2024-25 RESIDENT ARTISTS
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- Pittsburgh Opera presents drama, intrigue, murder and more this fall
- Pittsburgh Opera announces its 2024-25 Resident Artists
- Pittsburgh Opera's 2024 Piano Sale is Aug. 22-25
- Music Director Antony Walker receives 5-year contract extension
- Pittsburgh Opera celebrates Mary Cardwell Dawson and Black Opera in Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh Opera to offer free childcare during La Traviata matinee
- Pittsburgh Opera announces its 86th Season
- Pittsburgh Opera announces first of its kind rideshare voucher program
- Pittsburgh Opera presents both old and new operas this winter
- Pittsburgh Opera presents beloved favorites, rare gems, and free concerts this fall
- Pittsburgh Opera announces new Board of Directors President and Members
- Pittsburgh Opera announces its 2023-24 Resident Artists
- Pittsburgh Opera's 2023 Piano Sale is Aug. 24-27
- Robert and Christine Pietrandrea commit $500,000 to sponsor Pittsburgh Opera productions
- Pittsburgh Opera presents two modern operas in May during international opera conference
- Emily Richter a Grand Finals Winner of Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition
- Pittsburgh Opera presents two modern operas in May during international opera conference
Pittsburgh Opera proudly presents our 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
- 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.
