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Thaïs, Page 4Tenor Aaron Short (Nicias – all performances) is a second-year Master’s degree candidate studying with Mark Oswald. Mr.Short spent this past summer as a member of the Wolf Trap Opera Studio. Previous credits with the Manhattan School ofMusic Opera Theater include The Ghosts of Versailles (Bégearss). Additional credits include Lucia di Lamermoor (Edgardo) withTom Muraco’s Opera Repertory Ensemble, Die Zauberflöte (Tamino), Così fan tutte (Ferrando) and the title role in Albert Herring.Future engagements include the title role in Faust with Tom Muraco’s Opera Repertory Ensemble.Bass LeMarcus Miller (Palémon – December 5 and 9) is a second-year Master’s degree candidate studying with MarkOswald. Performance credits includes Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Le Comte des Grieux in Manon, Prince Yamadoriin Madame Butterfly, Dancaïre in Carmen, Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Simone and Marco in Gianni Schicchi andthe Beast in Beauty and the Beast. Mr. Miller has performed many oratorio and sacred works including the Messiah, Kodály’sTe Deum, Malcolm Archer’s Requiem, Haydn’s Missa Sancti Nicolai and the Mozart Requiem. He has been a soloist with theRockwall Philharmonic Orchestra, Dallas Baptist University Chorale, Texas A & M Chorale, and has performed with Jazz atLincoln Center. Recently, he was awarded 1st Place in the Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition at CarnegieHall.Bass Brett Vogel (Palémon – December 7) is a second-year Master’s degree candidate under the tutelage of Maitland Peters.Previous credits include Ghosts of Versailles (Suleyman Pasha) with Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, La Calisto(Silvano) with Manhattan School of Music Summer Voice festival, H.M.S. Pinafore (Dick Deadeye), Falstaff (Pistola), and DonGiovanni (Il Commendatore) with the University of Georgia.Soprano Allison Nicholas (Crobyle – December 5 and 7) is a first-year Master’s degree candidate under the tutelage of CynthiaHoffmann. Previous credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tytania), Suor Angelica (Genovieffa), Die Verschwörenen(Helene), Le nozze di Figaro (Barbarina), and Ann and Sèamus (Ann). Some other scene work includes L’enfant et les sortilèges(La Princesse), Cherubin (Ensoliade), L’elisir d’amore (Adina), La clemenza di Tito (Servilla) and Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna).Soprano Elena Perroni (Crobyle – December 9) is a second-year Master’s degree candidate at under the tutelage of MarlenaMalas. Previous credits include L’elisir d’amore (Gianetta) with Chautauqua Institution and Dialogues des carmélites (Constance)with Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Scene work includes L’elisir d’amore (Adina), Don Pasquale (Norina) andRegina (Alexandra).French mezzo-soprano Elsa Quéron (Myrtale – all performances) is a first-year Master’s degree candidate studying withMignon Dunn. Performance credits include Papagena and the Second Boy in Die Zauberflöte and Lazuli in Chabrier’s L’étoile.She has performed with Joan Dornemann’s International Vocal Arts Institute program in Montreal and as a Studio Artist forOpera Saratoga Lake George Opera, where she performed in Trial by Jury by Gilbert and Sullivan and The Mighty Casey byWilliam Schuman.Maren Weinberger (La Charmeuse – December 5 and 7) is a second-year Master’s degree candidate studying with EdithBers. Maren competed in a number of award and scholarship competitions last year including The Dallas Opera Guild, placingsecond, The Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, winning the “Young Artist Encouragement Award”, TheAmerican Prize, receiving first place, and received the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston’s annual music scholarship. Mostrecently she was seen as Kate in Kiss Me Kate at Seagle Music Colony. Upcoming engagements include Manhattan School ofMusic American Musical Theatre Ensemble’s production of Side By Side, where she will perform as a lead soloist.Chae Seon Kim (La Charmeuse – December 9)Mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis (Albine – December 5 and 7) a professional studies candidate, is a student of CynthiaHoffmann. Ms. Bryce-Davis was a 2012 Gerdine Young Artist at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where she performed inthe American premiere of Unsuk Chen’s Alice in Wonderland (Owl). Additional credits include Pique Dame (Countess) withthe Russian Opera Workshop at the Academy of Vocal Arts, El amor brujo (Candelas) and La vida breve (Carmela) with theManhattan School of Music Opera Theater, Le nozze di Figaro (Marcellina) with Opera on the Avalon, and selections from Iltitorno d’Ulisse in patria (Penelope) at the Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater.

Thaïs, Page 5Mezzo-soprano Clarissa Parrish (Albine – December 9) is a second-year Master’s degree candidate studying with Ashley Putnam.Previous credits include Hansel and Gretel (The Witch) with Manhattan School of Music, Lucia di Lammermoor (Alisa)with Thomas Muraco’s Opera Repertory Ensemble, Die Zauberflöte (Dritte Dame) with Mittelsächsisches Theater, Hänsel undGretel (Gertrud) with Luray Opera Theater and The Medium (Mrs. Nolan) with James Madison University Opera Theater.Scene work includes Albert Herring (Mum), Les contes d’Hoffmann (Nicklausse) and Carmen (Carmen). This spring Miss Parrishwill sing Marthe Schwerlein in Faust with Thomas Muraco’s Opera Repertory Ensemble.Baritone Darnell Abraham (Serviteur – all performances) is currently pursuing his Master’s degree under the tutelage ofMark Oswald. Previous engagements include Rossini’s La cambiale di matrimonio (Slook), Porgy and Bess (Undertaker),Ernani (Jago), Peter Grimes (Balstrode), Cosí fan tutte (Guglielmo). Additional credits include Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Elijah),Haydn’s Creation (Raphael), Handel’s Messiah, Fauré’s Requiem, Vaughn Williams’ Hodie and Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast.The Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, Dona D. Vaughn, Artistic Director is recognized as one of the foremostopera training programs in the world, Manhattan School of Music’s Opera Program attracts some of the most talented youngsingers from the United States and more than forty countries. Students in the program refine their technique and develop artistryunder the guidance of a faculty of eminent artist-teachers while gaining exposure before New York City audiences throughperformances in opera scenes, community outreach programs, and two fully-staged productions each year.The Manhattan School of Music Opera Program has a long and proud tradition of producing some of the finest operatic artistsin America and abroad. The School’s opera pro¬ductions have been praised as a significant contribution to operatic life inNew York City, and many students have gone on to major careers. Among notable alumnae are sopranos Pamela Armstrong,Elaine Alvarez, Alexandra Deshorties, Lauren Flanigan, Olivia Gorra, Kathleen Kim, Catherine Malfitano, Tonna Miller, LaquitaMitchell and Dawn Upshaw; mezzo-sopranos Kate Aldrich, Beth Clayton, Jennifer Dudley, Susan Graham, and DoloraZajick; countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo; tenors Matthew Chellis and Brandon Jovanovich; and baritone Scott Altman.Margaret Juntwait, the first woman announcer who is the voice of the Metropolitan Opera broadcast, is also a graduate.The Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater has issued a vast discography including Lee Hoiby’s Summer and Smoke (recordedat MSM in December 2010) as well as Ned Rorem’s Miss Julie, Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring, Gaetano Donizetti’sIl campanello di notte, Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti, Gustav Holst’s Savitri, Nicolas Flagello’s The Piper, Ludwig Spohr’sBeauty and the Beast, the world premiere recordings of Daniel Catan’s Rappaccini’s Daughter, William Mayer’s A Death in theFamily, Scott Eyerly’s The House of Seven Gables, Robert Ward’s Roman Fever, Thomas Pasatieri’s The Seagull, Lee Hoiby’s AMonth in the Country, and John Musto’s Later the Same Evening.* * * * *Opera StudiesDona D. Vaughn, Artistic DirectorGordon Ostrowski, Assistant Dean/Opera ProducerDaniel Benavent, Opera Studio Manager/Associate ProducerAnne Shikany, Assistant to the DirectorWilliam Tracy, Head CoachMark Janas, June Murano-Murray, LeAnn Overton, Scott Rednour, and Elizabeth Rodgers, Vocal CoachesJorge Parodi, Vocal Coach and Music Director of Senior Opera TheaterVoice FacultyMaitland Peters, Chair; Edith Bers, Joan Caplan, Mignon Dunn, Hilda Harris, Cynthia Hoffmann,Marlena Kleinman Malas, Spiro Malas, Catherine Malfitano, Patricia Misslin, Mark Oswald, Joan Patenaude-Yarnell, AshleyPutnam, Neil Rosenshein and Lynn Owen (voice faculty emeritus)* * * * *