Detroit Opera

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Detroit Opera is the premier multi-disciplined producer and presenter for opera, musical theatre, and dance in the Great Lakes Region. Based in the city of Detroit, the organization engages artists of national and international stature for stellar main stage and outreach performances, and provides compelling cultural enrichment programs for the diverse audiences and communities that it serves, making it one of Detroit’s pillars of arts and culture.

Stagetime Members with a relationship to Detroit Opera

See Stagetime performing artists, administrators, staff and others who
have a current or past relationship to Detroit Opera.

Sarah Vautour

Performed as Bess McNeil Breaking the Waves.

Samantha Hankey

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as The Fox The Cunning Little Vixen.

Kristen Choi

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Suzuki Madama Butterfly.

Mary Martin

Was Director - Operetta Remix.

Benjamin Taylor

Baritone

Performed as Jan Nyman Breaking the Waves.

Avery Boettcher

Was Studio Artist.

Sarah Coit

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro.

Marlen Nahhas

Soprano

Was Cristina Kahlo- Frida.

Mary-Hollis Hundley

Performed as Gertrud Hänsel und Gretel.

Nicholas Newton

Bass-Baritone

Performed as Ariodate Serse.

John Riesen

Tenor

Was Sweeney Todd.

Julius Ahn

Tenor

Was Principal Artist.

Robert Wesley Mason

Performed as The Forester The Cunning Little Vixen.

Andrew Nienaber

Was Assistant Director.

Madison Montambault

Was ComprImario Role; Grapes of....

Paul Hill

Performed as Chorus La bohème.

Elizabeth van Os

Soprano

Performed as Mrs. McNeill Breaking the Waves.

Melanie Spector

Was Resident Artist.

Schyler Sheltrown

Soprano

Was The Page, Rigoletto.

Amanda O'Toole

Was Chorus.

Leah Partridge

Soprano

Was Constanze, Roxane, Leila.

Colin Knapp

Worked here as Manager of Donor Engagement .

Claire Ryterski

Performed as Performer Madama Butterfly.

Jeff Byrnes

Baritone

Was Studio Artist.

Laura Krumm

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Meg Little Women.

Robyn Smith

Trombone

Is Second Trombone.

Maya Lahyani

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Principal Artist .

Jacob Surzyn

Was Mr. Rockefeller in Frida.

Steven Andrew Murray

Tenor

Performed as Cop/Reporter 2 X: The Life and Times of Ma....

Liam Jackson

Performed as Orchestra Musician Così fan tutte.

Andrew Hallam

Worked here as Chorister for Verdi's "Aïda".

Mary Beth Orr

French Horn, Voice, Autoharp, Bodhrán, Piano, 3rd Horn

Worked here as Guest Principal Horn - Aida.

Sun-Ly Pierce

Mezzo-Soprano

Worked here as Guest Artist.

Kristina Riegle

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Queen of Eldorado et al in Candide.

Monica Lee Jackson

Violin

Was Asst. to Director of Produc... in Too many productions to list!.

Molly Noori

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Director, Music director, v... in Summer operetta productions....

Adellyn Mae Geenen

Mezzo-Soprano, Voice, Piano, Stage Director

Was Chorus in Aida: In Concert.

Courtney Miller

Voice

Was Hannah in The Passenger.

Rolfe Dauz

Baritone, Opera singer, Artist, Vocalist

Was Resident Artist in Madama Butterfly, Europeras....

Lisa Marie Rogali

Performed as Performer The Cunning Little Vixen.

Ian Pathak

Worked here as Aida in Concert.

Ky Chassells

Worked here as Assistant Stage Manager.

Sofia Vasileiadou

Soprano, Teaching Artist

Was Chorus Member in La Traviata.

Brianna J. Robinson

Is Resident Artist.

Eric Head

Collaborative Piano

Worked here as Outreach Pianist.

Cameron Rolling

Was Resident Artist.

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Così fan tutte

Orchestra Musician - Liam Jackson

Central Park Five

Orchestra Musician - Liam Jackson

Europeras 3 & 4

Performer - Melanie Spector
Soloist - Robert Wesley Mason

Breaking the Waves

Jan Nyman (Cover) - Benjamin Taylor
Orchestra Musician - Liam Jackson
Bess McNeil - Sarah Vautour

The Cunning Little Vixen

Performer (Chorus) - Claire Ryterski , Lisa Marie Rogali
Orchestra Musician - Liam Jackson
Performer - Lisa Marie Rogali

Serse

Atalanta (Cover) - Melanie Spector
Ariodate - Nicholas Newton

Ainadamar

Margarita Xirgu - Melanie Spector

Operetta Remix

Director - Mary Martin

Madama Butterfly

Performer (Chorus) - Claire Ryterski
Kate Pinkerton - Lisa Marie Rogali
Goro - Julius Ahn

Arias & Overtures

Fiordiligi (scene) - Melanie Spector

The Cunning Little Vixen

The Fox - Samantha Hankey
Performer - Lisa Marie Rogali Claire Ryterski
Orchestra Musician - Liam Jackson

Frida

Guillermo Kahlo, Petate Vendor, and Cachucha - Jesús Vicente Murillo
Cristina Kahlo - Marlen Nahhas

La bohème

Chorus - Paul Hill

X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Cop/Reporter 2 - Steven Andrew Murray

Operetta Remix

Director - Mary Martin

Season Preview Concert

Soloist - Melanie Spector

Faust

Marthe Schwerlein - Victoria Livengood

Aida

High Priestess - Melanie Spector

Twilight: Gods

Waltraute - Catherine Martin
Woglinde - Avery Boettcher

Madama Butterfly

Suzuki - Kristen Choi

Gianni Schicchi

Lauretta - Avery Boettcher

Don Giovanni

Il Commendatore - Ricardo Lugo
Zerlina - Avery Boettcher

The Grapes of Wrath

Conductor - Michael Christie

Sweeney Todd

Pirelli - John Riesen

Hänsel und Gretel

Gertrud - Mary-Hollis Hundley

Le nozze di Figaro

Cherubino - Sarah Coit

Rigoletto

Duca - John Bellemer