Wolf Trap Opera Studio Guest Lecturers and Alumni


2007 Guest Teachers

Jim Doyle, Acting and Improvisation (Disney World, Comedy Sports)
Franca Gorraz, Italian (Peabody Conservatory)
Denise Massé, French (The Juilliard School, Metropolitan Opera)
Bradon McDonald, Dance and Movement (Mark Morris Dance Group)
Eve Shapiro, Acting (Juilliard Opera Center)
Carol Webber, Voice Clinician (Eastman School of Music)


2007 Professional Development Workshops

Matthew Horner, Artists Manager (IMG Artists)
Sara Jobin, Conductor (San Francisco Opera)
Marsha Laboeuf, Costuming (Washington National Opera)
Peter Kazaras, Director (Seattle Opera, UCLA)
Donna Wolverton, Artists Manager (Wolverton Artists Management)


2007 Studio Artists 

Patrick Cook, tenor
Thomas Florio, bass-baritone
Daryl Freedman, mezzo-soprano
Kyle Matthew Knapp, tenor
Eve Legault, pianist/coach
Catherine Martin, mezzo-soprano
Garry McLinn, baritone
Julia Mintzer, mezzo-soprano
Christopher Newcomer, countertenor
Esther Oh, mezzo-soprano
Kevin Park, tenor
Valerie Vinzant, soprano
Jordan Wilson, baritone
Mara Winston, soprano
Jonathan Woody, bass

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