Fellows
Soprano
Erika Nicole Alatorre is an extraordinarily talented Mexican-American operatic soprano from California, acclaimed for her gorgeous voice, and consummate acting skills. She has sung at Carnegie Hall and sings in the USA, Europe, Canada and Latin America.
Praised by OperaWire for "a power and seeming effortlessness that [is] quite amazing...", Margaret Tigue is a soprano based in New York City. She has been a featured soloist on the concert stage with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra Now, and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.
Morgan Wolfe is a coloratura soprano from Suffern, New York, and a candidate for the Professional Studies Certificate at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She made her professional debut as Flora at Opera Roanoke and returned to sing Gretel in Hansel and Gretel in the Spring of 2026.
Yujin Zeng, soprano, is currently based in New York City. Her roles include Violetta in La Traviata and Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor with Regina Opera, and Juliette in Roméo et Juliette at Utah Valley Operafest.
Shiyu Zhuo, soprano, is pursuing a Graduate Diploma at The Juilliard School under Amy Burton. She is a first prize winner of the Korea·China International Music Competition and a 2025 Loren L. Zachary Competition semi-finalist.
Mezzo-Soprano
Ruijia Dong, mezzo-soprano, received her undergraduate degree from Central Academy of Drama (2024) and masters degree at Mannes School of Music (2026). She has received international awards and apprenticeships.
American mezzo-soprano Allison Fahey made her professional debut with the Lakes Area Music Festival, performing Mother Goose and covering Baba the Turk in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, and holds both a Master of Musical Arts and a Master of Music in Opera from the Yale School of Music, and a Bachelor of Music from Stetson University.
Annabelle Sweet is a third year Voice and Opera Performance undergraduate student from Kansas City, Missouri, and studies with Patrice Michaels. This fall, she will be co-directing Northwestern’s Opera Projects for Undergraduate Singers (OPUS) production of Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach.
Tenor
Trey Fitzgerald, tenor, is currently based in Houston, Texas. In the 2025 season, Trey made his professional debut singing the role Mr. Clayton in the regional premier of Stephen Schwartz’s opera Séance on a Wet Afternoon. In the 2025/26 season, he will be singing with Daniel Knaggs’ new Cor Mundi Chamber Choir.
Leo Williams is a proud alumnus of Indiana University and recipient of The Georgina Joshi International Grant, The Jacobs Premier, and The Schmidt Foundation Scholarships. Most recently, Leo sang "Nessun Dorma" in place of Andrea Bocelli in his Orchestra Dress Rehearsal in February.
Baritone
Michael Banda, baritone, is attending University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Most recently, he was selected as a Winner with Distinction in Classical Voice, for the 2025 National YoungArts Competition.
Ross Macatangay, baritone from New York City, received his undergraduate degree and Master’s degree at Manhattan School of Music and is currently studying at Curtis Institute of Music as a candidate for Professional Studies Certificate.
Bass
Theodore McAlindon, bass, is in his second year of Royal Academy Opera, where he studies with Mark Wildman and Jonathan Papp. He has premiered numerous contemporary opera works at Tête à Tête festival in the U.K.
Piano
Guzal Isametdinova, pianist, has performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, and made her New York debut as a winner of the Lyric Chamber Competition with Trio Fantasia. Guzal holds a Master’s degree from Lynn University, and is currently pursuing Doctoral Degree at the University of Maryland under the guidance of Rita Sloan.
Zoey Xinyue Zhou works as a staff pianist at The Juilliard School and serves for distinguished pedagogues, including Timothy Cobb, Harold Robinson and Cynthia Hoffmann. Zoey holds a bachelor’s degree from the Royal Academy of Music in London and masters degree from The Juilliard School.