Kristen M. Turner has been a lecturer at NC State University in the Performing Arts and Technology Department and the honors program for twenty years. She received her doctorate in musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015. Her...
Hailed as possessing a voice of extraordinary beauty, celebrated American soprano Karen Slack has garnered international renown for her artistic versatility, charisma, and entrepreneurial endeavors. A recipient of the 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, Slack is known...
This season, American baritone Phillip Bullock returns to Virginia Opera where he showcases his talent for new music in the role of Theoliver “Jake” Jeter in the world premiere of Loving vs. Virginia by Damien Jeter and Jessica Murphy Moo. He continues as a Resident...
Benjamin Werley — praised as having a “gleaming, flexible tenor” (Opera News)—was first bitten by the opera bug while attending a performance of Puccini’s Tosca. He has been pursuing an operatic career ever since. A graduate of the Jacob’s School of Music at Indiana...
Christian Sanders has been hailed as a “…voice whose color belies his age. Someone to watch!” (Bill Eadie, SanDiego.com). His operatic repertoire encompasses Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress, the title character in Albert Herring, Fenton in Falstaff, Laurie in...
Praised for performances which are “powerfully acted and ideally sung” (PBS Chicago), in the 2024/25 season Jonathan Michie will create the role of Richard Loving in the world premiere of Damien Geter and Jessica Murphy Moo’s Loving v. Virginia. Commissioned by...
