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Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Soprano
Violetta
From: Tri-Cities, Washington
LA Opera: Desdemona in Otello (2023, debut)
About: A regular guest at leading opera houses, Rachel Willis-Sørensen is known for her diverse repertoire ranging from Mozart to Wagner. 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...” Her second album, featuring Strauss’s Four Last Songs, came out last year. Highlights of her 2023/24 season include Elisabeth in Don Carlos in Geneva, both Desdemona in Otello and Elena in I Vespri Siciliani in Vienna, Antonia in The Tales of Hoffmann for her debut at the Paris Opera, and both Elsa in Lohengrin and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in Munich. This summer, she will make her Santa Fe Opera debut as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier. (Social media: @rachelwillissorensen) 
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Liparit Avetisyan 
Tenor
Alfredo Germont
From: Yerevan, Armenia
LA Opera: debut.
About: After his 2016 European debut as Fenton in Falstaff at the Cologne Opera, other international debuts followed in rapid succession. He began the current season as Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore at Covent Garden in London, followed by Rodolfo in La Bohème at Teatro Regio Torino and the Bulgarian National Opera, Des Grieux in Manon at Ópera de Tenerife, and Alfredo in La Traviata at both Semperoper Dresden and the Dutch National Opera. He has appeared with such leading theaters as the Berlin State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bolshoi Theater, Opera Australia and the opera companies in Zürich, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Oslo, Strasbourg and Seattle. He performs Cassio on Sony Classical’s award-winning 2020 recording of Otello, with Jonas Kaufmann in the title role.
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Kihun Yoon
Baritone
Giorgio Germont
From: Seoul, South Korea
LA Opera:  Servant in Thaïs (2013, debut); 11 roles to date including Sharpless in Madama Butterfly (2016); Scarpia in Tosca (2017); Marcello in La Bohème (2019). He is an alumnus of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program (2013-17).
About: Currently a principal artist at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, he will become a principal artist at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe next season. Acclaimed as Wotan in Die Walküre, Alberich in Das Rheingold, the Wanderer in Siegfried, the title role in Rigoletto, Renato in Un Ballo in Maschera, Méphistophélès in The Damnation of Faust and Joseph De Rocher in Dead Man Walking, he has established himself as a versatile and compelling performer. Das Opernmagazin lauded his portrayal of Wotan: “perfectly portrayed by Kihun Yoon with his great vocal resources... The rollercoaster of emotions between love and disappointment is conveyed by the singer with absolute authenticity.”

Julius Ahn
Tenor
Gastone
From: Seoul, South Korea
LA Opera: debut. He will return in May as Pong in Turandot.
About: His engagements this season include Goro in Madama Butterfly with Detroit Opera and the four Valet Tenors in The Tales of Hoffmann with Palm Beach Opera. He has performed Goro, his signature role, with companies including San Francisco Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera and at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Other recent appearances include the lead role in Byron Au Yong’s Stuck Elevator for Nashville Opera, Borsa in Rigoletto with Dallas Opera, Mime in Das Rheingold with Atlanta Opera, Bardolf in Sir John in Love by Ralph Vaughan Williams with Bard Music Festival and his Metropolitan Opera debut in The Magic Flute.
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Sarah Saturnino
Mezzo-Soprano
Flora
From: Grass Valley, California.
LA Opera: roles include Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia (2023) and Emilia in Otello (2023, mainstage debut). She will return next season as Maddalena in Rigoletto. She joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program last season.
About: She was a 2023 grand finals winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition. Recent performances elsewhere include 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. In May, she will perform Fricka in excerpts from the Ring cycle with Lyric Opera of Kansas City.
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Alan Williams
Bass
Dr. Grenvil
From: San Bernardino, California
LA Opera: Abe in Omar (2022, debut); nine roles to date including Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia (2023); Masetto in Don Giovanni (2023). He will return in May as the Mandarin in Turandot. He joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program last season. 
About: Last year, he performed Neptune in Idomeneo with Aspen Opera Theater and 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. He will return there this summer as the First Soldier in Salome and as the Physician in Pelléas et Mélisande.

Ryan Wolfe
Baritone
Marquis d'Obigny
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). He will return in May as Ping in Turandot. He joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program last season
About: Recent appearances elsewhere include Le Dancaïre in Carmen with Des Moines Metro Opera and the premiere of Chris Thile’s Attention! with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. He previously made his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut as the Steersman in Tristan und Isolde. This summer, he will be a Filene Young Artist at Wolf Trap Opera, where he will perform the role of Lt. Gordon in Silent Night by Kevin Puts.
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