Vocal Competition 2021 Program

About the Artists
RAVEN MCMILLON, Soprano
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
As a studio artist at the Houston Grand Opera, Raven can
be seen in the 2020-2021 HGO Digital season as Rona
Richards in The Impresario, Peter in The Making of The Snowy
Day documentary, and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel. Ms.
McMillon also performed as a soloist in the Giving
Voice concert as well as the HGO Studio Recitals. She will return to Houston
Grand Opera as a second year studio artist for their 2021-2022 season. Raven
received her MM Vocal Performance at the University of Cincinnati-College
Conservatory of Music and her BFA in Vocal Performance at Carnegie Mellon
University.
JOHN KUN PARK, Tenor
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Korean-American tenor, John Kun Park was invited to
perform in 2021 with the Palm Springs Opera Guild for a
Patron’s event and will be an Apprentice Artist with Des
Moines Metro Opera for their Summer Season. He also
had the privilege of competing as a semi-finalist in the
Cardiff singer of the World Competition. John has appeared nationally with
companies such as Sarasota Opera, Central City Opera, Des Moines Metro
Opera, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, West Bay Opera, and Long Beach Opera.
ELENA VILLALÓN, Soprano
Hometown: Austin, TX
Elena Villalón was a Grand Finals winner of the 2019
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and a
current Studio Artist at Houston Grand Opera. She is a
recent graduate of the Cincinnati College – Conservatory of
Music, has been a young artist at Opera Theatre of Saint
Louis, Tanglewood Music Center, and was scheduled to make her debut at
Santa Fe Opera before COVID-19.