Studio Artist Program
Opera Santa Barbara’s Studio Artist Program provides high-level performance opportunities and valuable training to some of the country’s most talented up-and-coming opera singers. These singers work with top industry directors, conductors, and coaches in masterclasses, individual coachings, and public performances including cover and mainstage role assignments.
Going into only its fifth year, the Studio Artist Program has already helped launch the careers of singers including Micaëla Oeste (
Adina cover, Elixir of Love 2008), Jonathan Beyer (
Silvano, Ballo in Maschera 2007), Mauricio Trejo (
Riccardo cover, Ballo in Maschera 2007), and Lucas Harbour (
Tom, Ballo in Maschera 2007).
Studio Artist alumni have gone on to perform roles with companies around the world including the Metropolitan, Washington National, Santa Fe, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Sarasota, Fort Worth, Virginia, and Austin Lyric Operas, Opera Tampa, Opera New Jersey, Chicago Opera Theater and Lorin Maazel's Châvteauville Foundation, and internationally with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opernhaus Zürich, Heidelberg Opera, Hong Kong Opera, Teatro Regio of Torino, Aix-en-Provence, Beijing’s Reignwood Theater and Austria’s Bregenzer Festspiele as well as appearances with the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestras, the Netherlands Radio Orchestra and the Opera Orchestra of New York.
2011|2012 Studio Artists
- • Ernest Alvarez, tenor
[Rodolfo cover|Parpignol; La bohème]
- • Timothy Beenken, baritone
[Count Almaviva cover, Antonio|Le nozze di Figaro]
- • Megan Beltran, soprano
[Susanna cover, Barbarina|Le nozze di Figaro]
- • Angela Cadelago, soprano
[Eurydice cover, L'Amour|Orphée et Eurydice]
- • Ray Chenez, countertenor
[Orphée cover|Orphée et Eurydice]
- • Keith Colclough, bass
[Colline cover, Sergeant|La bohème]
[Figaro cover|Le nozze di Figaro]
- • Darla Mattern, soprano
[Countess Almaviva cover|Le nozze di Figaro]
- • Steven LaBrie, baritone
[Schaunard, Marcello cover|La bohème]
- • Rebecca Nathanson, soprano
[Musetta cover|La bohème]
- • Naomi Ruiz, soprano
[Mimì cover|La bohème]
- • Todd Strange, tenor
[Basilio/Curzio|Le nozze di Figaro]
To Apply
There are no auditions scheduled at this time. OSB holds limited auditions on as as-needed basis. Singers interested in being considered may email their materials to auditions@operasb.com with the subject line “2012-2013 Studio Program.” Materials are accepted on an ongoing basis, and will be kept on file until they are needed. Applicants will not necessarily receive acknowldegement of receipt of their materials. Materials should include a current headshot, resume, and two contrasting audio or video selections.
