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Peter (cover)
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Hansel
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Performer
Performer
Elder Ott
Elder Hayes
Mrs. McLean
Mrs. Hayes
Little Bat McLean
Susannah Polk
Elder Ott
Olin Blitch
Elder Hayes
Mrs. McLean
Mrs. Hayes
Little Bat McLean
Susannah Polk
Olin Blitch
Donna Agata,
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Pepito/Primo Musico
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Soloist in concert featuring the music of, The Sound of Music, Carousel, South Pacific, Cinderella, and The King and I.
Soloist
Soloist
Soloist
Soloist
Soloist
Don Pasquale
Norina
Performer
Captain Corcoran
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Cousin Hebe
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Josephine
Performer
Ralph Rackstraw
Little Buttercup
Don Alfonso
Guglielmo (cover)
Don Alfonso
Fiordiligi
Fiordiligi
Dorabella
Despina
Ferrando
Dorabella
Despina
Dorabella
Ferrando
Joseph De Rocher
Sister Helen Prejean
Sister Catherine
Chorus
Sister Lillianne
Jade Boucher
Kitty Hart
Chorus
Guard 2
Sister Helen Prejean
Joseph De Rocher
Motorcycle Cop
Father Grenville
Performer
Performer
Herr Zeller
Ensemble
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Captain Georg Von Trapp
Maria Rainer
Baroness Elsa von Schraeder
Sister Sophia, Maria (Cover)
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Father
Witch
Witch
Fiorello
Chorus Director/Master
Rosina
Chorus, Count Almaviva
Zuniga
Micaëla
Carmen
Chorus
Chorus
Zuniga
Moralès
Chorus
Le Remendado
Escamillo
Micaëla
Carmen
Chorus
Chorus
Escamillo
Moralès
Chorus
Le Remendado
Baron Mirko Zeta
Chorus
Hanna Glawari
Bogdanovitch
Valencienne
Vicomte Cascada
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Conductor
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Performer
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Belcore
Nemorino
Count Ceprano
Chorus Director/Master, Borsa
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King Melchior
Conductor, King Kaspar, Conductor
King Kaspar
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Performer
Performer
Masetto
Don Ottavio
Benjamin Somervell, bass-baritone, recently received the Master of Music degree at the University of Alabama where he was a student of Paul Houghtaling. He completed his undergraduate degree in Music Education, with a dual emphasis in voice and bass trombone, at Mississippi State University under Garrett Torbert. The Arkansas native was an Emerging Artist with Opera in the Ozarks in 2025 where he performed Escamillo in Carmen and Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow. He returned to OIO in December 2025 for Evan Mack and Joshua McGuire's Lucinda y las Flores de la Nochebuena. Other recent credits include Balthazar in Amahl and the Night Visitors and The Sergeant of Police in The Pirates of Penzance with the Golden Triangle Theatre in Columbus, MS; and Masetto in Don Giovanni, Baron de Pictordu in Cendrillon, Belcore in L'Elisir d'amore, and Peter in Hansel and Gretel with the UA Opera Theatre. In 2024, Mr. Somervell performed the role of General Boom in The Bremen Town Musicians with Mobile Opera and was heard as Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Druid City Opera in 2025. He will cover the title role in Don Pasquale with Druid City Opera this season. He has been a finalist in the Vocal Competition of the National Opera Association, a winner in various categories of Alabama and Mississippi NATS competitions, and a featured soloist with the Mississippi All-Collegiate Honor Choir. Mr. Somervell is looking forward to joining Seagle Festival this summer, where he will be performing Joseph de Rocher in Dead Man Walking, and to joining Shreveport Opera in August as a Resident Artist.
