2023-24 RESIDENT ARTISTS

These stellar artists were hand-selected after a grueling and competitive application and audition process. 

During the course of the 2023-24 Season, these talented individuals will perform:

• The principal and supporting roles in the fully-staged Pittsburgh Opera productions 
• Supporting roles, covering, and sometimes principal roles in Pittsburgh Opera's mainstage productions
• In programs for public schools, community centers, libraries and corporate events
• In regular Song Shop concerts, free programs, and special events 
• At parties hosted by Pittsburgh Opera

We invite you to get to know our 2023-24 Resident Artist class:

• Brandon Bell, baritone  
• Julia Swan Laird, soprano 
• Evan Lazdowski, bass-baritone 
• Fran Daniel Laucerica, tenor
• Jazmine Olwalia, mezzo-soprano
• Emily Richter, soprano
• Haley Stamats, stage director

Pittsburgh Opera’s Resident Artist Program is made possible, in part, by the generosity of individual sponsors. The 2023-24 Resident Artists, and the Pittsburgh Opera Music Staff, are sponsored by:

Premier Sponsors*

• Robert J. and Sharon E. Sclabassi (Brandon Bell)

Sponsors

• John Battaglia (Haley Stamats)
• Edwin H. Beachler, Esq. (Evan Lazdowski)
• John and Virginia DiPucci (Emily Richter)
• The Bernadette G. Callery Endowed Fund for Resident Artists (Evan Lazdowski)
• Anna Futrell (Head of Music Glenn Lewis)
• Alice Victoria Gelormino (Emily Richter)
• The Haley Family Fund (Jazmine Olwalia)
• Susan Candace Hunt (Jazmine Olwalia)
• Steve and Gail Mosites (Julia Swan Laird)
• Eileen and John Olmsted (Director of Musical Studies and Chorus Master Mark Trawka)
• Steven Seibert (Julia Swan Laird)
• Rob and Janet Squires (Haley Stamats)
• Janice Talerico (Fran Daniel Laucerica)
• John and Nancy Traina (Fran Daniel Laucerica)

*Premier Sponsors underwrite the full stipend of an artist’s residency

Learn how you can support a future opera star through Resident Artist Sponsorship.