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Peter Ludwig (Saul),
bass-baritone, enjoys
ongoing careers as a performer and as a teacher. He has been soloist
in concerts and recitals at Carnegie Hall, Weill Hall, the 92nd
Street Y, and other venues in the U.S., Italy, and Switzerland. He
was soloist in nine World or U. S. Premieres, of works by
historical and living composers ranging from Rossini and Georg
Schoenberg, to Gerald Busby and Anna Dembska. Mr. Ludwig has
appeared in a number of noted opera productions in New York, among
them as Horace in the Encompass Theater revival of Blitzstein's
Regina, and the Seneschal in the Vineyard Theater's acclaimed
American premiere of Donizetti's Gianni di Parigi, and sang
principal roles with Opera Ensemble of New York, Bel Canto Opera,
Pensacola Opera, Chattanooga Opera, Rockland Opera, and at the
historic Smith Opera House in Geneva, NY. He maintains his own
studio in New York (www.ludwigsinging.com). Many of his students
have continued to leading conservatories and successful performing
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Michael Ashby
(David),
tenor, was recently a soloist in the Mozart Requiem at West Liberty
College. Previous performances include Mime in
Das Rheingold as a visiting
artist for The Academy of Vocal Arts and Lippo Fiorentino in Weil's
Street Scene with Rutgers
Opera Company. Other roles include Don Basilio and Don Curzio (Le nozze di Figaro),
Ferrando (Così fan tutte),
Benjamin Franklin (1776) for Actors'NET of Bucks County and
Pseudolous (A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum) for NJCU. He has appeared
as Corporal Schultz in the Actors'NET of Bucks County in
Stalag 17, as well as
Pirelli in Sweeney Todd.
Prior roles with Rutgers Opera Company include Monostatos (Die Zauberflöte ), Slender (The
Merry Wives of Windsor), and Seargent Duffy in the premiere
of Jerome Morosse's Sorry, Wrong
Number . Mr. Ashby's performed the role of Midas in
Die schöne Galathée for
Concert Operetta Theater of Philadelphia. |
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Charles
Schneider
(Zerubbabel) is a lyric baritone who enjoys a busy schedule of both
singing and teaching. Mr. Schneider currently serves as an adjunct
professor of voice at New Jersey City University and Wagner College
where he is also the director of the Opera Workshop. He has sung
roles with Des Moines Metro Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland, The
Princeton Festival, Opera New York, The OK Mozart Festival,
Anchorage Opera, Opera Iowa, National Opera Company, and Wildwood
Park for the Performing Arts (Little Rock, Arkansas). He is
currently enrolled in the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Mason
Gross School of the Arts. |
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Lyric baritone Justin Johnson (Jonathan) has
had the opportunity of performing nationally with companies such as
New Jersey Opera Theater, Amarillo Opera, Bay Area Summer Opera
Theater Institute, Artistic Repertory Theater and Westminster Opera
Theater among others. Justin will be making his New York City
chamber recital debut this upcoming season with
Música de
Cámera.
His repertoire includes Bob in Menotti’s The Old
Maid and the Thief, Sid/Vicar in Albert Herring,
Capitan in Candide, John Brooke in Little Women,
Elviro in Serse, Lord Devenaut in Der Vampyr and Peter
in Hansel and Gretel, among others. Justin made his stage
directing debut this spring 2006 with the New Jersey Opera Theater
in The Telephone, Trouble in Tahiti and
The Impresario. |
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Soprano Bethany Reeves (Hannagail) pursues a
multi-faceted career as a soloist, director, voice teacher, choral
conductor, and actress. As a soprano she has worked extensively with
New York’s adventurous American Chamber Opera Company, including
premieres of custom-written work (upcoming: Douglas Anderson’s
“Antigone Sings”). She recently directed “Hansel & Gretel” for the
Berkshire Opera and played Viola in Twelfth Night for the
Actors Shakespeare Company. Ms. Reeves is a DMA candidate in voice
at Rutgers and teaches music at Stevens Institute of Technology. |
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Mezzo
soprano Adrienne
Alexander (Hannagail) is currently pursuing a DMA in music
education at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
Chosen as Runner-up in the 2005-2006 Concerto Competition, she
recently performed Alban Berg's "Sieben Fruhe Lieder" with the
Rutgers Orchestra. |
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Canadian mezzo soprano Patrice Jegou (Hannagail) is a retired
figure skater who pursued a career change in her twenties at the
suggestion of a cast-mate while skating in an ice show in Mexico.
After only two years of vocal studies she made her professional
singing debut in Leonard Bernstein's Mass under the baton of
Maestro Hans Graf as a soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic
Orchestra (Canada). Miss Jegou’s sacred
repertoire includes alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah,
Vivaldi’s Gloria, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass,
Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, Raminsh’s Magnificat, and
Rossini’s Stabat Mater. At the
opera, she has undertaken a number of roles including Dido in
Dido and Aeneus (Purcell), Mrs. Olson in Street Scene(Weill), First Prioress in Dialogues of the Carmelites
(Poulenc), The Witch in Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck), Baba
in The Medium (Menotti), Gontran in The Unfinished
Education (Chabrier), and Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro
(Mozart). Miss Jegou is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts
degree at Rutgers University in New Jersey, U.S.A. Other
recent career highlights include First Prize winner of the IX
Concurso y Festival Internacional de Canto Lírico in Perú (2005).
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Diverse
Spanish artist Cristina Pato (pianist) enjoys an
active professional career devoted to both Galician popular music as
a bagpiper, and to classical music as a pianist. Her dual careers
have led to performances throughout major stages in Spain, Portugal,
United Kingdom, France, Brazil,
Italy, Germany, Mexico and the US.
Ms. Pato has released three CD’s as a solo bagpiper and
collaborated
in
international tours with bands such as The Chieftains, Yo-Yo
Ma, Hevia, Royal Pipe Band, Tenerife Symphony Orchestra,
Silk Road Ensemble or Galicia Symphony Orchestra and
in more than twenty recordings as a guest artist.
As a classically trained pianist Ms. Pato holds
Master's
Degree in Piano, Music Theory and Chamber Music obtained
from the Conservatorio del Liceu (Barcelona) and
also
a Master's
Degree in Digital Arts (Computer Music) from the Universitat
Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). As the recipient of a major grant from
Fundación Barrié de la Maza, she is currently a Doctor of
Musical Arts candidate in Collaborative Piano at Rutgers University
where she studies with Prof. Gonzalez-Palmer. |
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