Craig Colclough
Sir John Falstaff
Bass-Baritone
From: Claremont, California.
LA Opera: Guccio in Gianni Schicchi (2008, debut); 15 roles to date including Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro (2023), Leporello in Don Giovanni (2023), Capulet in Roméo et Juliette (2024). He performs in the James Conlon Farewell Concert on April 24. He is a 2021 recipient of the Stern Artist Award.
About: Verdi’s Macbeth has become a signature, serving as his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Bayerische Staatsoper, Luxembourg Opera and, most recently, Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Brazil. He began the season as Gerhard in the world premiere of The Amazing Adventure of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera. Recent highlights include Scarpia in Tosca in Seattle, Wagner’s Dutchman with Göteborg Opera, Alberich in the Ring with Tiroler Festspiele Erl and Telramund in Lohengrin at Covent Garden. He is a professor and author of Classical Voice: The Theory of Everything. (CraigColclough.com)
Nicole Heaston
Alice Ford
Soprano
From: Chicago, Illinois.
LA Opera: Musetta in La Bohème (2007, debut); Mary in Highway 1, USA (2024). She also performs at this season’s James Conlon Farewell Concert.
About: She has appeared with opera companies throughout the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Dallas Opera, Washington National Opera, Semperoper Dresden and the Glyndebourne Festival in England. This season’s appearances include Elisa in Tolomeo with Philharmonia Baroque in San Francisco, a double bill of Down in the Valley and Highway 1, USA with Detroit Opera, Britten’s War Requiem with Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España, and galas with both Opera Philadelphia and Opera Roanoke. Future engagements include returns to Austin Opera in the title role of Thaïs and to both Houston Grand Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago in leading roles. (NicoleHeaston.com)
Ernesto Petti
Ford
Baritone
From: Salerno, Italy.
LA Opera: debut. He also performs Don Carlo in excerpts from La Forza del Destino in the James Conlon Farewell Concert this season.
About: He began the season as Renato in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, followed by three Verdi roles at the Teatri di Piacenza: the title role in Rigoletto, Count di Luna in Il Trovatore, and Germont in La Traviata. He then performed Rigoletto at Ópera de Oviedo and returned to Naples as Ford in Falstaff. His upcoming engagements include Amonasro in Aida at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Valentin in Faust at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Scarpia in Tosca in Atlanta, and the title role in Macbeth at the New National Theatre Tokyo. Last season, he opened the Festival Verdi in Parma as Macbeth and also appeared in the title role of Nabucco in Cologne, as Ford in Genoa, Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana and Tonio in Pagliacci in both Modena and Piacenza, and as Ezio in Attila in Naples.
Hyona Kim
Mistress Quickly
Mezzo-Soprano
From: Seoul, South Korea.
LA Opera: Suzuki in Madama Butterfly (2024, debut). She also performs at this season’s James Conlon Farewell Concert. Upcoming: Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro (2027).
About: Lauded by The New York Times as a “vibrant and dark-toned, agile mezzo-soprano,” she debuted this season as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly at both the Metropolitan Opera and Irish National Opera. She also performed Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde at Korea National Opera in December. Last season, she performed Suzuki with the Royal Danish Opera, Canadian Opera Company and with Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, and she also made her debut with Opera Maine as Amneris in Aida, a role she covered at the Met. She made her San Francisco Opera debut in the lead role of Lady Wang in Bright Sheng’s 2016 world premiere of Dream of the Red Chamber, and reprised that role there for a revival in 2022, returning again in 2023 as Suzuki. (KimHyona.com)
Deanna Breiwick
Nannetta
Soprano
From: Salt Lake City, Utah.
LA Opera: debut.
About: Earlier this season, she appeared with the Dallas Opera as Soeur Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites; she returns to Dallas in May for Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the Dallas Symphony, under the baton of Fabio Luisi. Recent engagements include Lisette in La Rondine at Opéra de Monte Carlo and Adele in Die Fledermaus at Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Career highlights include Soeur Constance with San Francisco Opera; Adele, Nannetta and Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera) with the Bavarian State Opera in Munich; Drusilla (The Coronation of Poppea) at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; Cunegonde in Candide with Atlanta Opera; and Metropolitan Opera appearances in Thaïs, Parsifal, Marnie, and Ariadne auf Naxos. She has performed Marzelline (Fidelio), Dorinda (Orlando) and Carolina (Il Matrimonio Segreto) with Opernhaus Zürich. (DeannaBreiwick.com)
Anthony León
Fenton
Tenor
From: Riverside, California.
LA Opera: Normanno in Lucia di Lammermoor (2022, debut); roles including Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (2023) and Ferrando in Così fan tutte (2025). He is an alumnus of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program (2022-24) and a 2025 winner of the Stern Artist Award.
About: He was a 2023 grand finals winner of the Met’s Laffont Competition and 2022 first place winner of Operalia. His appearances this season include debuts with Lyric Opera of Chicago as Ferrando in Così fan tutte, with Teatro Regio Torino and the Glyndebourne Festival as Belmonte in The Abduction from the Seraglio, and with Washington Concert Opera as Nadir in The Pearl Fishers, a role he recently performed with Berlin’s Staatsoper under den Linden. He also performs Antonio Estévez’s Cantata Criolla with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic. Next season, he will debut with the Dallas Opera as Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore. (AnthonyLeonTenor.com)
Sarah Saturnino
Meg Page
Mezzo-Soprano
From: Grass Valley, California.
LA Opera: Her many company appearances include Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia (2023); Emilia in Otello (2023, mainstage debut), Flora in La Traviata (2024) and Maddalena in Rigoletto (2025). She also performs Preziosilla in La Forza del Destino in the James Conlon Farewell Concert this season. She was a member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program (2022-24).
About: A 2023 winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition, she will make her mainstage Met debut as Wowkle in The Girl of the Golden West in 2027. In 2025, she made her debut as Fricka in Die Walküre at the Santa Fe Opera. She will reprise Fricka in May with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where she recently performed Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. She will make her role debut as Amneris in Aida at Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Recent highlights include the title role of Carmen with Opera Santa Barbara. (SarahSaturnino.com)
Nathan Bowles
Dr. Caius
Tenor
From: Minot, North Dakota.
LA Opera: Benvolio in Roméo et Juliette (2024, debut); Bullfighter in Ainadamar (2025); Borsa in Rigoletto (2025); Parpignol in La Bohème (2025). He also appears in the James Conlon Farewell Concert. He will return as the First Armored Man in The Magic Flute and, next season, as Ismaele in Nabucco. He joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program last season.
About: This summer, he will make his role debut as Siegmund in Die Walküre with the Taiwan Philharmonic. Highlights of future seasons include an engagement with Munich’s Bavarian State Opera. He was a 2024 national finalist in the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition, a 2025 finalist at Operalia, anda recipient of the 2024 Richard F. Gold Career Grant. Last year, he performed Canio in Pagliacci with Pacific Opera Project and Don José in The Tragedy of Carmen with Tulsa Opera. (NathanBowlesTenor.com)
Yuntong Han
Bardolph
Tenor
From: Shenyang, China.
LA Opera: Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette (2025, debut); High Priest of Amon in Akhnaten (2026). He also covered the role of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (2025). He joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program last season.
About: He began the current season covering the role of the Jade Emperor in Huang Ruo’s The Monkey King at San Francisco Opera. He was a 2023 national grand finalist in the Met’s Laffont Competition. He graduated from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and completed his undergraduate study at New England Conservatory. His roles include Roméo, Tamino in The Magic Flute, Ruggero in La Rondine, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore, Rodolfo in La Bohème and Lucano in The Coronation of Poppea. He has been a vocal fellow at Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute and a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
Vinícius Costa
Pistol
Bass
From: São Paulo, Brazil.
LA Opera: Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly (2024, debut); Duke of Verona in Roméo et Juliette (2024); Jose Tripaldi in Ainadamar (2025); Aye in Akhnaten (2026). He also appears in the James Conlon Farewell Concert. He joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program last season.
About: This summer, he will perform Count Capulet in Roméo et Juliette as a Gaddes Festival Artist with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He performs two roles in a recently released recording of Brazilian composer André Mehmari’s 2023 opera O Machete. He has been a Reneé Fleming Fellow with Aspen Opera Theater, where he performed Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro and appeared in Jimmy Lopez’s Bel Canto, and he also participated in the Reneé Fleming Song Studio at Carnegie Hall. He has performed with Theater Basel and Bühne Bern in Switzerland and Teatro São Pedro, Teatro Municipal de São Paulo and Sala São Paulo in Brazil.
