Cast of Romeo and Juliet

JOANNA MONGIARDO
Juliette, Soprano
Montclair, New Jersey
Dayton Opera: Debut
Recently: Baby Doe, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Central City Opera,
Eurydice, Orpheus in the Underworld, Central City Opera,
Anne Trulove, The Rake’s Progress, Toledo Opera
L’Elisir d’Amore, New York City Opera
Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Deutsche Opera am Rhein, National Symphony
Orchestra of Taiwan

 

RYAN MACPHERSON
Romeo, Tenor
Kansas City, Missouri
Dayton Opera: Debut
Recently: Peter Quint, The Turn on the Screw, Portland Opera
Alfredo, La Traviata, Glimmerglass Opera
Ferrando, Cosi Fan Tutte, Portland Opera
Heurtebise, Orphée, Portland Opera
Duke, Rigoletto, Nashville Opera
Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly, Lyric Opera Dublin
Pluto, Orpheus in the Underworld, Central City Opera

 

WILLIAM McGRAW
Count Capulet, Baritone
Corpus Christi, Texas
Dayton Opera: 2011, Don Fernando, Fidelio
1995, Falke, Die Fledermaus
Recently: Professor of Voice, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Konrad Nachtigall, Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, Cincinnati Opera
Bass soloist, Messe cum Jublio, Cincinnati Union Terminal Concert Series
Bass soloist, St. John Passion, Knox Presbyterian Church Music
Series in Cincinnati

 

JULIA MINTZER
Stephano, Mezzo-Soprano
Philadelphia, PA
Dayton Opera: Debut
Recently:  Maddalena, Rigoletto, Delaware Valley Opera
Zulma, L’Italiano in Algeri, Boston Midsummer Opera
Dorabella, Cosi fan tutte, Boston University Opera Institute
Carmen, The Tragedy of Carmen, International Vocal Arts Institute and Hot Springs Music Festival
Alto Soloist, Messiah, Boston Baroque

 

CHAD SLOAN
Mercutio, Baritone
Ft.  Mitchell, Kentucky
Dayton Opera: Debut
Recently: Belcore, L’Elisir d’Amore, Kentucky Opera
John Brooke, Litle Women, Utah Opera
Figaro, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Bar Harbor Music Festival
Baritone solo, Carmina Burana, Midland Symphony Orchestra
Cosimo, John Musto’s The Inspector, Wolf Trap Opera
Nate Ackerman, Death Knocks, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

 

NATHAN STARK
Friar Laurence, Bass
Hughson, California
Dayton Opera: Debut
Recently: Montano, Otello, Cincinnati Opera
Nightwatchman, Die Meistersinger, Cincinnati Opera, Virginia Opera
Colline, La Bohème, Cincinnati Opera
Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Virginia Opera
Don Quichotte, Don Quichotte auf Hochzeit, Kentucky Opera
Don Profondo, Il viaggio a Reims, Music Academy of the West
Somnus, Semele, Long Beach Opera

 

MATIAS EDUARDO MARIANI
Tybalt, Tenor
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dayton Opera:  Debut
Recently:  Tebaldo, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Boston Conservatory
Fenton, Falstaff, Flagstaff in Fidenza
Alfredo, La Traviata, Flagstaff in Fidenza
Le Prince Charmant, Cendrillon, Boston Conservatory
Bill, A Hand of Bridge, Boston Conservatory

 

BRANDI SAMUEL
Gertrude, Mezzo-Soprano
Modesto, CA
Dayton Opera: Debut
Recently  Annie, Porgy and Bess, Seattle Opera
Madame de Croissy, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Marquise, La Fille du Regiment, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus, California State University

 

 JONATHAN STINTON
Count Paris, Baritone
Bethlehem, PA
Dayton Opera: Debut
Recently: Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni, Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music
Peter, Hansel and Gretel, Kentucky Opera
Father Flynn, Doubt, Cincinnati Opera Fusion
Slim, Of Mice and Men, Kentucky Opera

 

PATRICK McNALLY
Gregorio, Baritone
Newton, MA
Dayton Opera:  Debut
Recently: Morales, Carmen, Central City Opera
Spinelloccio, Gianni Schicchi, Central City Opera
Masetto, Don Giovanni, Sarasota Opera
Wagner, Faust, Opera New Jersey
Figaro, The Barber of Seville,

 

SAMUEL SMITH
Duke of Verona, Bass-Baritone
Dayton Opera: Debut
Recently: Henry Mosher, Emmeline, DiCapo Opera
Alfieri, View from The Bridge, Vertical Players
Basilio, The Barber of Seville, Bleeker Opera Company
Gianni Schicchi, Gianni Schicchi, Opera Company of New Jersey
Don Pasquale, Don Pasquale, Anchorage Opera

 

CHRISTOPHER ALBANESE
Benvolio, Tenor
Dayton Opera: Debut
Recently: Hawkmoth, L’enfant et les sortileges, Castleton Music Festival
Abe Kaplan, Street Scene, Northwestern Opera Theater
Jephte, Jephte, Ars Musica Chicago
Marquis, The Ghosts of Versailles, Northwestern Opera Theater

PATRICK REYNOLDS
Conductor
Baton Rouge, LA
Dayton Opera: Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata
Recently: Assistant Conductor, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor, Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Conductor, Brundibar, Victoria Theatre Association
Professor of Music, University of Dayton
Guest Conductor: Modesto Symphony, Annapolis Symphony,
Arlington Symphony, Queens Symphony, High Mountain Symphony

 

ALBERT SHERMAN
Director
Richmond, VA
Dayton Opera: 2009 Director, The Merry Widow
2006 Director, Cinderella
1999 Director, Cosi fan tutte
1998 Director, The Elixir of Love
Recently: Director, Aida, Pheonix Opera
Director, Falstaff, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, NYC Opera
Director, The Merry Widow, Florentine Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Cincinnati
Opera

 

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