Studio Artists

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The Wolf Trap Opera Studio is a summer residency for singers of significant potential who are current undergraduates or who are making the transition between undergraduate and graduate study.  The Wolf Trap Opera Studio offers young singers the professional and academic opportunities to take their talents to a higher level, and to cultivate and polish the skills needed to present themselves with confidence and authority in a very competitive field.

2009 Wolf Trap Studio Artists – photographed by Jonathan Timmes www.jonathantimmes.com

Offstage, Wolf Trap Opera Studio Artists participate in educational programs and classes. Studio Artists work with opera professionals to advance their audition and performance techniques and personal artistry, covering subjects such as diction, recitative, acting and improvisation, movement and dance, and the business aspects of being a singer.

Onstage, Studio Artists gain invaluable professional experience by performing in small roles and chorus, as well as possibly understudying larger roles in Wolf Trap Opera Company's main-stage operas and recitals which are professionally conducted, directed, coached, and designed. All casting assignments for Studio Artists will take into account the singer's current readiness and will be made with an eye toward principles of healthy vocalism, education, and advancement

Wolf Trap Studio Artists 2009

 
Daniel Anderson, tenor 
Louisiana State University (B.M. 2008)

Sean Arnold, tenor
University of Houston (B.M. 2010)

Timothy Beenken, baritone
Birmingham-Southern College (B.M. 2009)

Sishel Claverie, mezzo
Rice University (M.M. 2010)


Hilary Ginther, mezzo 
University of Southern Mississippi (B.M. 2008)


Carla Jablonski, mezzo 
 Manhattan School of Music (B.M. 2009)


Daniel Maimone, tenor 
 University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (M.M. 2010)


Timothy McDevitt, baritone 
 The Juilliard School (B.M. 2009)


Rebecca Nathanson, soprano
University of Michigan School of Music (B.M. 2009)


Amanda Opuszynski, soprano
University of Maryland Opera Studio (M.M. 2010)


Andrea Shokery, soprano 
 University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (M.M. 2010)


Douglas Yocum, bass
University of Maryland (B.M. 2009)