ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD 

Reed Demangone 
Senior Vocal Performance student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas, Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld, Third Spirit in The Magic Flute, L'Eco in L'Orfeo with Opera d’Arte.

Nia Spaulding
Junior Vocal Performance student from Berkley, California

At CCM: Zita in Gianni Schicchi, 2^nd Witch in Dido and Aeneas, Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld and Dritte Dame cover in Die Zauberflöte with Opera d’Arte, Citizen’s Chorus in Les Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica with International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia (Morelia, Mexico), Second Woman in Dido and Aeneas with Voices of Music (San Francisco, California).

Alea Vernon 
Junior Voice student from Cheshire, Connecticut studying with Elliot Madore

At CCM: Eurydice in Orpheus in The Underworld, Königin der Nacht in The Magic Flute. Elsewhere: Chorus in Aida with Cincinnati Opera, chorus in La Bohème with Cincinnati Opera, Adele in Die Fledermaus with Berlin Opera Academy.

Lea Nayak
Junior Vocal Performance student from San Francisco, California

At CCM: Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera d'Arte, People's Chorus and Voix de femme en coulisse in Les Dialogues des Carmélites with CCM Graduate Opera, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas with Opera d’Arte.

Jarrett Hazelton
Sophomore Voice student from Waterford, Michigan studying with Daniel Weeks

At CCM: Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld, Armored Man 1 in The Magic Flute.

Zachary Burnham
Junior Vocal Performance student from Detroit, Michigan

At CCM: Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi, Sailor in Dido and Aeneas, Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera d’Arte, chorus in Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Doody in Grease at Riverbank Theatre (Marine City, Michigan).

Andrew Cunningham 
Senior Voice student from Cincinnati, Ohio studying with Daniel Weeks

At CCM: Featured Dancer in Die Fledermaus, Orfeo in L'Orfeo, Monostatos in The Magic Flute. 

Nathan Schludecker
Senior Vocal Performance student from Terre Haute, Indiana

At CCM: The Jailer in Dialogues des Carmélites Papageno in The Magic Flute, Pluto in Orpheus in the Underworld, and Gianni Schicchi in Gianni Schicchi with CCM Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: La Rondine, A Little Night Music, and Guglielmo (cover) in Cosí fan Tutte with Opera in the Ozarks (Carroll County, Arkansas).

Jadyn Riggs 
Junior Vocal Performance student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Ensemble in Orpheus in the Underworld, Ensemble in Die Zauberflöte. Elsewhere: MUSE Cincinnati Women’s Choir (Cincinnati, Ohio).

Torie Davis 
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Toledo, Ohio

At CCM: La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Spirit in Dido and Aeneas, Love Police in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera D’Arte. Elsewhere: Chorus in Carmen, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Macbeth and La Bohème with Toledo Opera, Grace Davis in Street Scene at Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio), Mystery in The Fairy Queen at the University of Toledo, Nursing Sister in Suor Angelica with Resonanz Opera (Mentor, Ohio).

Laura Stanell
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Harleysville, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Ensemble in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Angel/Maiden in The Maid of Orleans with the Russian Opera Workshop at the Academy of Vocal Arts (Philadelphia), Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica with Bel Canto in Tuscany (Greve, Italy).

Annie Weible (she/her)
Senior Vocal Performance student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Venus in Orpheus in the Underworld, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte. Elsewhere: Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro with International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia (Morelia, Mexico), Chorus in L’enfant et les sortilèges with Cincinnati Symphony. 

Natalia Adame
Senior Vocal Performance student from Novi, Michigan

At CCM: Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Cupid in Orpheus in the Underworld, Dritter Knabe in The Magic Flute with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Gertrude Stein (cover) and Anna Hope (cover) in The Mother of Us All, Shamana 3 in The House on Mango Street (premiere), Owl in The Cunning Little Vixen and Rose and Mrs. Medlock in The Secret Garden with the Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory (Chautauqua, New York), Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro and Mercédès (scenes) in Carmen at the International Opera Summer Festival of Morelia (Morelia, Mexico).

Victoria Poptrikin 
Senior Voice student from Cleveland, Ohio studying with Quinn Ankrum

At CCM: Papagena in The Magic Flute, Spirit in l'Orfeo, Chorus in Die Fledermaus, Ensemble/ Yan the Unnamed Cover in Yeast Nation.

Henry Lunn 
Senior Voice student from Lake Forest, Illinois studying with Kenneth Shaw 

At CCM: Featured in every undergraduate opera at CCM since 2018. Elsewhere: Professional roles at Lyric Opera of Chicago and Chicago Opera Theater. 

Emilio Vasquez 
Junior Vocal Performance student from Houston, Texas

At CCM: 2nd armored man in Die Zauberflöte, Jupiter in Orpheus in the Underworld, People's chorus in Dialogues of the Carmelites.

Matilda Smolij 
Senior Vocal Performance student from Sugar Land, Texas

At CCM: Mezzo soloist in Beethoven's Mass in C, Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte, Juno in Orpheus in the Underworld, Chorus in L'Enfant et les sortileges. Elsewhere: The Cricket in The Cunning Little Vixen at Chautauqua Opera (Chautauqua, New York), Cherubino in Le nozze di figaro with the International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia (Morelia, Mexico), Third Spirit in Die Zauberflöte.

Grant Shields
Junior Vocal Performance student from Morrow, Ohio

At CCM: Gherardo and Rinuccio (cover) in Gianni Schicchi, Sailor and Chorus in Dido and Aeneas, Chorus in Dialogues des Carmélites, Mercury in Orpheus in the Underworld, Chorus in The Magic Flute with Opera d’Arte, Tenor Soloist in Nunez Garcia’s Requiem, Jephte in Historia di Jephté.

Henry Lunn 
Senior Voice student from Lake Forest, Illinois studying with Kenneth Shaw 

At CCM: Featured in every undergraduate opera at CCM since 2018. Elsewhere: Professional roles at Lyric Opera of Chicago and Chicago Opera Theater. 

Delaney Benson 
Senior Musical Theatre student from Gainesville, Georgia 
At CCM: Celeste #1 in Sunday In The Park With George, Understudy for all women in Once, Can-Can Dancer in Orpheus, Scarlett in Girls Like That, Swing in 42nd Street. Elsewhere: Gabrielle in Cinderella with the Red Mountain Theatre Company (Birmingham, Alabama), Lucy Van Pelt in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown and Phoebe D’ysquith in A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder with Starlight Theatre (Kansas City, Kansas), Director of The Wolves with the Mosaic Theatre Ensemble, Soloist at the Utah Symphony Orchestra.

Annalise Fusaro 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Fredericksburg, Virginia

At CCM: Nutcracker Swing. Elsewhere: Maggie Winslow in A Chorus Line at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Jo March in Little Women and Éponine in Les Misérables at Caroline Community Theatre (Fredericksburg, Virginia).

Nate Jones 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Tallahassee, Florida 

At CCM: Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Swing in Sunday in the Park with George, Can-Can Dancer in Orpehus in the Underworld (CCM Opera), and Choir Ensemble in Our Town (CCM Acting)

Tomi Newman 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Springboro, Ohio

At CCM: Can-Can Dancer in Orpheus and the Underworld, Musical Theatre Class of 2025 Freshmxn Showcase: Light. Elsewhere: #13 in The Wolves with UC's Mosaic Theatre Ensemble, Day Player in Booked with 35th Parallel Productions.

Corey Cochran
Junior Costume Design and Technology student from Fort Worth, Texas

At CCM: Wardrobe Head for Xanadu and The Marriage of Figaro, Stitcher for Pippin, and Sunday in the Park With George, Crafts for Lysistrata and She Loves Me, Costume Designer for Orpheus in the Underworld. Elsewhere: First Hand for Pippin, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling bee, Jesus Christ Superstar, Robber Bridegroom and Ain’t Misbehavin’ with Timber Lake Playhouse (Carroll County, Illinois). Stitchers Apprentice for The Sound of Music at The Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York).

Rosie Burns Pavlik 
Senior Stage Management student from Farmington Hills, Michigan

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Dialogues of the Carmelites, Julius Caesar, and Orpheus and the Underworld, Calling Stage Manager for Cincinnati Dyonisia. Assistant Stage Manager for Cinderella, Galileo Galilei, and Travelogue, Production Assistant for The Magic Flute, and Rocket Science, Wardrobe Supervisor for Spring Awakening. Elsewhere: Orchestra Stage Manager for Aspen Music Festival, Assistant Stage Manager for The Sound of Music (Aspen Music Festival) and The Absentee (The KNOW Theatre of Cincinnati), Sub-Assistant Stage Manager for Don Giovanni (Aspen Music Festival).

Madisen Frazier 
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art from Gainsville, Florida

At CCM: Props Master for Punk Rock, The Marriage of Figaro, Galileo. Elsewhere: Props Designer for Hello Dolly and Crazy for You at the Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head, South Carolina), Props Artisan for Perchance to Dream, Music in the Air, The Devil’s Rider, Pirates of Penzance, Into the Woods, South Pacific, and Girl Crazy at the Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, OH).

Hannah Kate Hawver
Sophomore Stage Management student from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Cincinnati Dionysia and Choreographer's Showcase; Production Assistant for Xanadu, Orpheus in the Underworld and Galileo Galilei; Deck Electrician for Something Rotten and Dance Works 2023

Leah Berry 
Senior Stage Management student from Lexington, Kentucky 

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager The Rocky Horror Show, Student Choreographers Showcase; Project Manager for Light in the Piazza, Little Shop of Horrors and,The Laramie Project; Assistant Production Manager for CCM 21-22 Season. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager Holiday Inn, Flashdance, Mamma Mia!, and Matilda with Surflight Theatre (Beach Haven, New Jersey); Assistant Stage Manager James and the Giant Peach with Lexington Children's Theatre (Lexington, Kentucky). 

Emma King 
Senior Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio 

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager of Wings, Assistant Production Manager of TDP Projects 2021, Production Assistant of Clybourne Park. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager of Little Shop of Horrors and Newsies with Performing Arts, Inc. (Cincinnati). 

McKenna Brennan 
Senior Technical Production student from Los Alamitos, California

At CCM: Automation Op on Clybourne Park, Wardrobe Crew on 42nd Street, Master Carpenter on Little Shop of Horrors, Automation Op on Light in the Piazza.

Sami Tamulonis 
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Westerville, Ohio

At CCM: Scenic Designer for Once, and Lysistrata and Trojan Women, Charge Artist for Galileo Galilei, Charge Artist for Fellow Travelers, Scenic Designer for Agrippina Elsewhere: Scenic Artist for Cinderella, Margaritaville, Leading Ladies, and On the Golden Pond at Cumberland County Playhouse (Crossville, Tennessee).

Michael Donahue
Junior Sound Design student from Norwalk, Connecticut

At CCM: Production Sound Engineer for Dialogues des Carmelites, Production Sound Engineer for The Burials, Assistant Sound Designer for Orpheus in the Underworld. Elsewhere: A2 for Kinky Boots, Something Rotten and Mamma Mia with Forestburgh Playhouse (Forestburgh, New York).

Brenden Friedel
Junior Sound Design and Technology student from Orlando, Florida

At CCM: Something Rotten!, Xanadu, Dance Works, and Orpheus in the Underworld Elsewhere: Mamma Mia and Much Ado About Nothing at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (Reno, Nevada), Audio Engineer at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (Orlando, Florida). 

Alex Brock 
Third-year MFA Sound Design and Technology student from Greenfield, Indiana 

At CCM: Production Sound Engineer for 42nd Street, Assistant Designer for The Bartered Bride. Elsewhere: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Repertory Theater, Bay Street Theater, Syracuse Stage, Chautauqua Theater Company and New York Stage and Film. 

Ryan Hurt 
Third-year MFA Sound Design and Technology student from Lincoln, Nebraska 

At CCM: A1 of The Rocky Horror Show, Production Sound Engineer of Bright Star, Sound Designer of Clybourne Park, Assistant Sound Designer of Lady Windermere's Fan, Sound Designer of Association of Controlled Dreamers. Elsewhere: Sound Designer of The Niceties at Interlochen Center for the Arts, Sound Designer of Woyzeck at South Dakota State University, A1 of Seussical at South Dakota State University

Patrick Kiernan 
Second-year MFA Sound Design and Technology student from Kingston, New York 

Elsewhere: Off-Broadway productions of A Salute to the Brave (world premiere) and She Stoops to Conquer (The Actors Company Theater); Simon Dawes Becomes a Planet (Time Shared Productions); Richard III, As You Like It, Around the World in 80 Days (world premiere), Julius Caesar (co-design, Matt Webb), Stuart Little, The Shakespeare, Stealer (Idaho Shakespeare Festival); Henry VI Part One, Breach (Baldwin Wallace University); The Hunting of the Snark (The Players NYC/University of Michigan).

Jie Min 
Second-year MFA Stage Management student from Harbin, China

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Dance Works 2022, Assistant Stage Manager for L'Amant Anonyme, Assistant Stage Manager for Dance Works 2021 Elsewhere: ASM for Ushuaia Blue, ASM for Babel at Contemporary American Theater Festival (Shepherdstown, West Virginia), Co-director and Media Designer for Am I Still Alive, Film Producer for A Painting at Beijing Dance Academy (Beijing, China), Executive Director and Dance Choreographer of Gala Celebrate the Spring Festival at China Central Television (Beijing, China).