John Chest

Baritone HOMETOWN: Greenville, South Carolina PBO DEBUT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: John Cree, Elizabeth Cree, Glimmerglass Festival Guglielmo, Così fan tutte, Bayerische Staatsoper Count, Le nozze di Figaro, Opernhaus Zürich Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Teatro Regio Torino Billy Budd, Billy Budd, San Francisco Opera

Inna Demenkova

Soprano HOMETOWN: Moscow, Russia USA & PBO DEBUT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Fiorilla, Il turco in Italia, Glyndebourne Festival Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi, Dutch National Opera Juliette, Roméo et Juliette, Opéra-Comique Katya, Denis and Katya, Dutch National Opera

Adam Plachetka

Baritone HOMETOWN: Prague, Czech Republic PBO DEBUT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro, Metropolitan Opera Marcello, La bohème, Metropolitan Opera Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Wiener Staatsoper Guglielmo, Così fan tutte, Teatro alla Scalla Escamillo, Carmen, Opéra national de Paris

Stephen Lawless

Director (Warrington, England) PBO APPEARANCES: Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci (2006), Così fan tutte (2011) Le nozze di Figaro (2018) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Don Giovanni, Metropolitan Opera Roberto Devereux, San Francisco Opera Boris Godonov, Wiener Staatsoper La bohème, Lyric Opera Chicago L’elisir d’Amore, Santa Fe Opera

Gary Thor Wedow

Conductor (LaPorte, Indiana) PBO DEBUT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Le nozze di Figaro, Seattle Opera Handel’s Messiah, New York Philharmonic Don Pasquale, Opera Omaha Il barbiere di Siviglia, Des Moines Metro Opera Giulio Cesare, Atlanta Opera La Cenerentola, San Diego Opera La Calisto, Canadian Opera Company Faculty, The Juilliard School