Filene Young Artists

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All principal roles in Wolf Trap Opera Company productions are performed by the singers selected as Filene Young Artists. Approximately 15-20 singers are chosen from an initial pool of approximately 800 applicants. They are in residence throughout the summer season. Filene Young Artists have completed advanced degrees from the top music schools in the country, and have often participated in year-long young artist companies or summer apprenticeships. Many of them have already won prestigious awards and are on their way to significant careers.

2012 Filene Young Artists

Barry | Carroll |  Colclough | Gawrysiak | Irvin | Kuster | Kryshak | Slayden | Sorensen | Stonikas | Vote | Winters

*Returning Artists

*Eric Barry, tenor

Hometown: Sundown, TX
Training: Yale University, Opera North, Amarillo Opera
Recent Roles: Rodolfo (La bohème, Amarillo Opera), Florindo (Le donne curiose, Wolf Trap Opera), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni, Yale Opera)
WTOC 2012: Tom Rakewell (The Rake’s Progress)

Andrea Carroll, soprano

Hometown: Bethesda, MD
Training: Manhattan School of Music, Glimmerglass Festival, Seagle Music Colony, Boston University Tanglewood Institute
Recent Roles: Susanna (Le nozze Di Figaro, Fort Worth Opera), Countess Ludmilla (Die Verschworenen, Manhattan School of Music), Rose Segal (Later The Same Evening, Glimmerglass Festival)
WTOC 2012: Zerlina (Don Giovanni), From Bel Canto to Can Belto Recital

Craig Colclough, bass-baritone

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Training: Florida Grand Opera Studio, University of the Redlands
Recent Roles: Friar Laurent (Roméo et Juliette, Florida Grand Opera), Imperial Commissioner (Madame Butterfly, Los Angeles Opera), Samuel (Un ballo In maschera, Pacific Repertory Opera)
WTOC 2012: Nick Shadow (The Rake’s Progress), Commendatore (Don Giovanni), Vocal Colors Recital

*Margaret Gawrysiak, mezzo-soprano

Hometown: Geneseo, IL
Training: San Francisco Opera Merola Program, Seattle Opera, Aspen Opera Theater, Glimmerglass Opera
Recent Roles: Mother/Witch (Hansel and Gretel, Virginia Opera), Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd, Wolf Trap Opera), Frugola (Il tabarro, Castleton Festival)
WTOC 2012: Baba the Turk/Mother Goose (The Rake’s Progress), Vocal Colors Recital, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the NSO

*Craig Irvin, baritone

Hometown: Waukee, IA
Training: Ryan Opera Center at Chicago Lyric Opera, Orlando Opera, Knoxville Opera Studio
Recent Roles: Ashby (La Fanciulla Del West, Nashville Opera), Lieutenant Horstmayer (Silent Night, Minnesota Opera), Villains (The Tales of Hoffmann, Wolf Trap Opera)
WTOC 2012: Don Giovanni / Leporello (Don Giovanni)

*Ryan D. Kuster, bass-baritone

Hometown: Chapin, IL
Training: San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow, Academy of Vocal Arts, Boston University
Recent Roles: Masetto (Don Giovanni, San Francisco Opera), Pantalone (Le donne curiose, Wolf Trap Opera), Governor (The Scarlet Letter – World Premiere, Academy of Vocal Arts)
WTOC 2012: Don Giovanni / Leporello (Don Giovanni), From Bel Canto to Can Belto Recital, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the NSO

James Kryshak, tenor

Hometown: Baldwinsville, NY
Training: Ryan Opera Center at Chicago Lyric Opera, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Des Moines Metro Opera
Recent Roles: Scaramuccio (Ariadne auf Naxos, Chicago Lyric Opera), Ferrando (Così fan tutte, Ryan Opera Center), Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Des Moines Metro Opera)
WTOC 2012: Sellem (The Rake’s Progress), Vocal Colors Recital

Jason Slayden, tenor

Hometown: Plano, TX
Training: Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Cincinnati College-Conservatory, Texas State University
Recent Roles: Uldino (Attila, Seattle Opera), Ernesto (Don Pasquale, Seattle Opera YAP), Rodolfo (La bohème, Santa Fe Opera)
WTOC 2012: Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), From Bel Canto to Can Belto Recital, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the NSO 

Aaron Sorensen, bass

Hometown: Omaha, NE
Training: Glimmerglass Festival, Des Moines Metro Opera, Yale University, University of Houston
Recent Roles: Collatinus (The Rape of Lucretia, Yale Opera), Zuniga (Carmen, Glimmerglass Festival), Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Opera Iowa)
WTOC 2012: Masetto (Don Giovanni), Father Trulove (The Rake’s Progress)

*Marcy Stonikas, soprano

Hometown: Elmhurst, IL
Training: Seattle Opera, Sarasota Opera, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
Recent Roles: Ariadne (Ariadne auf Naxos, Seattle Opera Young Artists Program), Rosaura (Le donne curiose, Wolf Trap Opera), Antonia (The Tales of Hoffmann, Wolf Trap Opera)
WTOC 2012: Donna Anna (Don Giovanni)

Olivia Vote, mezzo-soprano

Hometown: St. Mary’s City, MD
Training: Academy of Vocal Arts, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Yale University, North Carolina School of the Arts
Recent Roles: Cuniza (Oberto, Academy of Vocal Arts), Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro, Annapolis Opera), Dido (Dido and Aeneas, Alba Music Festival)
WTOC 2012: Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), From Bel Canto to Can Belto Recital

Corinne Winters, soprano

Hometown: Frederick, MD
Training: Academy of Vocal Arts, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Lake George Opera, Peabody Conservatory
Recent Roles: Micaëla (Carmen, Opera Theater of Saint Louis), Lisette (La rondine, Florida Grand Opera), Iolanta (Iolanta, Dicapo Opera)
WTOC 2012: Anne Trulove (The Rake’s Progress), Vocal Colors, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the NSO