Studio Artists

The Wolf Trap Opera Studio is a summer residency for singers of significant potential who are current undergraduates or who are making the transition between undergraduate and graduate study. The Wolf Trap Opera Studio offers young singers the professional and academic opportunities to take their talents to a higher level and to cultivate and polish the skills needed to present themselves with confidence and authority in a very competitive field.

Offstage, Wolf Trap Opera Studio Artists participate in educational programs and classes. Studio Artists work with opera professionals to advance their audition and performance techniques and personal artistry, covering subjects such as diction, recitative, acting and improvisation, movement and dance, and the business aspects of being a singer.

Onstage, Studio Artists gain invaluable professional experience by performing in small roles and choruses, as well as possibly understudying larger roles in Wolf Trap Opera Company's main-stage operas and recitals which are professionally conducted, directed, coached, and designed. All casting assignments for Studio Artists will take into account the singer's current readiness and will be made with an eye toward principles of healthy vocalism, education, and advancement. 

2013 Studio Artists

Avetisyan | Becerra | Brownlee | Carlson | Edquist | Greenleaf | Jennings | Johnson | Moses | Munyanya | Mykkanen | Newberry | Rodrick | Russell | Vu | Yeakley

*Returning Artist

Anush Avetisyan, soprano
University of California Los Angeles (B.M. 2012)

Vanessa Becerra, soprano
The Boston Conservatory (M.M. 2014)

Nicholas Brownlee, bass
Rice University (M.M. 2014)

Alec Carlson, tenor
Luther College (B.A. 2013)

Ben Edquist, baritone
Vanderbilt University (B.M. 2013)

Harry Greenleaf, baritone
Michigan State University (B.M. 2013)

*Shannon Jennings, soprano
Florida State University (B.M. 2012)

*Courtney Johnson, soprano
Mannes College (B.M. 2013)

Emily Moses, mezzo
University of Colorado (M.M. 2014)

Chaazi Munyanya, mezzo
University of North Texas (M.M. 2014)

Miles Mykkanen, tenor
The Juilliard School (B.M. 2013)

Grace Newberry, mezzo
Oberlin Conservatory of Music (B.M. 2013)

*Alexandra Rodrick, mezzo
California State University, Long Beach (M.M. 2014)

Brandon Russell, tenor
University of Missouri-Kansas City (B.M. 2013)

*Brian Vu, baritone         
Yale University School of Music (M.M. 2014)

Brian Yeakley, tenor
University of Houston (M.M. 2014)