Des Moines Metro Opera Foundation Inc.

01/13/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/13/2026 15:26

DMMO 2026 Apprentice Artists Announced

Members of the 2026 Frank R. Brownell III Apprentice Artist Program

SOPRANOS

Caitlin Aloia, Doylestown, PA
Phoebe Chee, Singapore
Emily Finke, Los Altos, CA
Eliza Lucyna, Gdynia, Poland
Daniela Machado, Weston, FL
Milan McCray, Fort Worth, TX
Zoë Meier-Juhlin, St. Louis, MO
Sarah Rosales, Cedar Rapids, IA
Margaret Macaira Shannon, Austin, TX
Adriana Stepien, Philadelphia, PA
Sara Stevens, Kennesaw, GA
Gabriela Stoloff-Báez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

MEZZO-SOPRANOS

Emily Amesquita, Seattle, WA
Christine Boddicker, Hinsdale, IL
Morena Galán, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Anya Newsome Hill, Geneva, IL
Lauryn Nelson, Chicago, IL
Yaffa Ovsishcher, Brooklyn, NY
Claire Strong, Mobile, AL

COUNTERTENOR

Ian Pathak, Washington, D.C.

TENORS

Timothy Anderson, Plano, TX
Ethan E. Burck, Aurora, IL
Douglas Culclasure, Greenville, SC
Jerek Fernández, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Edward Ferran, Kalamazoo, MI
Rick Hale, Sharon, PA
Cameron Howard, Irvington, KY
Colin Miller, Albuquerque, NM
Shijin Sun, Wuhan, China
Luka Tsevelidze, Tbilisi, Georgia

BARITONES

Michael Breaux, Killeen, TX
David Drettwan, Elkhorn, WI
Harrison Hancock, Lexington, KY
Mario Manzo, Mesa, AZ
Titus Muzi III, Milwaukee, WI

BASS-BARITONES

Robert Frazier, Star Lake, NY
Matan Abraham Gendelman, Haifa, Israel
Ben Strong, Indiana, PA
Hunter Warnick, Kuna, ID

BASS

Garrett Reider, Wilmington, NC

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