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Celebrating
27
seasons
Est. 1999
Bass
Figaro
Bass
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Chinese-American Bass, Colin Ramsey, has become known for his “majestic, rotund, ravishing bass” (Opera Today). This year, Mr. Ramsey will feature as Alidoro in Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s La Cenerentola, the title role in Opera Santa Barbara’s Giulio Cesare, Timur in both Pacific Opera Project and Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes’ productions of Turandot, and joins the Metropolitan Opera roster to cover Dumas in Andrea Chénier. Last season, he returned to Opera Santa Barbara for the title role in Le nozze di Figaro, Amarillo Opera for Escamillo in Carmen, the title role in Polifemo in its US premiere, and sang Messiah with The Pacific Chamber Orchestra and Santa Barbara Choral Society. Mr. Ramsey has been a soloist at myriad opera houses including the Santa Fe Opera, San Diego Opera, Opera San Jose, Seattle Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, and Sarasota Opera. His repertoire encompasses a wide range of roles and styles, including Colline in La bohème, Hunding in Die Walküre, Leporello in Don Giovanni, Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor.
Soprano
Susanna
Soprano
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Tori Tedeschi Adams is an exciting young soprano who is quickly gaining the attention of the opera world. In the 2025-2026 season, Ms. Adams will join The Metropolitan Opera roster, covering Student #3 in Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence. She will also originate the role of Elva Heaster Shue in the world premiere of Everlasting Faint with Madison Opera and make her Opera Las Vegas debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. This season, she made her role debut as Frasquita in Carmen with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra. In the 2023-2024 season, Ms. Adams made an exciting house debut with the Houston Grand Opera as Liesl von Trapp in their production of The Sound of Music, after a successful run in the same role with the Glimmerglass Festival, in which she was praised as a “lovely, sonorous Liesl” (Opera News). Passionate about new music, Ms. Adams performed in the world premiere productions of Douglas Cuomo’s Doubt with Minnesota Opera and Susan Kander’s The Giver with Project Opera, originating the role of Jonas. She has also participated in the workshops of acclaimed operas, including Paul Moravec’s The Shining with Minnesota Opera and Kevin Puts’ The Hours with Cincinnati Opera/Opera Fusion, which saw its premiere at The Metropolitan Opera.
Baritone
Count Almaviva
Baritone
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Praised by the Colorado Spring's Gazette for his "stunning" singing with "power and beauty", Matthew Peterson is a baritone acclaimed for his rich voice and expressive acting ability. His career highlights are the leading baritone roles in Don Giovanni, Cosí fan tutte, and Le Nozze di Figaro, as well the Novice in Billy Budd, Silvio from Pagliacci, and the title role of Gianni Schicchi. As a sought-after concert soloist he's performed many of the most demanding works for baritone including Carmina Burana with the Colorado Ballet, Poulenc's Le Bal Masque with the New England Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem, Five Mystical Songs by Vaughen-Williams, Haydn's Creation, and premiered the dance oratorio Ode to Nature that was recorded and released by Albion Records. Matthew is a first place winner of the Denver Lyric Opera Guild competition, a regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera's Laffont competition, and was recently the highest placing male singer with the Palm Springs Opera Guild. He is a graduate of the prestigious Yale School of Music and University of Denver. He currently lives in Santa Barbara, CA and teaches private voice lessons.
Mezzo-Soprano
Cherubino
Mezzo-Soprano
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Christina Pezzarossi Ramsey, mezzo-soprano, has been praised for her “smoky mezzo” and expressive stage presence. A native of Miles City, Montana, she has performed a wide range of operatic roles with companies across the country. Recent highlights include Carmen (Carmen), Ino (Semele), Margaret (The Light in the Piazza), Flora (La traviata), and Dorabella (Così fan tutte), as well as comedic turns in El Gato con Botas and COVID fan tutte with Pacific Opera Project. This season, Christina returns to Opera Santa Barbara in two featured roles: Cornelia in Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Sharon Falconer in Aldridge’s Elmer Gantry. She is currently completing her Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice at UC Santa Barbara.
Baritone
Doctor Bartolo
Baritone
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GRAMMY & MAC Award winning Baritone Adelmo Guidarelli is excited to return to Opera Las Vegas for his 6th production! He is one of opera’s busiest singing actors sought after for the Italian character parts in operas by Donizetti, Rossini, and Mozart such as the title role in Don Pasquale, Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love, Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola, Bartolo in The Barber of Seville and Le Nozze di Figaro, Leporello in Don Giovanni and Don Alfonso in Così Fan Tutte. Other notable roles include Falstaff in Falstaff, Gianni Schicchi in Gianni Schicchi, the Sacristan in Tosca, Benoit and Alcindoro in La Bohème, and Sulpice in The Daughter of the Regiment.
In addition to opera, Mr. Guidarelli landed two national TV commercials for SONY’s PS4 Pro “Opera Campaign,” one of which debuted during the 2018 Super Bowl game day coverage on NBC. He is also part of the SONY MBA (Music Business Association) catalog singing the seasonal hits “A Christmas Toast” and “Sing Your Song.” His debut solo album titled “Treasured Songs of Italy & Germany” spawned an International Association of Independent Recording Artists (IAIRA) certified International #1 hit for his dual language version of “Funiculi, Funicula”, and he is a voting member of The Recording Academy.
Regional Premiere (Santas)
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Baritone
King Melchior (Amahl) / Santa Gary (Santas)
Baritone
JAWAN JENKINS, Baritone and native of New York City. Jawan received his training early as a member of The Boys Choir of Harlem. Premiered roles include Asku in Stomping Grounds with The Glimmerglass Festival, Mr. Delgado in Jake Heggie’s It’s A Wonderful Life, and Ricky Ian Gordon’s A Coffin in Egypt, both with Houston Grand Opera. Roles with the Butler Opera Center include; Ford in Falstaff, Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Maquis de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Charlie in Three Decembers and, Vater in Hänsel und Gretel. With Houston Grand Opera, Opera to Go, he premiered three roles by Mary Carol Warwick. As a 2018 and 2019 Young Artist with The Glimmerglass Festival, he was seen in West Side Story, Silent Night, ShowBoat, Porgy & Bess, Blue, and The Ghost of Versailles. Jawan has had recent debuts with Vegas City Opera as Marcello in La Bohème, as Action in West Side Story with Opera San José, Asku in Stomping Grounds at Seattle Opera for a workshop performance, Bill Bobstay in H.M.S. Pinafore with Opera Las Vegas, and a guest soloist with Albany Symphony Orchestra and Georgia Symphony Orchestra. He has also appeared in Champion at Lyric Opera Chicago.
Jawan obtained his Bachelor’s from Prairie View A&M University, Master’s in Opera Performance and Doctorate of Musical Arts in Voice Performance and Vocal Pedagogy from The University of Texas at Austin. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Voice at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Bass-Baritone
King Balthazar (Amahl) / Santa Barry (Santas)
Bass-Baritone
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Joshua Hughes, lauded for his “full-voiced, highly expressive, bass-baritone pipes” (Theatre Eddy’s), \\\"powerful lyricism” (Texas Classical Review), and \\\"brilliant vocal range” (DC Metro Theater Arts), has performed in opera, operetta, theatre, cabarets, and concerts ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan to Mozart to Verdi. A recent Vegas transplant, Joshua made his Opera Las Vegas debut as Don Basilio in Rossini\\\'s Il barbiere di Siviglia and has appeared as the bass soloist in J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug, Cantata BWV 82 and Purcell’s The Fairy Queen with Las Vegas Sinfonietta. Previous credits include the U.S. premiere of Carlo Coccia’s Matilde (Pantarotto) with Opera Southwest, La Traviata (Dottore Grenvil), Don Giovanni (Masetto & Commendatore), and Der fliegende Holländer (Daland) with West Bay Opera, The Pirates of Penzance (Major-General Stanley) and Iolanthe (Lord Chancellor) with Lamplighters Music Theatre, and Il barbiere di Siviglia (Fiorello), Tosca (Sciarrone), Alma Deutscher’s Cinderella (Minister), and West Side Story (Baby John) with Opera San José. He has performed internationally at Hong Kong Disneyland and across the United States with San Francisco Opera, American Baroque Opera Company, Dallas Bach Society, Young Victorian Theatre Company, Victorian Lyric Opera Company, Opera in Concert, Orchestra of New Spain, and Lyric Opera Baltimore.
Tenor
King Kaspar (Amahl) / Santa Larry (Santas)
Tenor
William is an emerging artist with an expressive, clarion sound. Frequently sought after as a soloist and collaborator, he has performed leading roles ranging from Bacchus in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos to Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Bohème. Most recently heard as Marcos in Behold the Man with Opera Las Vegas, William has interpreted Froh in Das Rheingold with the Miami Music Festival, as well as Erik in Der Fliegende Höllander and Canio in I Pagliacci with Vegas City Opera. Happy to be returning to Opera Las Vegas, William has previously performed the roles of Jaffet in Benjamin Britten’s Noye’s Fludde and Geppetto in John Davies’ Pinocchio.
Bass-Baritone
The Page (Amahl) / Santa Terry (Santas)
Bass-Baritone
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Aaron Oberlander is a bass-baritone who received his Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance with a focus in Pedagogy at the University of Houston. Recently he has performed works with Moores Opera Center, Mercury Early Music Chamber Ensemble, Santa Rosa Symphonic Chorus, and Operativo Houston. Currently he plans to continue his graduate work at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to receive his Master of Music. Mr. Oberlander believes strongly in a personal connection to music and maintains that the art form should remain as free and unhindered as possible while still remaining fun for all ages. He has taught voices of all ages since 2018 in operatic, choral, musical theater, and more casual genres.
Production Pianist
Production Pianist
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Pianist Nathan Carterette recently moved to Las Vegas after completing his Doctorate in piano from the University of Iowa. There, he was also on the board of the Cedar Rapids Opera and with founder Daniel Kleinknecht established the first Liederabend, featuring the company's Young Artists. Nathan has toured the US extensively both as piano soloist and with organist Edward Alan Moore as the Arsenal Duo.
Soprano
Soprano
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Praised for her “luminous strands of silver vocalism” (Parterre Box) and her “voice of both power and beauty” (Operawire), soprano Jessica Sandidge will appear as an opera singer on Apple TV’s The Morning Show Season 4. Her recent performance in the title role of Tosca in Los Angeles will be screened at a movie theater in North Hollywood. Other credits include the role of Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow, with Musica Viva in Hong Kong. Last season she debuted in title roles, including Susannah with Delaware Valley Opera and Manon Lescaut with Opera Festival of Chicago. Last year, she also sang the role of Eva Peròn in the US premiere of Corpus Evita, by Carlos Franzetti, and reprised the role of Micaëla in Carmen: The Traveller with Pensacola Opera.
Ms. Sandidge has given several concert performances, such as the world premiere of Ivo Antognini’s A Prayer for Mother Earth, at Carnegie Hall. This concert also included solos in Requiem for the Living by Dan Forrest. She was also a solo artist in the National Chorale\\\'s Messiah Sing-in at David Geffen Hall and performed Violetta’s Aria \\\"Sempre libera\\\" at Rose Hall.
Upcoming events include reprising the role of Susannah with St Petersburg Opera and a role debut as the Foreign Princess in Rusalka with Opera Modesto. Ms. Sandidge has performed roles and concerts with The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Sarasota Opera, St Pete Opera, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Pacific Opera Project, Gulf Shore Opera, American Opera Project, Heartbeat Opera, among others.
Tenor
Tenor
“Money-notes worth every penny,” “powerful singing,” “wonderful acting,” “movie star good looks,”and “passionate elegance” are just a few of the phrases used by critics to describe spinto tenor Isaac Hurtado. Critically acclaimed for portrayals of Don José in Carmen, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Werther in Werther, Alfredo in La Traviata, and Roméo in Roméo et Juliette, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Duca in Rigoletto, and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Mr. Hurtado is “the complete package.”
Mr. Hurtado’s 2025-26 engagements include Alfredo in La Traviata with Orquesta Filarmónica del Estado de Chihuahua, Mexico, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Tampa, Don José in Carmen on tour with Teatro Lirico D’Europa, and Werther (Amelia Island Opera), and a concert debut with Opera Las Vegas: “A Passion for Puccini.”
The 2024-25 season included appearances as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly in Palm Desert, CA (Teatro Lirico d’Europa), and Alfredo in La traviata (Opera Idaho), a debut with Orquesta Filarmónica del Estado de Chihuahua, Mexico in the gala “Tutto Verdi,” a return to Opera Idaho in “Opera in the Park,” and “Deborah Voigt and Friends Gala’ (Utah Valley Operafest).
In the 2023-24 season Mr. Hurtado starred as The Prince in Dvorak's Rusalka (Opera Orlando), and as Don José in Carmen (Opera Southwest). He made his Carnegie Hall debut as tenor soloist in Nunes-Garcia’s Missa de Requiem for MidAmerica Productions and performed the tenor solos on the award-winning recording of Dwight Bigler’s Mosaic for the Earth, released on the Tonsehen label. He also appeared in recital with Opera Orlando, as tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem (Salt Lake Choral Artists), Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, (Brigham Young University), and "Opera Gems" (Opera Roanoke). Other recent appearances include the role of Don José in both Carmen and La Tragèdie de Carmen (Utah Festival Opera) and (Utah Opera).
Baritone
Tonio
Baritone
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In the beginnings of an exciting international career, Daniel Scofield’s “burnished tone marks him as a name to keep an eye on – surely a future Verdian of note (Bachtrack)”. Recent engagements include new and classic productions with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera (La bohéme), Prague State Opera (Der fliegende Holländer), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester (Les Naufrageurs), Staatsoper Hannover (Pagliacci), with additional engagements with the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli (Die Walküre), Lyric Opera of Chicago (Macbeth, Don Carlos, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci), and the Houston Symphony (Salome).
In 2025/2026 Daniel makes several important debuts. To begin the season he appears in St. Louis as Jochanaan in Salome, a role he previously covered with the Houston Symphony, he returns to North Dakota as Don Giovanni before ending the year at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in Elijah Moshinsky’s original production of Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci. In the Spring he returns to the Prague State Opera to reprise Tonio/Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci, and later will bring his experienced interpretation of Tonio in Pagliacci to Oslo and Las Vegas. He makes his final debut in April as Golaud in Debussy\'s symbolist masterpiece Pelleas et Melisande with Opera Baltimore.
Tenor
Canio
Tenor
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American tenor Ben Gulley has been hailed as “outstanding" (Opera News) and "startlingly gifted" (San Francisco Classical Voice). The award-winning artist’s recent seasons have included feature roles in opera, solo engagements, concert, film work, touring and important appearances abroad. Gulley’s engagements for the 2024-2025 season include an exciting variety of fully staged productions including Rodolfo in La bohème with Knoxville Opera, as well as concert engagements such as a holiday program with Orchestra Iowa, Carmina Burana with the Grand Rapids Symphony, and highlights from Bizet’s Carmen with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra.
Recent artistic and critical triumphs include his debut as Romeo in the rave-reviewed Roméo et Juliette with Opera Idaho (2024), headlining “An Evening with Sir Tim Rice” alongside the EGOT legend himself (2024), winning Broadway World’s “Best Actor In A Musical” award for his debut as Quasimodo in Dennis DeYoung's Hunchback of Notre Dame with Skylight Music Theatre (2022), a debut as Cavaradossi in Tosca with Sarasota Opera (2022), Tenor Soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with Orchestra Iowa (2023) and international engagements as Tenor Soloist in Bruckner’s Te Deum with Maestro Hartmut Haenchen and as Tenor Soloist in Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde opposite renowned mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung with the Belgian National Orchestra in Brussels and Namur, Belgium under Maestro Hugh Wolff (2021).