Elliot Madore
Baritone (Toronto, Canada)
Age 22
Current and upcoming performances for Elliot Madore include the title role of Don Giovanni and the Music Master and Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Tanglewood Music Center, Figaro in IL Barbiere di Siviglia with the Curtis Opera Theatre, Schaunard in La Bohème with Opera Colorado, and Oronte in Médée with Chicago Opera Theatre. He is a 2010 finalist in the Houston Grand Opera's Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, was the 2009 winner of the junior division of the Palm Beach Vocal Competition, and is working toward his master of music degree at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music. (Middle Atlantic Region)
Nathaniel Peake
Tenor (Humble, Texas)
Age 28
This summer Nathaniel Peake joins the Wolf Trap Opera as a FileNe Young Artist. At Wolf Trap he is scheduled to sing Sultan Soliman in Zaïde, Albazar in Il Turco in Italia, and Snout/The Wall in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Recent performances include Nemorino in L'Elisir d'Amore with the Houston Grand Opera, Fritz in L'Amico Fritz with the San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program, and Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette and Don José in Marius Constant's Bizet adaptation La Tragédie de Carmen with the Syracuse Opera. He is currently a member with the Houston Grand Opera Studio, received the 2009 Audience Choice Prize from the Eleanor McCollum Voice Competition, and received his master of music degree from Michigan State University. (Mid-South Region)
Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Soprano (Tri-Cities, Washington)
Age 25
Currently a member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Rachel Willis-Sørensen's upcoming performances include Masha in The Queen of Spades, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Houston Grand Opera and the First Lady in Die Zauberflöte with the Santa Fe Opera. She has also sung the title role of Suor Angelica, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Musetta in La Bohème with Brigham Young University School of Music, where she received her master of music degree in 2009. (Northwest Region)
