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Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Beppe, Pagliacci; Spoletta, Tosca  

Hometown: Tacoma, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: Giuseppe, La traviata (’17)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Soloist, Divo to Diva: Anita Spritzer in Recital (’24); Oronte, Alcina (’23); Gastone de Letorieres, La traviata (’23); Philistine Messenger, Samson and Delilah in Concert (’23); Recitalist, Summer Recital Series (‘21); Le Remendado, Carmen (’19); Ruiz, Il trovatore (’19)

Engagements: Alfredo, La traviata (Vashon Opera); Tenor, Pride Pops (Seattle Symphony); Andronico, Bajazet (Portland Opera) Camille de Rosillon, The Merry Widow (Tacoma Opera)

Last updated: March 2025

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: The Tenor, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: The Tenor, Songs of Summer: The Drunken Tenor – Quarantini Edition (’20)
Previously at Seattle Opera: The Tenor, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol (’21, ’22); The Tenor, Songs of Summer: The Drunken Tenor (’21)

Engagements: Idreno, Semiramide (Metropolitan Opera); Andres, Wozzeck (Houston Symphony); Italian Tenor, Der Rosenkavlier (San Francisco Opera); Narraboth, Salome (The Israeli Opera); Nadir, The Pearl Fishers (English National Opera); Prince Léopold, La Juive (The Israeli Opera and Opéra national du Rhin); Bannon/Kelly/Lafitte, Trump L’oeil (Off-Broadway)

Last Updated: November 2024

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: The Soprano, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Seattle Opera Debut: Bridesmaid, The Marriage of Figaro (’09) 
Previously at Seattle Opera: The Soprano, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol (’21, ’22); The Soprano, Songs of Summer: The Drunken Tenor (’21); Alice, Count Ory (’16); First Lay Sister, Suor Angelica (’13); Pedro, Don Quichotte (’11)

Engagements: Konstanze, The Abduction from the Seraglio (Pacific Northwest Opera); Alice Ford, Falstaff (Pacific Northwest Opera); Soprano Soloist, Rutter Magnificat (Seattle Choral Company); The Foreign Princess, Rusalka (Pacific Northwest Opera); Lucia, Lucia di Lammermoor (Sky Opera); Leila, Pearl Fishers (Puget Sound Concert Opera)

Last Updated: October 2024

Mezzo-Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2021/22: Recitalist, Songs of Summer; Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro

Hometown: Geneseo, IL
Seattle Opera Young Artist 2007/08, 2008/09
Seattle Opera Debut: Vera Boronel, The Consul (’14)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Older Woman, Flight (’21); Madame Larina, Eugene Onegin (’20); Berta, The Barber of Seville (’17)
Engagements: Old Lady, Candide (Tanglewood and the Ravinia Festival); Madame Larina, Eugene Onegin (Atlanta Opera); Emma Jones, Street Scene (Virginia Opera); Mistress Hibbons, Scarlet Letter (Opera Colorado); Marquise de Berkenfield, The Daughter of the Regiment (Minnesota Opera); Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro (Madison Opera)

Last Updated: March 2022

At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: The Pianist, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol

Hometown: Portland, OR
Previously at Seattle Opera: Pianist, Bound ('23); The Pianist, A Very Drunken Christmas Carol ('21, '22)

David McDade first worked with Seattle Opera in 1995, accompanying rehearsals of Rigoletto and the Ring, and joined the staff full-time in 2002. As Head of Coach-Accompanists and Assistant Chorus Master he plays for rehearsals and auditions, and is sometimes heard on celesta or piano in the pit with the orchestra. He regularly accompanies the local rounds of the Laffont Competition and is often heard in recital with Seattle Opera artists. McDade has been a vocalist, a French horn player, and a conductor.

Last Updated: October 2024

At Seattle Opera in 2021/22: Orpheus and Eurydice, The Marriage of Figaro

Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Seattle Opera Debut: Chorusmaster, Fidelio (’12)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Chorusmaster: La bohème (’21), Tosca (’21), Eugene Onegin (’20); Pianist: Angela Meade and Jamie Barton in Concert (’20), Pagliacci and Cavalleria rusticana highlights recitals (’20)

Last updated: December 2021

At Seattle Opera in 2021/22: Pianist, Songs of Summer with John Marzano

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: Songs of Summer with Shelly Traverse ('20)
Recently: Intermezzo Recital Series: Songs of Irving Berlin (Tacoma Opera); Papageno's Story (Tacoma Opera)
Upcoming: Intermezzo Recital Series:  A Young Man's Exhortation (Tacoma Opera) 

Last Updated: June 2021