Alumni

Tony Arnold '90

• Soprano
• Concert artist and recitalist, contemporary music specialist 
• website

Leif Aruhn-Solen '01

• Tenor
• Baroque Oratorio and opera
• Glimmerglass Opera

Benjamin Bagby '72

• Baritone
• Early and medieval music
• Sequentia (director)
• website

Zara Barrett '01

• Soprano
• Pittsburgh Opera
• Glimmerglass Opera

Malia Bendi-Merad '03

• Soprano
• Solo performances with the Cleveland Orchestra

Robin Bettigole '69

• Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Carolyn Betty '99

• Soprano
• Metropolitan Opera Audition winner
• St. Louis Opera

Nathalie Boissy '88

• Soprano
• Marseilles Opera

Stephen Bryant '71

• Baritone
• Regional U.S. opera companies

Barry Busse '68

• Tenor
• Seattle Opera

Alyson Cambridge '02

• Soprano
• Metropolitan Opera Audition winner
• St. Louis Opera

Matthew Carey '82

• Baritone
• German opera houses

Jennifer Casey Cabot '86    

• Soprano
• Washington Opera
• Cleveland Opera

Andrea Cawelti '82

• Soprano
• Metropolitan Opera Guild Award

Salvatore Champagne '84

• Tenor
• European opera houses

Kathy Chiavola '74

• Bluegrass, blues and folk
• Recording Artist
• website

Janet Cobb '71

• Mezzo-soprano
• Hamburg Opera
• Oldenburg Opera

Frank Coffey '65

• Baritone
• Comprimario roles
• Metropolitan Opera chorus

Kendra Colton '83

• Soprano
• Baroque oratorio and opera

Margaret Cusack '75

• Soprano
• New York City Opera
• Intenational Maggio in Florence, Italy

Elizabeth DeShong '02

• Mezzo-soprano
• St. Louis Opera
• Soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra

Franco Farina '77

• Tenor
• Paris, Tokyo, Vienna, Munich, Hamburg Metropolitan Operas

Eric Frachey '88

• Bass-baritone
• French regional opera houses

Colenton Freeman '79

• Tenor
• Berlin, Bonn, European opera houses
• website

Stephanie Friede '76

• Mezzo-soprano
• Regional U.S. opera companies

Judy Goldberg '67

• Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Oren Gradus '97

• Baritone
• Houston Grand Opera
• Metropolitan Opera

Denyce Graves '85

• Mezzo-soprano
• Metropolitan Opera
• Concert and recording artist
• website

Liora Grodnikaite '02

• Mezzo-soprano
• Royal Opera House
• Covent Garden
• St. Louis Opera

John Hanriot '72

• Tenor
• Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Katherine Harris '82

• Soprano
• Regional opera companies

Frank Hernandez '97

• Baritone
• Houston Opera
• Detroit Opera

Scott Hogsed '98

• Baritone
• Atlanta Opera

Christopher Holmes '99

• Dallas Opera

Benjamin Holt '77 (deceased)

• Baritone
• Metropolitan Opera

Nicholas Isherwood '81

• Bass
• Covent Garden
• German opera houses
• Contemporary roles
• website

Arden Kaywin '99

• Soprano
• San Francisco Opera Center 
• Opera Theater of St. Louis

Diane Ketchie '75

• Soprano
• German opera houses

Judy Kuhn '81

• Soprano
• American and European musical theater
• Film

Dina Kuznetsova '95

• Soprano
• Berlin Staatsoper
• Lyric Opera of Chicago

Marie Lenormand '99

• Mezzo-soprano
• Metropolitan Opera
• Houston Opera

Vincenzo Manno '70

• Tenor
• La Scala Opera

Joseph McKee '71

• Bass-baritone
• New York City Opera

Adrienne McKeown '91

• Soprano
• Musical Theater

David Miller '95

• Tenor
• Baz Luhrmann's La Bohème
• Sydney Opera
• La Scala Opera
• Washington Opera
• Member of II Divo
• website

Mark Moliterno '82

• Baritone
• New York City Opera
• Regional U.S. and Japanese opera houses

David Adam Moore '97

• Baritone
• Seattle Opera
• Regional U.S. companies
• Tel Aviv Opera

Nicholas Muni '74

• Baritone
• Cincinnati Opera (Artistic Director)

Andrew Nolen '97

• Baritone
• Seattle Opera
• St. Louis Opera

Beverly Norris '50 (deceased)

• U.S. premiere of Albert Herring

Daniel Okulitch '99

• Bass-baritone
• Calgary Opera
• San Francisco Merola
• Baz Luhrmann's La Bohème

Ann Panagulias '84

• Soprano
• San Francisco Opera
• European and American opera houses

Marni Raab '96

• Soprano
• Touring musical theater companies

Derek Lee Ragin '80

• Countertenor
• European opera houses
• Metropolitan Opera 
• website

Jody Rapport '79

• Soprano
• Baltimore Opera

 Christopher Robertson '87

• Baritone
• Washington Opera
• Metropolitan Opera

Hugh Russell '00

• Baritone
• Pittsburgh Opera
• San Francisco Merola Opera Program

Lisa Saffer '77

• Soprano
• American opera houses

John Sandor '68

• Tenor
• New York City Opera
• Cleveland Opera
• Opera houses in Berlin and Bonn

Aija Jirgensons Schrader '77

• Cleveland Opera
• Regional U.S. houses

Nadine Secunde '75

• Soprano
• Bayreuth
• European Houses

Mitchell Sendrowitz '76

• Baritone
• Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Thomas Silverberg '75

• Tenor
• Opera and oratorio

Robert Sims '88

• Baritone
• Oratorio and orchestral appearances

Alma Jean Smith '71

• Soprano
• Metropolitan Opera Guild winner
• Metropolitan Opera
• European houses

Joel Sorenson '89

• Tenor
• New York City Opera
• Metropolitan Opera

Christoph Späth '87

• Tenor
• Salzburg Festival

Kenneth Tarver '89

• Tenor
• Opera and oratorio

Todd Thomas '84

• Baritone
• website

Melinda Thompson '81

• Soprano
• European musical theater companies

Mel Ulrich '93

• Bass-baritone
• New York City Opera
• Metropolitan Opera

Milagro Vargas '77

• Mezzo-soprano
• Oratorio and opera
• Recordings

Richard White '71

• Baritone
• Musical theater, film

Edith Wiens '75

• Soprano
• Oratorio and concert career
• website