Cosi Fan Tutte

Sarah Heisler, Fiordiligi, soprano, began the 2012 season singing Yvette in La Rondine with the American Center for Puccini Studies and was next seen in the role of Mrs. Segstrom in A Little Night Music with the Castleton Festival, where she also appeared in performances of Carmen, La Boheme, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, under the baton of Maestro Lorin Maazel. Upcoming engagements include performances of Madama Butterfly with Hillhouse Opera. This fall she will travel to Oman to sing the chorus of La Boheme when the Castleton Festival and Maestro Maazel perform at Royal Opera House Muscat. Recent credits include the title role in Suor Angelica, Mimi in La Boheme, Elvira in L’italiana in Algeri, covering La Princesse in L’enfant et les sortileges, the title role in Carmen, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, and First Lady in Die Zauberflöte. She has spent three seasons with the Caramoor International Music Festival and holds a degree from James Madison University.

Mezzo-Soprano Sarah Davis, Dorabella, a native of Northern Virginia, holds a Bachelor of Music from James Madison University, and a Master of Music from the University of Michigan. During graduate studies at the University of Michigan, she performed as Cecilia March in Adamo’s Little Women, Meg Page in Verdi’s Falstaff, Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, and Baba the Turk in Stravinksy’s The Rake’s Progress. In the fall of 2011, Sarah was seen as Angelina in La Cenerentola, with Bel Cantanti Opera Company. An active advocate of contemporary music, Sarah has premiered music for mezzo and piano, by acclaimed composers Vera Ivanova, Zachary Wadsworth, Michael-Thomas Foumai, and Shen Yiwen. In February 2010, she performed in the New York premiere of Jeremy Beck’s one-act contemporary opera Review (mezzo-soprano). In the summer of 2012, Sarah was a Young Artist with the Caramoor Bel Canto Opera program, where she covered Romeo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi. She was recently seen performing with the Staunton Music Festival in Staunton, Virginia, where she sang the US Premiere of Leaves from My Life, by renowned composer Vladmir Mendelssohn. Ms. Davis is equally at home in the world of oratorio, having performed solos in Durufle's Requiem, Handel's Messiah, Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor, Handel's Dixit Dominus, and Vivaldi's Gloria. Sarah has studied with In Dal Choi, Carrie Stevens, and Melody Racine.

Melissa Mino, soprano, Despina, she was engaged as an apprentice artist at Sarasota Opera, where she performed the role of Ruth Putman in The Crucible as well as numerous ensemble roles last season. While at Temple University, Melissa was seen as Monika in The Medium and the title role in The Cunning Little Vixen. Recent performances also include Gretel in Hansel and Gretel with Bel Cantanti Opera Summer Festival. In 2010 she was a national finalist in the Classical Singer competition and received third prize from the organisation. She furthered her training at the prestigious cooperative program in Princeton, NJ and at the University of Miami Summer program in Salzburg, Austria.

A versatile performed and teacher, Melissa currently resides in Arlington, VA, where she maintains an active private piano and voice studio. She has has recently been a featured soloist in Messiah at St. Luke's with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra (McLean,VA), Brahms' Requiem at St. Alban's ( Washington D.C.) and with the Orchestra Society of Philadelphia. Upcoming concerts include appearances with the Opera Guild of Northern VA and The Repertory Opera Theatre of Washington, as well as the recital with the Friday Morning Music Club. Last summer she made her debut with the Youn Victorian Theater Company in Baltimore in the role of Yum-Yum in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. Upcoming engagements Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni with Opera Camerata of Washington and Kate Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly with Bel Cantanti Opera. A native of Doylestown, PA, Melissa received her Master of Music degree from Temple University and her Bachelor of Music Degree with a concentration in music education and French, summa cum laude from Bucknell University. She is currently a student of Dr. William Stone.

Colin Levin, Guglielmo. This season Colin will be appearing frequently as a concert artist in the New England area. Appearances will include his Jordan Hall debut as Manfred Lewin in the east coast professional premier of Jake Heggie's orchestral staged baritone song cycle with chorus For a Look or a Touch with the Boston Gay Men's Chorus, the principal soloist in the Holiday Pops Concert with Hillyer Festival Orchestra, the baritone soloist with the Pleasant Bay Camerata in Buxtehude's Ihr lieben Christen, freut euch nun, the Mozart Requiem with the Chatham Music Club, and Vaughan-William's Dona Nobis Pacem with the Chatham Chorale, as part of their Tercentennial Concert. He has spent the summer of 2012 in Virginia performing Mr. Lindquist in A Little Night Music and covering Le Dancaïre in Carmen, in addition to concerts, with the Castleton Festival.

Colin has appeared with Opera Boston (the cover to the title role in Hindemith's Cardillac, the Poet in the New Year's Eve production of Salieri's Prima la musica e poi le parole, in addition to covering in Fidelio and Donizetti's Maria Padilla, Winter Opera St. Louis (Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Betto di Signa in Gianni Schicchi, St. Petersburg Opera (FL) (Mr. Lindquist in A Little Night Music, Morales in Carmen, Baron Douphol in La Traviata, Bogdanovitch/Njegus (cover) in The Merry Widow, and Figaro in The Barber of St. Petersburg), the Brooklyn Academy of Music (L'ombre de Samuel in the North American professional stage premier of Charpentier's David et Jonathas with American Opera Theater, with additional performances in Washington D.C.), and the Sugar Creek Symphony and Song (IL) (Mr. Jenks/Top (cover) in Copland’s The Tenderland) Other performed opera roles include the Forester in Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, Dandini in La Cenerentola, and Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro.

Tenor Kyle Tomlin, Ferrando, received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music in 2008 from Penn State University where he studied with Jennifer Trost. In his time at Penn State, Mr. Tomlin performed the roles of Tamino in The Magic Flute, the title role in Albert Herring, and Gabriel von Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with the Penn State Opera Theatre. In 2011 Mr. Tomlin earned his Masters of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Michigan where he studied with George Shirley. While at the University of Michigan, he performed Nemorino in L'Elisir D'Amore and Le Chevalier Danois in Armide with the University of Michigan Opera Theatre. With the U of M graduate workshop, he sang the role of Tom Snout in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night’s Dream and took part in the 6x8 project, a performance of new chamber operas with music and librettos written by University of Michigan students. Mr. Tomlin also performed the First Sailor in Dido and Aeneas with the Metropolitan Baroque Ensemble of Detroit. Last Summer, he attended the Pine Mountain Music Festival where he premiered the role of John in Jukka Linkola's new opera Rockland, which was commissioned by the festival. He was also an artist in residence at the Conductors Retreat at Medomak singing in their concert of Beethoven's 9th Symphony as the Tenor Soloist. Most recently he has performed with the National Chamber Players, the Cathedral Choral Society, and is a professional chorister at Historic Christ Church in Alexandria and the National Cathedral. Mr. Tomlin currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, where he teaches voice.

Andrew Adelsberger, bass-baritone, Don Alfonso, has been praised for his natural comedic timing and is gaining notoriety for his charismatic performances. Recently, he appeared as Dr. Bartolo/Il barbiere di Siviglia with Ash Lawn Opera and as Don Magnifico/La Cenerentola with Bel Cantanti Opera. Andrew has performed with Lorin Maazel’s Castleton Festival as Spinelloccio/Gianni Schicchi and Mat of the Mint/The Beggar’s Opera. He has also performed with Chautauqua Opera as the Sacristan/Tosca and Mr. Kofner/The Consul. Andrew holds a Master of Music from the Maryland Opera Studio where he performed the roles of Don Alfonso/Così fan tutte and Gus O’Neil in the world premiere of John Musto’s Later the Same Evening. Other roles include, Antonio/Le nozze di Figaro, Sacristan/Tosca (Annapolis Opera), Betto/Gianni Schicchi (Bel Cantanti Opera), Nardo/La Finta Giardiniera, Elviro/Xerxes (Maryland Opera Studio) Dulcamara/L’elisir d’amore (Bel Cantanti Opera), Courchemin/Le Déserteur (Opera Lafayette, Community Performance). Concert credits include; Schubert’s Die Winterreise, Raphael and Adam/The Creation, as well as the bass solos in Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem, Haydn’s Paukenmesse and Nelson Mass, and the Bruckner Te Deum. Andrew studies with renown Swiss basso-buffo, François Loup.