Cast of La Bohème

INNA DUKACH
Mimi, Soprano
Moscow, Russia
Dayton Opera: Debut
Recently: Musetta, La Boheme, Royal Opera House, Covent Gardens
Mimi, La Boheme, Opera Colorado, Opera North
Countess, The Marriage of Figaro, Hawaii Opera Theatre
Pamina, The Magic Flute, Opera Hong Kong

 

DINYAR VANIA
Rodolfo, Tenor
Syracuse, NY
Dayton Opera: Debut
Recently: Don Jose, Carmen, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Rodolfo, La Boheme, New York City Opera, Madison Opera, Knoxville Opera
Duke, Rigoletto, Opera Grand Rapids, Knoxville Opera
Nemorino, The Elixir of Love, New York City Opera, Sacramento Opera

 

KEARSTIN PIPER BROWN
Musetta, Soprano
Ypsilanti, MI
Dayton Opera: 2010 Bess, Porgy and Bess
2005-06 Artist-in-Residence
Recently: Bess, Porgy and Bess, Virginia Opera, Cape Town Opera, New York Harlem Productions
Euridice, Gluck’s Orpheus and Euridice, Opera Memphis
Annina, La Traviata, Opera Memphis
                                                  Rosina, The Barber of Seville, Cincinnati Opera

 

KYLE PFORTMILLER
Marcello, Baritone
Illinois
Dayton Opera: Debut
Recently: Marquis d’Obigny, La Traviata, Metropolitan Opera
Eisenstein, Die Fledermaus, Saratoga Opera
Silvio, I Pagliacci, Florida Grand Opera
Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Florida Grand Opera

 

ERIC MCKEEVER
Schaunard, Baritone
Columbus, OH
Dayton Opera: 2010 Jake, Porgy and Bess
2001 Fiorello/Sergeant, Il Barbiere di Siviglia,
2000 Marquis D’Obigny, La Traviata
2000-2001, Artist in Residence
Recently: Yamadori, Madama Butterfly, Indianapolis Opera
Taddeo, L’Italiana in Algeri, Bel Cantanti Opera
                                                  Jake, Porgy and Bess, National Tour
                                                  Mandarin, Turandot, Opera Columbus
                                                  Dessalines, Troubled Island, William Grant Still Festival
                                                  Jim, Huck Finn’s American Song, Phoenix Theatre

 

CHRISTOPHER TEMPORELLI
Colline, Bass
Farmington Hills, MI
Dayton Opera: Debut
Recently: Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Syracuse Opera
Basilio, The Barber of Seville, Opera Memphis
Colline, La Boheme, Syracuse
Zuniga, Carmen, Lake George Opera

 

MARK ANDREW BAKER
Benoit/Alcindoro, Baritone
Columbus, OH
Dayton Opera: 2011 Sgt. Sulpice, The Daughter of the Regiment
2009 Baron Zeta, The Merry Widow
1997 Dick Deadeye, H.M.S. Pinafore
1996 Sacristan, Tosca
1995 Elder McClean, Susannah, Cascada, The Merry Widow
1994 Morales, Carmen, Page, Amahl and the Night Visitors
                                                  1992 Baron Douphol,  La Traviata
                                                  Recently: H.M.S. Pinafore, Turandot, La Boheme, Opera Columbus
                                                  The Merry Widow, Florentine Opera

 

JOSEPH MECHAVICH
Conductor
Long Lake, MN
Dayton Opera: 2010 Conductor, Faust
2008 Conductor, The Elixir of Love
2007 Conductor, Samson & Delilah
Recently: Principal Conductor/Music Director, Kentucky Opera
Madama Butterfly, New York City Opera
Candide, Oberlin Conservatory
                                                  The Barber of Seville, Washington National Opera
                                                  Aida, Opera Birmingham
                                                 Porgy and Bess, Deutsch Opera Berlin

 

KATHLEEN CLAWSON
Director
Albuquerque, NM
Dayton Opera: 2011 Fidelio
2010 Faust, La Traviata
2009 The Elixir of Love
Recently: Director, La Traviata, Opera Birmingham
Director, Tosca, Opera Birmingham
Director, La Boheme, Opera Birmingham

 

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