Soprano Elizabeth Perry holds a BM ’20 and an MM ’22 from the Manhattan School of Music, where she has been a long-time student of Mignon Dunn. Perry is a past winner of the Savell Vocal Competition, 2nd place winner of the Orpheus competition, 3rd place in the Beethoven Club Competition, and a finalist in the Classical Singer Competition. Past roles include Le nozze di Figaro (Marcellina Cover), Die Zauberflöte (First Lady), Amahl and the Night visitors (Mother), Massenet’s Cendrillon (Spirit). Other roles include scenes from Viardot’s Cendrillon (Maguelonne), Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia (Female Chorus),Orpheo ed Euridice (Euridice), The Crucible (Martha Sheldon), as well as ensemble in La Traviata and Les Pêcheurs de Perles, and Leoncavallo’s La Boheme. Elizabeth maintains an active voice studio, continues to work around the New York metropolitan area, and is excited to be singing with Chicago Summer Opera!

Emma West is a soprano from Lexington, North Carolina and is currently pursuing a B.M. in classical vocal performance at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. At Millikin, Emma studies with Professor Cynthia Oeck and has been a member of Millikin University Choir since Fall of 2020. Performance credits include Belinda in Dido and Aeneas (2021) in addition to selected scenes as Zerlina and Susanna in Millikin Opera Theatre’s Mozart opera scenes program (2021).

Madison Hoerbelt, mezzo soprano, is from Batavia, New York and recently graduated from Ithaca College with a B.M. in Voice Performance from the studio of Dawn Pierce. Madison has been in operas in the Ithaca area, starting in La Bohème (Ensemble, 2019) with Opera Ithaca in collaboration with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. She has also been seen in productions with Ithaca College Opera, including Dido and Aeneas (Second Witch/Second Shepherdess, 2020), Die Zauberflöte (Dritte Dame, 2021), and L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (L’Enfant, 2021). In March, Madison premiered the role of Rowan in a new work by local composer, Sally Lamb McCune in We Wear the Sea Like a Coat, a collaboration between Ithaca College Opera and Opera Ithaca. She then returned as a Young Artist with Opera Ithaca and performed in Le Nozze di Figaro (Marcellina - cover, Ensemble). This season, Madison was a District Competitor in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. Madison recently performed with the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers at Carnegie Hall with the Fisk Jubilee Singers. In addition, she has also sung in the Women’s Chorale, Madrigal Singers, and Concert Choir at Ithaca College. Madison also plays a number of instruments and has studied dance for 17 years with Denise Chatt of Batavia.

Mezzo-soprano, Corinna Brueckner, is a rising senior at Princeton University receiving her bachelor’s degree in German Studies and a certificate in Vocal Performance. The past year she has performed the role of Dido from Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" at Princeton University and founded with help from the University's renowned Glee Club an Opera Scenes group, giving the opportunity for students to receive personalized coachings and stage experience culminating in a fully staged performance. Vocal programs in which she participated include the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artist Program, Songfest at the Colburn School of Music, and CoOPERAtive at Westminster Choir College. Corinna is the student of tenor David Kellett.

Quaine Hogan is a young lyric tenor from Northeast Arkansas, actively working in the Chicago area. Quaine is currently working toward his Masters in Voice performance at DePaul University, where he studies with Dr. Chuck Chandler. In his first year of the graduate program, he has been active with DePaul Opera Theatre, most recently portraying Fenton in Verdi’s Falstaff and Pane in La Calisto by Cavalli. Along with his operatic performances, Quaine has also performed with DePaul’s Chorus and Orchestra as the tenor soloist of Mozart’s Requiem and as a tenor soloist for Sept paroles du Christ by Dubois locally. This spring he was also given the opportunity to sing in the chorus of the American premiere of Korngold’s opera, Die Kathrin.

Hogan received his bachelor’s degree from Arkansas State University. He actively participated in State NATS competitions, where he placed 2nd, 1st and 2nd place in 2019, 2020 and 2021, as well as 1st in the Southern Regional Competition in 2019. More recently, he also placed 2nd in the Midwest Regional Competition in 2021 and will compete in the National NATS Competition in 2022. Quaine was very active outside of school throughout this time, doing summer programs where he has performed as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, all four tenor roles in The Little Prince by Rachel Portman, as well as various chorus and scenes opportunities.

Jeremy was born and raised in Peoria, IL. After graduating from Clark Atlanta University, he went on to receive his Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. From there, he worked in Washington, D.C. as a music teacher for District of Columbia Schools for four years before moving to New York City to pursue his music career. Jeremy currently resides in Brooklyn, NY where he continues to teach and also works with local opera companies in the tri-state area.

Bass-Baritone from South Korea, Seoyong Lee is pursuing his Master of Voice and Opera study at Northwestern University, Bienen School of Music under the guidance of W. Stephen Smith. Seoyong received his Bachelor of Music degree with distinction in Eastman School of Music under Dr. Jonathan Retzlaff. Opera role he performed includes Colline from Puccini's La Bohème with the Northwestern Opera Theatre, Death from Der Kaiser von Atlantis by Viktor Ullmann, Puppet Master from Postcard from Morocco by Dominick Argento, Jimmy from Mahagonny Songspiel by Kurt Weil with Eastman Opera Theatre. He is the recipient of the Eckstein award with full scholarship in Northwestern University and he was the finalist for the 2021 Kneisel Lieder competition. This summer he is very excited to play the roles of Ariodate and Grandpa Moss with the Chicago Summer Opera!

Yun-Jui is a second-year candidate of Master degree in Vocal Performance at New York University, studying classical voice in the studio of Professor David Baldwin. Yun-Jui has mainly been seen on stage in choral productions as a baritone singer with The Müller Chamber Choir and has performed in several renowned venues, including The Esplanade Theatres on the Bay and Kauffman Center. Yun-Jui made his first stage appearance in opera this spring in Orpheus in the Underworld as John Styx (NYU).

Emily Hansen is an American soprano native of Houston, Texas. In high school, she was a member of the Houston Grand Opera Bauer Family Vocal Studio, where she portrayed the role of Tanya Smithers in the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon's A House Without a Christmas Tree. She has participated in masterclasses by internationally recognized singers such as Jamie Barton and Stephanie Blythe. Emily was a part of the Utah Vocal Arts Academy in July of 2019, where she performed the role of Mabel in Pirates of Penzance, and Second Spirit in Mozart's, Die Zauberflöte. Emily was a member of the International Performing Arts Institute GAP 2020 program during the COVID-19 pandemic. This past summer she was also a part of the International Performing Arts Institute in Fairhope, Alabama where she portrayed partial roles of Patience from Patience and Lisette in La Rondine. Emily recently graduated this past Spring from the University of Utah with her Honors Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance where she studied with mezzo-soprano Kirstin Chávez. In her last semester at the University of Utah, Emily portrayed the roles of Despina in Cosi Fan Tutte, Joanna (cover) in Sweeney Todd, and Belinda in Dido and Aeneas.

Samantha Sosa is a Venezuelan soprano and a rising fourth-year undergraduate student at the Eastman School of Music. She studies with Professor Katherine Ciesinski and is pursuing her BM in Vocal Performance. She has been a finalist in multiple international competitions in the past two years as a classical and musical theater singer. She performs early music with the Eastman Collegium and freelances as a jazz vocalist. Regardless of genre or style, singing is an opportunity and a privilege to share a story and a message to those willing to listen.

Lena Goldstein, soprano, is an undergraduate student at Yale University studying biology. Originally from Annapolis, Maryland, she has performed with the Opera Theatre of Yale College, Yale Baroque Opera Project, and Yale Glee Club. Recent appearances include Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona (Serpina), David Conte’s The Gift of the Magi (Maggie), Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience (Lady Angela), Mozart’s Requiem (soprano soloist), Luigi Rossi’s Orfeo (Amore), and Yale Opera’s Eugene Onegin (chorus). During summer 2022, Lena will attend Classic Lyric Arts in France and sing Laurie, in Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land, with Chicago Summer Opera.

Soprano Gillian Garnowski is a current graduate student studying Vocal Performance with Dr. Sharon Mabry at Austin Peay State University. At Austin Peay, she has been a featured soloist in Chamber Choir and Opera Workshop. This past spring, she played the role of 2nd Knitter in Seymour Barab’s A Game of Chance at Austin Peay. She is originally from Arlington Heights, Illinois, where she grew up singing and playing the trombone. Miss Garnowski graduated Summa Cum Laude from Belmont University with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and a minor in Spanish. There she participated in Belmont Opera Theater as a cover for Serse in the opera Serse. Miss Garnowski won third place in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Tennessee 2020 Regional vocal competition. She is excited about continuing her artistic development at Austin Peay and through programs such as Chicago Summer Opera.

Amanda Cabán is an accomplished performer with an array of experience in both opera and concert repertoire. Cabán recently completed the role of Meg (Falstaff) with DePaul Opera Theatre. She has previously sung the title role of Carmen in Peach State Opera's Carmen tour. As an Artist-in-Residence with Central Florida Lyric Opera, Cabán performed the roles of Mercedes (Carmen), Carmen cover (Carmen), Third Lady (The Magic Flute), and Cherubino (Marriage of Figaro). In 2017, Cabán was featured in Capitol City Opera’s Rising Stars concert.

Cabán performed the role of Dorabella in Così fan Tutte with both with Connecticut Lyric Opera's Greve Opera Festival in Tuscany, and with Capitol City Opera's Dinner and a Diva. She was selected to perform on New York Opera Workshop's master class with Robert McFarland, Singing at the International Level. At Music Fest Perugia, she performed the roles of Papagena and the Second Spirit in The Magic Flute. Cabán has appeared as the soloist for works such as: the Ellingboe Requiem, Saint-Saëns' Christmas Oratorio, Handel’s Messiah, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, and the Mozart Requiem.

Cabán was awarded First Place at the Stephen Foster Vocal Competition, and has placed several times in NATS southeastern division. She earned her degree in vocal performance from Stetson University, where she studied voice under Professor Emeritis Mollie Rich.

Cabán maintains a private studio out of Chicago, IL, and has been a vocal adjudicator for Atlanta Music Project and Florida Federation of Music Clubs. She is currently completing her master’s degree at DePaul University and is preparing for the role of Old Lady in Candide.

Anja Tuominen recently earned her Bachelor of Music from New York University’s Vocal Performance program, where she studied with Dr. Paul Speiser. Credits from NYU include Orfeo ed Euridice (Ensemble), Speed Dating Tonight (Ensemble), and The Magic Flute (Third Spirit). Other credits include The Tender Land (Mrs. Splinters) with Chicago Summer Opera, Russian Opera Workshop Artist in Philadelphia, and Shivoham—The Quest (Ensemble) at The Kennedy Center. She is an alumnus of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, where she was selected to sing in a semi-chorus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream alongside the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hans Graf. She is also a YoungArts Foundation Honorable Mention winner.

Aldo Alan is currently perusing a master of music at DePaul University where he studies under the studio of Linda DiFiore. He is currently an intern at Zarzuela USA where he performs in the Spanish language. Furthermore, he has performed Spalanzani and Frantz in The Tales of Hoffman in Pasadena, California.

Aldo Alan is excited to be performing his first lead in The Tender Land as he will be forming Martin.

Antonio Serrano is a Mexican-American tenor pursuing a career as a professional opera singer. He was the winner of both the Sigma Alpha Iota and the California Women's Chorus scholarship competitions. He also placed second in both the NATS LA Collegiate and NATS Cal-Western Regional competitions. He has performed excerpts from Lucrezia Borgia (Gennaro), L'elisir d'amore (Nemorino), Carmen (Don José), Roméo et Juliette (Roméo), The Pirates of Penzance (Frederic), La Bohème by Leoncavallo (Marcello), Il cappello di paglia di Firenze by Rota (Fadinard), Cendrillon by Massenet (Le Prince Charmant), Armide by Glück (Renaud), and the title role in Idomeneo. He has completed his studies at Fullerton College and will attend CSU Long Beach this fall, where he will continue to study voice with Professor Aram Barsamian.

Justin Daley is an adjunct instructor of voice and second-year Master’s student at New York University. Most recently he was seen as the baritone soloist for Dubois’s “Seven Last Words of Christ” in Tinley Park, IL. He is ecstatic to be performing with CSO for his second-year in two fantastic shows. Past credits: Mr. Gedge (Albert Herring), Jupiter (Orpheus in the Underworld), The Pirate King (Pirates of Penzance) and Jake Blount (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, debut workshop).

Polish-American bass Alex Kolyszko is a native of Minnesota who is delighted to be featured as Le Roi in Chicago Summer Opera’s upcoming production of Massenet’s Cendrillon. Additionally, he will enjoy performing the role of Grandpa Moss in Aaron Copland’s, The Tender Land, also with CSO this Summer 2022. Last year, he studied the role of Bartolo in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro within CCPA’s opera program as well as Le Baron de Pictordu in Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon for Roosevelt University’s Operafest. Opera is his passion, and some of his previous roles include roles include He/Grimbald/Frost Genius in Henry Purcell’s King Arthur and The Bonze/Commissioner/Madama Butterfly. His musical theatre credits include Courfeyrac/Les Misérables, Clifford Bradshaw/Cabaret, King Maximus/Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and Daddy Warbucks/Annie. He has sung in the masterclasses of David Jones on several occasions, as well as the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago’s Polish Art Song masterclass.

Mr. Kolyszko studies under Mark Crayton through Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts, where he completed his Master’s in Vocal Performance in 2021. With his voice and career, he hopes to help underrepresented groups flourish in the operatic community and believes that young professionals should encourage inclusivity in opera throughout their careers.

Samuel made his Baroque opera debut with the Chicago premiere production of Händel’s Faramondo as Teobaldo. He is also slated to make his recital debut at Carnegie Hall as part of its 2022-23 Season. He is a participant in the second season of Vincero Academy where he is studying the roles of Il Conte Almaviva from Le nozze di Figaro and Marcello in La Boheme. Initially a Broadway musical singer, his focus shifted to operatic repertoire during his undergraduate degree. At CHRIST (Deemed to be University) he has sung the roles of Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin, Papageno and Escamillo in opera scenes concerts.

He is currently studying voice with David Govertsen at North Park University. He has had a colorful and varied pedigree of vocal training, having first studied voice with Dr Barbara Isely in Vellore, India, then with Andrey Morozov at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), and with Jonathan Beyer at Curtis Institute of Music. At Vincero Academy, Samuel has studied Italian diction with Stefano de Peppo and Stefano Baldasseroni. He has also worked with renowned coaches Abdiel Vasquez, Irina Meachem, and Teresa Rodriguez.

Apart from solo work, Samuel has also been a member of several choruses and ensembles, most notably in the Bel Canto Choir in Vellore, India, where he performed in the chorus of Elijah, the MPE Choir and opera chorus at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), where he performed in the chorus of Nabucco. He has also held the position of Choir Director of the Bel Canto choir in 2020.

He has performed in masterclasses for baritone Lucas Meachem at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), and for Dana Brown at North Park University. As part of Vincero Academy, Samuel has had the opportunity to do masterclasses with leading baritones Christian Van Horn, Adam Plachetka, Lucas Meachem and Luis Ledesma

Currently a Senior at DePaul University School of Music studying Classical Vocal Performance under Dr. Samuel Handley. This is the 6th production of his operatic career, and he is ecstatic to be able to have a performing opportunity this Summer in the city.