Dennis Jesse, baritone has performed in a variety of genres for over twenty-five years. He began his career on the musical theater stage, moved to operetta and ultimately to grand opera. He continues to perform in all these styles. He frequents the stages of many of America’s regional opera houses, recently with Central City Opera … Read more
Baritone Thomas Glass is a Grand Prize winner of the 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and a recent alum of the Houston Grand Opera Studio. In the 2021-2022 season, Thomas Glass made his debut at The Metropolitan Opera in Puccini’s Turandot and Madama Buttefly, and returned to Houston Grand Opera as Papageno in The … Read more
Praised for her “silvery, ethereal-sounding Sophie” by Opera magazine and “lovely vocal delicacy” in The Telegraph, Madison Leonard returns to the roles or Gilda in Rigoletto and Juliette in Roméo et Juliette with Dallas Opera and Central City Opera, respectively, in the 2022-23 season. She also makes roles debuts as Leïla in Les pêcheurs des … Read more
Praised for her “luscious” voice and “distinctive… vividly dramatic” performances by Opera News, Samantha Hankey has established herself as one of the leading young mezzo sopranos of her generation. Increasingly lauded for her powerful stage presence, Samantha shines when faced with a complex character, praised for her “exquisite feeling… and a certain splendour” (The Arts … Read more
Soprano HOMETOWN: Cary, NC PBO APPEARANCES: Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte (2023); Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (2019) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Rachel, La Juive, Staatsoper Hannover Alcina, Alcina, Staatsoper Hannover Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus, Central City Opera Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, Oper Stuttgart Freia, Das Rheingold, Bayreuth Festival
