These stellar artists were hand-selected after a grueling and competitive application and audition process.
During the course of the 2023-24 Season, these talented individuals will perform:
- The principal and supporting roles in the fully-staged Pittsburgh Opera productions
- Supporting roles, covering, and sometimes principal roles in Pittsburgh Opera's mainstage productions
- In programs for public schools, community centers, libraries and corporate events
- In regular Song Shop concerts, free programs, and special events
- At parties hosted by Pittsburgh Opera
We invite you to get to know our 2023-24 Resident Artist class:
- Brandon Bell, baritone
- Julia Swan Laird, soprano
- Evan Lazdowski, bass-baritone
- Fran Daniel Laucerica, tenor
- Jazmine Olwalia, mezzo-soprano
- Emily Richter, soprano
- Haley Stamats, stage director
Pittsburgh Opera’s Resident Artist Program is made possible, in part, by the generosity of individual sponsors. The 2023-24 Resident Artists, and the Pittsburgh Opera Music Staff, are sponsored by:
Premier Sponsors*
- Robert J. and Sharon E. Sclabassi (Brandon Bell)
Sponsors
- John Battaglia (Haley Stamats)
- Edwin H. Beachler, Esq. (Evan Lazdowski)
- John and Virginia DiPucci (Emily Richter)
- The Bernadette G. Callery Endowed Fund for Resident Artists (Evan Lazdowski)
- Anna Futrell (Head of Music Glenn Lewis)
- Alice Victoria Gelormino (Emily Richter)
- The Haley Family Fund (Jazmine Olwalia)
- Susan Candace Hunt (Jazmine Olwalia)
- Steve and Gail Mosites (Julia Swan Laird)
- Eileen and John Olmsted (Director of Musical Studies and Chorus Master Mark Trawka)
- Steven Seibert (Julia Swan Laird)
- Rob and Janet Squires (Haley Stamats)
- Janice Talerico (Fran Daniel Laucerica)
- John and Nancy Traina (Fran Daniel Laucerica)
*Premier Sponsors underwrite the full stipend of an artist’s residency
Learn how you can support a future opera star through Resident Artist Sponsorship.