Meet the 2025 Fellows

JESSICA BURTON, DIRECTING FELLOW

Austin, TX

TRAINING: Resident Artist Director, Indianapolis Opera; University of Texas at Austin; West Texas A&M University

HIGHLIGHTS: Director: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, Gallantry, Veteran Journeys, Indianapolis Opera; Cendrillon, Pomme d’api, Franco-American Vocal Academy (FAVA); Little Women, At the Statue of Venus, Speed Dating Tonight, Butler Opera Center at UT Austin; Assistant Director: Indy Opera; Austin Opera; LOLA; Amarillo Opera

CLAIRE CHOQUETTE, DIRECTING FELLOW

Dallas, TX

TRAINING: Gerdine Young Artists Program, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; The Dallas Opera Outreach; Louisiana State University; University of North Texas

HIGHLIGHTS: OPERA America’s Robert L.B. Tobin Director/Designer Prize Winner, Salome; Little Women, Fort Worth Opera; Lucia di Lammermoor, Painted Sky Opera; La bohème, Shreveport Opera; The Impresario, Opera Baltimore; Scalia/Ginsburg, Charlottesville Opera; Alice Tierney and Siren Song, Boston University Opera Institute

JULIAN GARVUE, COACHING FELLOW

Seattle, WA

TRAINING: LA Opera Domingo/Colburn/Stein Young Artist; Merola Opera Program; Music Academy of the West; Castleton Vocal Immersion Program; SongFest

HIGHLIGHTS: Rehearsal Pianist/Keyboard: Ainadamar; Rehearsal Pianist: Così fan tutte, LA Opera; Rehearsal Pianist/Continuo/ Keyboard: Don Giovanni, La finta giardiniera, Sweeney Todd, Merola Opera Program, Indiana University

PEI-HSUAN LIN, COACHING FELLOW

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

TRAINING: Cafritz Young Artist Program, Washington National Opera; Merola Opera Program; SongStudio; Aspen Music Festival; Collaborative Piano Institute; University of Maryland; Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University

HIGHLIGHTS: Assistant Conductor/Coach: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Washington National Opera; The Jungle Book, Partenope, Roméo et Juliette, Washington National Opera; The Rape of Lucretia, Merola Opera Program, Indiana University

VLADIMIR SOLOVIEV, COACHING FELLOW

Barnaul, Russia

TRAINING: Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, Opera Theater of Saint Louis Gerdine Young Artist Program, University of Toronto, Eastman School of Music, Mannes College

HIGHLIGHTS: La bohème, Barber of Seville, Galileo Galilei, Opera Theater of Saint Louis; Tosca, Salome, Carmen, The Magic Flute, Madama Butterfly, Fantasma,
Gianni Schicchi, Canadian Opera Company