engagements: Lucia di Lammermoor (Deutsche Oper Berlin); Aida (Hungarian State Opera); Tosca (Oper Frankfurt); Madama Butterfly (Opera Australia); Fedora (Oper Frankfurt); Norma (Palm Beach Opera)

Last Updated: June 2024

Director
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Director, 60^th Anniversary Concert & Gala

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: The Barber of Seville (’92)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Samson and Delilah in Concert(’23); La bohème (’21);The Elixir of Love (’20); Madame Butterfly (’95)
Engagements: Angels in America (BBC Symphony Orchestra); Before Night Falls (Florida Grand Opera); Le contes d'Hoffmann (Palm Beach Opera); Otello (Maryland Lyric Opera); Voir Dire (Fort Worth Opera Festival); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)

Last Updated: March 2024

At Seattle Opera in 2020/21: The Elixir of Love

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Previously at Seattle Opera: The Elixir of Love
Recently: Tacoma Symphony, ODESZA, Seattle Theatre Group

Last Updated: December 2020

Lighting Designer
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Freddie Ballentine and Kunal Lahiry in Concert; Tosca

Hometown: East Lansing, MI
Seattle Opera Debut: Die Fledermaus (’06)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Samson and Delilah in Concert (’23); The Marriage of Figaro (’22); Welcome Back Concert: Die Walküre (’21); Don Giovanni (’21);The Elixir of Love (’20); The Turn of the Screw (’18); Beatrice and Benedict (’18); An American Dream (’17 and ’15)
Engagements: Lighting Designer, The Marriage of Figaro (New Orleans Opera, Portland Opera); Salome (Des Moines Metro Opera); Pelléas & Mélisande (Des Moines Metro Opera); María de Buenos Aires (Florentine Opera); Madame Butterfly (Opera Philadelphia)

Last updated: March 2024

At Seattle Opera in 2022/23: Pianist, Bound

Hometown: Portland, OR
David McDade first worked with Seattle Opera in 1995, accompanying rehearsals of Rigoletto and the Ring, before joining the staff full time in 2002. As Head of Coach-Accompanists for Seattle Opera, he works with each conductor to prepare every singer for their roles. He recently served as acting Chorus Master for The Marriage of Figaro (’22) and as piano accompanist in recitals for Amber Wagner and Helena Dix. McDade has been a vocalist, a French horn player, and a conductor.

Coach/Accompanist and Orchestra Librarian

Hometown: Bellingham, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: La Boheme (’91)
Jay Rozendaal is Coach-Accompanist on the staff of Seattle Opera having served on numerous productions since 1991, including three Ring cycles. He has also worked on the staffs of San Francisco Opera, Dallas Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Portland Opera, and Central City Opera. Rozendaal is also a member of the voice faculty at Western Washington University, having served as music director for Western's Opera Studio. He has appeared regularly around the Pacific Northwest in recital, chamber, and concert engagements.

Last Updated: August 2020

At Seattle Opera in 2020/21: The Elixir of Love

Hometown: Nice, France

Valerie Muzzolini is principal harp of the Seattle Symphony, a position she has held since the age of 23. In demand both nationally and internationally, she has performed as a guest principal harp, an active chamber musicians, and soloist.

Last updated: October 2020

At Seattle Opera in 2020/21: The Elixir of Love

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Prior to joining the Seattle Symphony, Luke Fieweger completed the joint Bachelor of Arts/Masters of Music program between Harvard University and the New England Conservatory. His chamber music experience includes performances with members of the Chicago Symphony and others.

Last updated: October2020

At Seattle Opera in 2020/21: The Elixir of Love

Hometown: Burke, VA

Alexander White returns to the Seattle Symphony as associate principal trumpet after being principal trumpet of the Malaysian Philharmonic and the Seoul Philharmonic. He is the winner of the 2009 Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Award (Winds Division), the first time a trumpet player ever placed in the competition.

Last updated: October 2020