Cast
Daniela Mack
Mezzo-Soprano
Frida Kahlo
From: Buenos Aires, Argentina.
LA Opera: Nancy in Albert Herring (2012, debut).
About: Earlier this year, she performed the role of Frida Kahlo with San Francisco Opera. This season, she returns the Metropolitan Opera for John Adams’ El Niño, the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville as Bradamante in Alcina and the San Francisco Opera as Rosmira in Partenope. She also appears in concert with Boston Baroque and in recital at the Kennedy Center. She made her Metropolitan Opera as the Kitchen Boy in Rusalka. Other important debuts have included the Royal Opera House-Covent Garden as Rosina in The Barber of Seville, the Teatro Real in Madrid as Rosmira in Partenope, Seville’s Teatro de la Maestranza in her role debut as Romeo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, and with the BBC Philharmonic as Béatrice in Béatrice et Bénédict. She also made her Carnegie Hall debut in a performance of Handel’s Serse with The English Concert.
Alfredo Daza
Baritone
Diego Rivera
From: Puebla, Mexico.
LA Opera: Ping in Turandot (2002, debut), roles include Figaro in The Barber of Seville (2003); Marcello in La Bohème (2004); Tadeo Cespedes in Dulce Rosa (2013); Zurga in The Pearl Fishers (2017).
About: He created the role of Diego Rivera in the opera’s 2022 world premiere in San Diego and reprised it in June with San Francisco Opera. With over 55 roles in his career, in October he debuted as Amonasro in a new production of Aida at Staatsoper Berlin, where he will return as Zurga in The Pearl Fishers and for his role debut as Rigoletto. Next summer, he will make his Santa Fe Opera debut as Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore. Highlights of recent seasons include Rodrigo in Don Carlo and Ford in Falstaff in Berlin, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor in Barcelona, De Siriex in Fedora in Las Palmas, Zurga in The Pearl Fishers in Dallas and Scarpia in Tosca in Trieste. He has recorded for MSM, Naxos, Opus Arte, Deutsche Gramophone and Medici TV.
Ana María Martínez
Soprano
Catrina
From: San Juan, Puerto Rico.
LA Opera: Mimì in La Bohème (1997, debut; 2004); Violetta in La Traviata (2001); Amelia in Simon Boccanegra (2012); Nedda in Pagliacci (2015); Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly (2016); title role of Carmen (2017); Elisabetta in Don Carlo (2018); Soleá in El Gato Montés (2019); Countess in The Marriage of Figaro (2023).
About: The Grammy winner is considered one of the foremost sopranos of our time, with an international career that spans the world’s most important opera houses and concert halls. She began the season as Amelia in Simon Boccanegra with Opera Philadelphia and will return to Los Angeles for the Verdi Requiem with the LA Master Chorale. Recent highlights include a return to the Metropolitan Opera as Donna Elvira in a new production of Don Giovanni and the title role in Florencia en el Amazonas with Lyric Opera of Chicago. An Opera News Award winner, she is the Artistic Advisor at Houston Grand Opera.
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Key'mon W. Murrah
Countertenor
Leonardo
From: Louisville, Kentucky.
LA Opera: debut.
About: This season sees him make debuts with the Metropolitan Opera in El Niño by John Adams, with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Tolomeo in Giulio Cesare and with the New Jersey Symphony in Handel’s Messiah. These performances follow a summer of appearances in Europe, where he returned to the Bavarian State Opera in Munich as the Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas, appeared in concert at the Cologne Opera and performed Hamor in Handel’s Jeptha with the Komische Oper Berlin. Last season’s engagements included his debut at the Bavarian State Opera in Dido and Aeneas, Messiah with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the National Chorale, the title role in Xerxes for Detroit Opera, and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, as well as creating the role of Leonardo for his 2022 debut with San Diego Opera.
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Ryan Wolfe
Baritone
Villager 1
From: Arlington Heights, Illinois.
LA Opera: Jailor in Tosca (2022, debut); Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia (2023); title role of Moses (2023); Herald in Otello (2023); Fiorello in The Barber of Seville (2023). Upcoming roles include Marquis d’Obigny in La Traviata and Ping in Turandot. He joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program last season.
About: Over the summer, he performed Le Dancaïre in Carmen with Des Moines Metro Opera and made his Hollywood Bowl debut in Chris Thile’s Attention! with the LA Philharmonic. Last season’s engagements included the Steersman in Tristan und Isolde with the LA Philharmonic and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the LA Chamber Orchestra. RyanWolfeBaritone.com
Anthony León
Tenor
Villager 2 / Young Man
From: Riverside, California.
LA Opera: Normanno in Lucia di Lammermoor (debut, 2022); eight roles to date including Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia (2023); Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (2023). He joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program last season.
About: This season he performs Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Santa Fe Symphony, Nadir in The Pearl Fishers with Cologne Opera and Ellen Reid’s The Shell Trial with Dutch National Opera. He performed in L’Enfant et les sortilèges with the Salzburg Festival’s Young Singers Project. He is a winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition and Operalia (first prize and zarzuela prize)..
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Alan Williams
Bass-Baritone
Villager 3
From: San Bernardino, California.
LA Opera: Abe in Omar (2022, debut); Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia (2023); Antonio in The Marriage of Figaro (2023); Jethro in Moses (2023); Montano in Otello (2023); Masetto in Don Giovanni (2023). Upcoming roles include Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata and the Mandarin in Turandot. He joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program last season.
About: In August, he appeared with Aspen Opera Theater as Neptune in Idomeneo. Earlier this year, he performed the role of King Arkel in Impressions de Pelléas with James Conlon at The Ebell of Los Angeles. He was a 2022 apprentice at Des Moines Metro Opera, where he performed Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Abi Levis
Mezzo-Soprano
Frida 1
From: Portland, Maine.
LA Opera: mainstage debut. Previously: Angel in The Festival Play of Daniel (2016). She was a member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program (2015-16).
About: She began the season as Prince Charmant in Cendrillon with the PromFest festival in Estonia, and will perform Britten’s Cabaret Songs with the Brooklyn Art Song Society. Last season, she performed the Officer’s Wife/Martha in The Secret Garden with Hawaii Opera Theater and Handel’s Messiah with the Portland Baroque Orchestra. She has appeared with Opera Nantes, Opera de Rennes, Utah Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Opera Parallele, Luzerner Theater and Deutsche Oper Berlin.
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Sarah Saturnino
Mezzo-Soprano
Frida 3
From: Grass Valley, California.
LA Opera: Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia (2023); Jocabed in Moses (2023); Emilia in Otello (2023, mainstage debut). She will return as Flora in La Traviata. She joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program last season.
About: She is a 2023 grand finals winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition. Most recently, she performed the title role in Carmen with Opera Santa Barbara, Mistress Ford in Sir John in Love by Ralph Vaughan Williams at the Bard Music Festival, and Dorabella in Così fan tutte with the Tel Aviv Summer Opera Festival. Earlier this year, she performed Maddalena in Rigoletto with Amarillo Opera. SarahSaturnino.com
