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Russell Thomas
Tenor
OTELLO
From: Miami, Florida.
LA Opera: Pollione in Norma (2015, debut); Cavaradossi in Tosca (2017); Titus in The Clemency of Titus (2019); title role in Oedipus Rex (2020); Signature Recital (2021); Radames in Aida (2022). Upcoming: Calaf in Turandot (2024); Fire and Blue Sky (2024). He has been Artist in Residence since 2020.
About: His Verdi performances for the 2022/23 season include the title roles of Ernani at Lyric Opera of Chicago and Don Carlo at the Metropolitan Opera, Don Alvaro in La Forza del Destino for his Opéra National de Paris debut, and the Verdi Requiem with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. His season also includes Calaf in Turandot at Covent Garden, a San Francisco Opera concert celebrating its 100th anniversary, and a tour with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, singing Otello opposite Renée Fleming at Carnegie Hall and subsequently in Paris, London and Baden-Baden.
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Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Soprano
DESDEMONA
From: Tri-Cities, Washington.
LA Opera: debut. Upcoming: Violetta in La Traviata (2023).
About: Rachel Willis-Sørensen is known for her diverse repertoire ranging from Mozart to Wagner. A regular guest at leading opera houses, Le Monde enthused, “…the American soprano has without a doubt one of the most impressive voices in the opera world. The timbre, of marmoreal beauty, is striking, the projection telluric...” She signed a multi-record deal with Sony Classical and her debut album was released in 2022. Highlights of the 2022/23 season include Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, Violetta in La Traviata and Desdemona in Otello at the Bavarian State Opera, a role debut as Elisabeth in Don Carlos with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus and Mimi in La Bohème at the Vienna State Opera, and Leonora in Il Trovatore at the Royal Opera House. Social media: @rachelwillissorensen
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Igor Golovatenko
Baritone
IAGO
From: Moscow, Russia.
LA Opera: Giorgio Germont in La Traviata (2019, debut)
About: He has performed with major opera houses across the globe including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Opéra National de Paris and his home company, the Bolshoi in Moscow. Last season, he made his role debut as Simon Boccanegra at the Parma Verdi Festival, followed by his first Iago at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. He also returned to the Metropolitan Opera as Eugene Onegin. Earlier this season, he made his debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Rodrigue in Don Carlos (his 2020 debut role at the Vienna State Opera). He then returned to the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in a new production of Verdi’s I Masnadieri and to Opernhaus Zürich as Eugene Onegin. Future engagements include Don Carlo in Ernani at the Bregenz Festival and Don Carlo in La Forza del Destino at Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera.

Anthony Ciaramitaro
Tenor
CASSIO
From: Coral Springs, Florida.
LA Opera: Orpheus in The Death of Orpheus (2020); Lord Cecil in Roberto Devereux (2020, mainstage debut); Ruiz in Il Trovatore (2021); Heinrich in Tannhäuser (2021); Messenger in Aida (2022); Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor (2022). He is an alumnus of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program (2019-2022). 
About: This season, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as the Messenger in Aida and performed Fenton in Falstaff with Palm Beach Opera. Future appearances include Alfredo in La Traviata at the Macerata Opera Festival, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Opera Philadelphia and the title role in Don Carlo with Royal Danish Opera. He created the role of Giorgio in New York City Opera’s world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Garden of the Finzi-Continis and performed Tamino in The Magic Flute at the Aspen Musical Festival.
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Sarah Saturnino
Mezzo-Soprano
EMILIA
From: Grass Calley, California.
LA Opera: mainstage debut after performing Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia (2023) and Jocabed in Moses (2023).She will return next season as Berta in The Barber of Seville and Flora in La Traviata. She joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program this season. 
About: She is a 2023 grand finals winner of the Metropolitan Opera's Laffont Competition. Earlier this year, she performed Maddalena in Rigoletto with Amarillo Opera and Debussy's Chansons de Bilitis at the Colburn School. Other recent appearances include a concert with Dayton Opera, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the LA Chamber Orchestra, Maddalena in Rigoletto with Opera San Antonio and Painted Sky Opera, and Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro and Carmen in The Tragedy of Carmen with Shreveport Opera. She is a former Apprentice Artist with Santa Fe Opera and Chautauqua Opera Company.
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Morris Robinson
Bass
LODOVICO
From: Atlanta, Georgia.
LA Opera: Sarastro in The Magic Flute (2009, debut); Fasolt in Das Rheingold (2009, 2010); Oroveso in Norma (2015); Osmin in The Abduction from the Seraglio (2017); Zaccaria in Nabucco (2017); Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlo (2018); Parsi Rustomji in Satyagraha (2018); Tiresias in Oedipus Rex (2021); Ferrando in Il Trovatore (2021); Hermann in Tannhäuser (2021); Ramfis in Aida (2022). He will return as Timur in Turandot (2024).
About: He is Artistic Advisor for Atlanta Opera and Cincinnati Opera. He regularly performs at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Houston Grand Opera, and with orchestras including the NY Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. This season’s appearances include King Marke in Tristan und Isolde at Seattle Opera, Ramfis in Aida at both Detroit Opera and Tulsa Opera, and Daland in The Flying Dutchman at Santa Fe Opera.
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Anthony León
Tenor
RODERIGO
From: Riverside, California.
LA Opera: Normanno in Lucia di Lammermoor (debut, 2022); Spoletta in Tosca (2022); Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia (2023); Don Curzio in The Marriage of Figaro (2023); Ramses in Moses (2023). He will return as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. He joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program this season
About: This summer, he will appear in L’Enfant et les sortilèges with the Salzburg Festival’s Young Singers Project and he will also perform at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. He is a 2023 grand finals winner of the Metropolitan Opera's Laffont Competition and a 2022 winner of Operalia (first prize and zarzuela prize). Recent performances include Pelléas in Impressions de Pelléas with James Conlon at the Ebell, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the LA Chamber Orchestra, and Remendado in Carmen at Santa Fe Opera (where he was an Apprentice Artist).
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