
2022 Apprentice Singers
2022 Apprentice Singers
Sopranos

Caitlin Aloia
Soprano
Caitlin Aloia
Hometown: Doylestown, PA
SFO Debut:
Proserpina, Orfeo, 2023
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022, 2023

Avery Boettcher
Soprano
Avery Boettcher
Hometown: Appleton, WI
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Caroline Corrales
Soprano
Caroline Corrales
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Vanessa Croome
Soprano
Vanessa Croome
Hometown: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Magdalena Kuźma
Soprano
Magdalena Kuźma
Hometown: New York, NY
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Amber Norelai
Soprano
Amber Norelai
Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela
SFO Debut:
Euridice, Orfeo, 2023
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022, 2023

Amanda Olea
Soprano
Amanda Olea
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Murrella Parton
Soprano
Murrella Parton
Hometown: Seymour, TN
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Teresa Perrotta
Soprano
Teresa Perrotta
Hometown: Orlando, FL
SFO Debut:
Alice, Falstaff, 2022 (August 16 & 25)
Past Seasons:
Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2021
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2021, 2022

Ardeen Pierre
Soprano
Ardeen Pierre
Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2021, 2022

Emily Richter
Soprano
Emily Richter
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Emilie Kealani
Soprano
Emilie Kealani
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022
Mezzo-Sopranos

Amanda Lynn Bottoms
Mezzo-soprano
Amanda Lynn Bottoms
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2021, 2022

Ashlyn Brown
Mezzo-soprano
Ashlyn Brown
Hometown: Palm Springs, CA
SFO Debut:
Woman 2/Event Planner, The Righteous, 2024
Past Seasons:
Noble Orphan 2, Der Rosenkavalier, 2024
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022, 2024

Maire Therese Carmack
Mezzo-soprano
Maire Therese Carmack
Hometown: Bainbridge Island, WA
Past Seasons:
Mercédès, Carmen, 2022 (July 1 & 6)
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Lucy Evans
Mezzo-soprano
Lucy Evans
Hometown: Bellingham, WA
SFO Debut:
Agent 1, M. Butterfly, 2022
Past Seasons:
La Ninfa (through August 16) & La Messaggera (August 24), Orfeo, 2023
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022, 2023

Kathleen Felty
Mezzo-soprano
Kathleen Felty
Hometown: Lubbock, TX
Past Seasons:
Mercédès, Carmen, 2022
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2018, 2022

Gretchen Krupp
Mezzo-Soprano
Gretchen Krupp
Hometown: Woodbridge, VA
2025 Season:
Waltraute, Die Walküre
SFO Debut:
Mary, The Flying Dutchman, 2023
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022, 2023

Sophia Maekawa
Mezzo-soprano
Sophia Maekawa
Hometown: Kyoto, Japan
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Gloria Palermo
Mezzo-soprano
Gloria Palermo
Hometown: Cocoa, FL
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Sarah Saturnino
Mezzo-soprano
Sarah Saturnino
Hometown: Grass Valley, CA
2025 Season:
Fricka, Die Walküre (SFO Debut)
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2021, 2022
Contralto

Lauren Decker
Contralto
Lauren Decker
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Megan Esther Grey
Contralto
Megan Esther Grey
Hometown: Cedar Falls, IA
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022
Tenors

Thomas Cilluffo
Tenor
Thomas Cilluffo
Hometown: Traverse City, MI
Past Seasons:
Bardolfo, Falstaff, 2022
Don Curzio, The Marriage of Figaro, 2021
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2021, 2022

Dylan M. Davis
Tenor
Dylan M. Davis
Hometown: Marion, OH
Past Seasons:
Shepherd, Tristan und Isolde, 2022
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Jonah Hoskins
Tenor
Jonah Hoskins
Hometown: Saratoga Springs, UT
SFO Debut:
Sailor, Tristan und Isolde, 2022
Past Seasons:
Nemorino, The Elixir of Love, 2024
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2021, 2022

Anthony León
Tenor
Anthony León
Hometown: Riverside, CA
Past Seasons:
Remendado, Carmen, 2022
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2021, 2022

Philippe L'Esperance
Tenor
Philippe L'Esperance
Hometown: Grafton, MA
SFO Debut:
1st Pastore, Orfeo, 2023
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022, 2023

Kameron Lopreore
Tenor
Kameron Lopreore
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
2025 Season:
Rigoletto
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022, 2025

Jordan Loyd
Tenor
Jordan Loyd
Hometown: Springfield, OH
SFO Debut:
Gamekeeper, Rusalka, 2023
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022, 2023

Daniel O'Hearn
Tenor
Daniel O'Hearn
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2021, 2022

Kevin Punnackal
Tenor
Kevin Punnackal
Hometown: Houston, TX
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2021, 2022

Eric Taylor
Tenor
Eric Taylor
Hometown: St. George, UT
Past Seasons:
Melot, Tristan und Isolde, 2022
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2019, 2021 and 2022

Andrew Turner
Tenor
Andrew Turner
Hometown: Tacoma, WA
SFO Debut:
Agent 2, M. Butterfly, 2022
Past Seasons:
Eli, The Righteous, 2024
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022, 2024

Tianchi Zhang
Tenor
Tianchi Zhang
Hometown: Huainan, China
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022
Baritones and Basses

Peter Barber
Bass-baritone
Peter Barber
Hometown: Crozet, VA
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Ben Brady
Bass-baritone
Ben Brady
Hometown: Denver, CO
SFO Debut:
Sciarrone, Tosca, 2023
Past Seasons:
Arkel, Pelléas et Mélisande, 2023 (August 18)
Physician, Pelléas et Mélisande, 2023 (through August 9)
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022, 2023

Justin Burgess
Baritone
Justin Burgess
Hometown: South Lyon, MI
Past Seasons:
Steersman, Tristan und Isolde, 2022 (August 23)
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Darren Lekeith Drone
Baritone
Darren Lekeith Drone
Hometown: Sherwood, AR
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2021, 2022

Erik Grendahl
Baritone
Erik Grendahl
Hometown: Boydton, VA
Past Seasons:
René Gallimard, M. Butterfly, 2022 (August 24)
Steersman, Tristan und Isolde, 2022 (through August 19)
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Jongwon Han
Bass-baritone
Jongwon Han
Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Allen-Michael Jones
Bass
Allen-Michael Jones
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Past Seasons:
Officer, The Barber of Seville, 2022
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2021, 2022

Kyle Miller
Baritone
Kyle Miller
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Past Seasons:
Fiorello, The Barber of Seville, 2022
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Nicholas Newton
Bass-baritone
Nicholas Newton
Hometown: San Diego, CA
SFO Debut:
Don Basilio, The Barber of Seville, 2022 (July 2-13 & August 1, 6 & 26)
Past Seasons:
Leporello, Don Giovanni, 2024
Jacob, The Righteous, 2024
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Sejin Park
Baritone
Sejin Park
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
SFO Debut:
Baron Douphol, La traviata, 2024
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022, 2024

Joseph Parrish
Bass-baritone
Joseph Parrish
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022

Luke Sutliff
Baritone
Luke Sutliff
Hometown: Denver, CO
SFO Debut:
Demetrius, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2021 (July 31 & August 4)
Past Seasons:
Belcore, The Elixir of Love, 2024
Orfeo, Orfeo, 2023 (July 29)
Dancaïre, Carmen, 2022
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2021, 2022

Griffen Hogan Tracy
Bass
Griffen Hogan Tracy
Hometown: Golden, CO
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2022