Puget Sound Concert Opera 2023 Season Preview
Free
- Jenna Calixto, flute
- John Burkhardt, piano
- Malinda Wagstaff, soprano
- Cary Lee, tenor
- Veronica Deraleau, soprano
- Mariana Sandoval, mezzo-soprano
- William Schlott, baritone
Amy Beach — Cabildo, Op. 149 (selected scenes)
Domenico Cimarosa — Il Matrimonio Segreto ("The Secret Marriage") (selected arias)
Giuseppe Verdi — Il Corsaro (selected arias)
The Studio Artists Program supports the work of emerging professional singers in the community. Participants will understudy major roles, perform supporting roles, and will be featured performing select scenes in our Season Preview on August 23 at 7:30pm. They will be joined by John Burkhardt on the piano and in select scenes by Jenna Calixto, flute.
About Puget Sound Concert Opera
Puget Sound Concert Opera's mission is to bring a wide variety of opera to life through passionate performances in intimate settings, fostering a vibrant artistic community. We make these extraordinary works accessible and affordable, ensuring that the joy of great opera is within reach of all.
http://www.pugetsoundconcertopera.org/About Jenna Calixto, flute
Jenna can be heard playing flute and piccolo in a number of ensembles in the Seattle area, including the Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra, Tacoma City Ballet Orchestra, Octava Chamber Orchestra, and the Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society Orchestra. She has enjoyed performing with Puget Sound Concert Opera since 2010. A native of Vancouver, Washington, she holds performance degrees from Southern Methodist University (B.M.) and the University of New Mexico (M.M.).
http://www.pugetsoundconcertopera.org/artists.html#jennacalixtoAbout John Burkhardt, piano
John Burkhardt (chorus master/piano) currently serves as chorus master and principal accompanist for Puget Sound Concert Opera. John has arranged and conducted numerous PSCO productions including Lucrezia Borgia, La Damoiselle Elue, Andrea Chenier, Don Giovanni, and I Capuletti ed I Montecchi. John has served as the principal accompanist and chorus master for Bellevue Opera as well. He works for University of Washington Tacoma, managing their communications. He is musically active in the Unitarian Universalist church and has been an opera and musical theater pianist for many years in Seattle and elsewhere.
About Malinda Wagstaff, soprano
Malinda Wagstaff is a warmhearted soprano pursuing her master's degree at Indiana University under the tutelage of Carol Vaness. She performed as Mutter in Indiana University's production of Hänsel und Gretel. Previously at IU, Malinda has performed as First Lady in Die Zauberflöte and in the ensembles of Falstaff, La Rondine, and the world premiere of Anne Frank by Shulamit Ran. In Carol Vaness's Opera Workshop, she performed the role of Manon in act two of Manon Lescaut. Malinda earned her bachelor's degree with high distinction from the Eastman School of Music with an Arts Leadership Certificate. While at Eastman, she prepared the role of Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd (cancelled due to Covid-19). She also performed as Angel More in The Mother of Us All with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and La Chouette in L'enfant et les Sortilèges. Recent awards include an encouragement award from the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Oregon District and a first prize award in the Coeur d'Alene Symphony's Young Artist Competition. Malinda has participated in the Prague Summer Nights Festival, Harrower Summer Opera Festival, and the Mediterranean Opera Studio Festival. That festival work included role preparation of Suor Angelica (cancelled due to Covid-19), a performance as Effie in The Ballad of Baby Doe, Czech opera scene work, and ensemble performances in Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro. Malinda also serves as a teaching artist and the vice president of the non-profit What is Opera, Anyway?
https://malindawagstaff.com/About Cary Lee, tenor
Originally from Orlando, Cary Lee has been living and working in Seattle ever since earning his Bachelor's of Music in Vocal Performance from Northwestern University in 2012. Cary has also performed as a guest artist with the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle and is a regular church soloist with the First United Methodist Church of Seattle. He also enjoys singing with small choral ensembles; he was a founding member of Sound City Singers and has been a guest performer with Radiance. Cary is a student of Stephen Wall.
https://www.caryme.com/About Veronica Deraleau, soprano
Veronica G. Deraleau, soprano, has performed the roles of Zerlina (Don Giovanni) with OperaOggiNY and Vocal Productions NYC; Giannetta (L'Elisir d'Amore) and Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) with New York Opera Forum; and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte) with Queens College Opera Studio. She has also performed early music roles including Euridice (Monteverdi's L'Orfeo) at the Boston Early Music Fringe Festival, Proserpina (Rossi's Orfeo) with the New York Continuo Collective, and Isifile (Il Giasone) with Opera Academy of California. In addition to opera, Veronica has performed oratorios by Bach, Handel and Mozart, and has premiered new works by composers including Trevor Shaw, Jeremiah Bornfield, Laura Ball, Manuel Ciordia, and Vi Hart. Veronica attained her Bachelor's in Music from Stony Brook University, where she was a recipient of the Edith Salvo Music Prize, and Master's in Vocal Performance from CUNY Queens College with Summa Cum Laude honors.
http://www.pugetsoundconcertopera.org/artists.html#veronicaderaleauAbout Mariana Sandoval, mezzo-soprano
Mariana Sandoval, mezzo-soprano, is an opera singer from El Paso, Texas based out of Seattle, Washington. Mariana works as an individual giving officer for Seattle Opera and is a teaching artist for Path with Art. Mariana obtained her bachelor's and master's degree in Music Vocal Performance from The University of Texas at El Paso. She began her musical studies at a young age with the El Paso Conservatory of Music. In 2013, she was chosen to perform as a chorus member for "Opera Bhutan," a project which organized the first-ever Western opera performance in the Kingdom of Bhutan with artists hailing from across the globe.
Mariana has performed in numerous productions with El Paso Opera, Opera UTEP, and the UTEP Dinner Theatre. She made her El Paso Opera debut as a soloist in their 2016 holiday concert 'Tis the Season for Opera, covered the role of Tisbe from their 2017 production of Rossini's La Cenerentola, performed the role of The Sandman in their 2018 production of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, was one of the soloists for their 2018 concert Mozart by Moonlight and performed the lead role of Dinah in their 2019 production of Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti. Most recently, she played the role of Luisa Fernanda in Opera UTEP's presentation of the first act of Torroba's Luisa Fernanda and debuted the role of the Calavera in El Paso Opera's production of Frida. Beyond Bhutan, and including USA, Mexico, Italy, and Canada, she is blessed that her singing continues to take her around the world.
https://www.marianasandovaldiaz.com/