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Virginia Opera Association, Inc. is known and respected nationwide for the identification and presentation of the finest young artists, for the musical and dramatic integrity of its productions, and for the ingenuity and variety of its education and outreach programs. The Company has a working budget of $5.3 million with over 28 mainstage performances, reaching nearly 50,000 attendees.

Stagetime Members with a relationship to Virginia Opera

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

Meghan Kasanders

Soprano

Was Sieglinde in Die Walküre.

Eric McConnell

Was Sam, Trouble in Tahiti.

Nathan Stark

Bass-Baritone

Was Il Commendatore in Don Giov....

Catherine Goode

Was Herndon Foundation Emerging....

Terrence Chin-Loy

Tenor

Performed as Soloist Sanctuary Road.

Natalie Polito

Soprano

Was Emerging Artist.

Julia Ebner

Soprano

Was Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire.

Marlen Nahhas

Soprano

Was Musetta- La boheme .

2024

WTO Company

This Stagetime member is part of the 2024 Wolf Trap Opera company.

Kyle White

Baritone

Was Samuel & Major General cover in The Pirates of Penzance.

David Blalock

Tenor

Was Sam Kaplan.

Marissa Simmons

Performed as Pinocchio Pinocchio.

Taylor Burkhardt

Piano

Performed as Piano Madama Butterfly.

Martin Bakari

Was Tenor in La bohème, Roméo et Julie....

Elena Galván

Worked here as Young Artist.

Keely Borland

Soprano

Is Chorus, Soprano in Le nozze di Figaro.

Kristen Choi

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Suzuki Madama Butterfly.

Luis Orozco

Baritone

Performed as Marcello La bohème.

Michael Colman

Was Young Artist.

Alexandra Loutsion

Soprano

Was Brünnhilde in Die Walküre.

Rich Coburn

Was Coach and pianist in Black History Month touring....

Hilary Ginther

Performed as Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia.

Chauncey Blade

Bass-Baritone

Was Antonio, Figaro (Cover) in Le Nozze di Figaro.

Sarah Tucker

Soprano

Was Freia .

Yoojin Lee

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Herndon Foundation Emerging....

Chelsea Basler

Soprano

Was cover Liu in Turandot .

Phillip Bullock

Baritone

Studied here for Young Artist.

Kaileigh Riess

Is Emerging Artist .

Mo Zhou

Performed as Stage Director Madama Butterfly.

Claudia Chapa

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Fricka Die Walküre.

David Walton

Tenor

Was Don Ramiro.

Teresa Castillo

Performed as Tytania A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Courtney Miller

Voice

Was Meg Page in Falstaff.

Melanie Ashkar

Performed as Flora La Traviata.

Amy Owens

Voice

Performed as Mabel The Pirates of Penzance.

Olivia Rominiyi

Was Emerging Artist; Chorus in Tosca; Aida; Oh, Freedom!.

Lisa Marie Rogali

Performed as Carmen Carmen.

Zizhao Wang

Was Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly.

Fran Daniel Laucerica

Was Herndon Foundation Emerging....

Shannon Jennings

Was Emerging Artist.

Andrew Turner

Tenor

Was Emerging Artist.

Melisa Bonetti Luna

Was Resident Artist.

Joseph Lattanzi

Baritone

Performed as Dandini La Cenerentola .

Jessica Jones

Soprano

Performed as Lauretta Gianni Schicchi.

Seth King-Gengler

Collaborative Piano

Was Herndon Foundation Emerging... in The Roland Hayes Story.

Symone Harcum

Soprano

Performed as Emerging Artist Stayin' Alive.

2024

WTO Company

This Stagetime member is part of the 2024 Wolf Trap Opera company.

Aria Minasian

Was Herndon Foundation Emerging....

Helen Wargelin

Works here as Second Horn.

Robert Wesley Mason

Performed as Performer Loving V. Virginia.

Brandon Bell

Performed as Moralès Carmen.

Ben Werley

Was Lippo Fiorentino.

Virginia Opera Schedule of Events

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Fellow Travelers

Mary Johnson - Katherine Pracht
Timothy Laughlin - Fran Daniel Laucerica

Così fan tutte

Performer - Aria Minasian

Loving V. Virginia

Performer - Robert Wesley Mason

Loving v. Virginia (world premiere)

Performer - Aria Minasian

Loving v. Virginia

Performer - Ben Werley

Sanctuary Road

Soloist - Terrence Chin-Loy

Madama Butterfly

Stage Director - Mo Zhou
Suzuki - Kristen Choi

Don Giovanni

Performer - Aria Minasian

Carmen

Mercédès - Aria Minasian
Moralès - Brandon Bell
Carmen - Lisa Marie Rogali

Fellow Travelers

Hawkins Fuller - Kyle White
Mary Johnson - Katherine Pracht
Timothy Laughlin - Fran Daniel Laucerica

La Traviata

Alfredo - Fran Daniel Laucerica
Giorgio - Kyle White
Flora - Melanie Ashkar

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Rosina - Hilary Ginther

Three Decembers

Beatrice - Cecilia Violetta López
Charlie - Efraín Solis

Die Walküre

Fricka - Claudia Chapa
Brünnhilde - Alexandra Loutsion
Sieglinde - Meghan Kasanders

Le nozze di Figaro

Bartolo - Eric McConnell
Barbarina - Catherine Goode
Chorus - Keely Borland

The Pirates of Penzance

Frederic - Martin Bakari , Fran Daniel Laucerica
Mabel - Amy Owens
Samuel - Kyle White

Il Postino

Mario - Daniel Montenegro

Pinocchio

Pinocchio - Marissa Simmons , Marissa Simmons
Geppetto/Cat - Andrew Turner
Pinocchio - Marissa Simmons

Trouble in Tahiti

Dinah - Marissa Simmons
First Trio Member - Andrew Turner
Sam - Eric McConnell

Das Rheingold

Woglinde - Catherine Goode
Freia - Sarah Tucker
Fafner - Ricardo Lugo

La bohème

Mimì - Raquel Gonzáles
Marcello - Luis Orozco
Musetta - Marlen Nahhas Catherine Goode

Stayin' Alive

Emerging Artist - Symone Harcum

Gianni Schicchi

Lauretta - Jessica Jones

La voix humaine

Elle - Jessica Jones

Scalia/Ginsburg

Scalia - Ben Werley

La Cenerentola

Dandini - Joseph Lattanzi
Performer - David Walton

Madama Butterfly

Piano - Taylor Burkhardt
Kate Pinkerton - Catherine Goode

L'elisir d'amore

Adina - Catherine Goode

Don Giovanni

Masetto - Evan Bravos

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Tytania - Teresa Castillo

Lucia di Lammermoor

Lucia - Teresa Castillo