Dylan Elza

Tenor Dylan Elza, a native of Dallas, Texas, has most recently  performed as an Emerging Artist with Virginia Opera’s  Herndon Foundation Emerging Artist program for their  2018-2019 and 2019-2020 season. Roles with Virginia Opera  include: Messenger in Aida, Thug #1 in Il Postino, Dave in  Breaking, F.B.I. Agent in An American Dream. Covers with  Virginia Opera …

Darren Drone

Baritone Darren Drone is quickly making a name for himself in the opera world. He recently completed a  residency with Michigan Opera Theatre where he covered Leporello in Don Giovanni, the title role in  Sweeney Todd, Tonio in Pagliacci and performed the title role in both Gianni Schicchiand Buoso’s Ghost.  …

Erik Danielson

Erik Danielson is an up and coming Bass-Baritone artist who one critic has  described as possessing “a barihunk instrument.” He most recently spent two years  at the Boston University Opera Institute, where he starred as Nick Shadow in The  Rake’s Progress and Edmund Bertram in Mansfield Park. He obtained his  …

Katherine Holobinko

Katherine Holobinko is a soprano from Fort Mill, South Carolina. A recent Central City Opera  studio artist and MM graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, she portrayed  the roles of Enoch’s Daughter (Carousel), Meg (Little Women) and Annina (La Traviata). She is  the 2021 winner of the …

Ashley Shalna Short

Praised for her “opulent soprano” and “flowing high register” (South Florida Classical Review),  soprano Ashley Shalna is a promising emerging artist from Tampa, Florida. She most recently  completed the 2021-2022 season with Opera Tampa as an Opera Tampa Singer, appearing in all  of the season’s operatic productions and as a …