2024-25 RESIDENT ARTISTS

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

During the course of the 2024-25 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 2024-25 Resident Artist class:

• Maeve Berry, pianist  
• Shannon Crowley, soprano 
• Lauryn Davis, soprano
• Dana Kinney, stage director
• Fran Daniel Laucerica, tenor
• Erik Nordstrom, baritone
• Matthew Soibelman, bass
• Audrey Welsh, mezzo-soprano

Pittsburgh Opera’s Resident Artist Program is made possible, in part, by the generosity of individual sponsors. The 2024-25 Resident Artists, and the Pittsburgh Opera Music Staff, are sponsored by:

Premier Sponsors*

• Robert J. and Sharon E. Sclabassi (Matthew Soibelman)

Sponsors

• Anonymous (James Lesniak)
• John Battaglia (Dana Kinney)
• John & Virginia DiPucci (Audrey Welsh)
• The Bernadette G. Callery Endowed Fund for Resident Artists (Shannon Crowley)
• Hilda Fu (Erik Nordstrom)
• Anna Futrell (Head of Music Glenn Lewis)
• Alice Victoria Gelormino (Audrey Welsh)
• The Haley Family Fund (Lauryn Davis)
• Susan Candace Hunt (Lauryn Davis)
• Mike and Kumiko Lancet (Erik Nordstrom)
• Abby L. Morrison in memory of Dr. Lesa B. Morrison (Fran Daniel Laucerica)
• Steve & Gail Mosites (Lauryn Davis)
• Dr. Eugene N. Myers (Audrey Welsh)
• Eileen and John Olmsted (Director of Musical Studies and Chorus Master Mark Trawka)
• Gabriela & David Porges (Maeve Berry)
• Steven Seibert (Maeve Berry)
• Rob & Janet Squires (Dana Kinney)
• Janice Talerico (Fran Daniel Laucerica)
• John & 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.