Gerald Crawford, Director Voice: Gerald Crawford Daune Mahy Lorraine Manz Richard Miller Marlene Ralis Rosen Salvatore Champagne Opera Theater: Jonathon Field Alan Montgomery Victoria Vaughan Vocal Accompanying and Coaching: Philip Highfill • Audition Requirements • Otto B Schoepfle Vocal Arts Laboratory • Opera Theater • Theater and Dance, Opera Theater and Artist Recital Series Calendar • SESSIONS: Welcome to the Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center Richard Miller, Director •Professor of Singing Richard Miller Receives Excellence in Teaching Award •Vocal Performance Student Joseph Holmes Wins Barbara E. Maze Award from Handel & Haydn Society • Soprano Alyson Cambridge '02 Wins Metropolitan Opera National Audition		Oberlin Conservatory of Music Vocal Studies Alumni   Tony Arnold '90       Soprano   Concert artist and recitalist, Contemporary music specialist   Leif Aruhn-Solen '01        Tenor   Baroque oratorio and opera, Glimmerglass Opera   Benjamin Bagby '72          Baritone early and medieval music, Sequenza (Director)   Zara Barrett '01        Soprano   Pittsburgh Opera, Glimmerglass Opera   Malia Bendi-Merad '03       Soprano    solo performances with The Cleveland Orchestra Robin Bettigole '69        Metropolitan Opera Chorus   Carolyn Betty '99        Soprano   Metropolitan Opera Audition winner, St. Louis Opera   Nathalie Boissy '88        Soprano   Marseilles Opera   Stephen Bryant '71              Baritone   regional U.S. opera companies     Barry Busse '68        Tenor   Seattle Opera   Alyson Cambridge '02        Soprano   Metropolitan Opera Audition winner, St. Louis Opera   Jennifer Casey Cabot '86             Soprano   Washington Opera, Cleveland Opera   Matthew Carey '82        Baritone   German opera houses   Andrea Cawelti '82        Soprano   Metropolitan Opera Guild Award   Salvatore Champagne '84        Tenor   European opera houses   Kathy Chiavola '74             Bluegrass, blues and folk, recording artist   Janet Cobb '71        Mezzo-soprano   Hamburg Opera, Oldenburg Opera   Kendra Colton '83        Soprano     Baroque oratorio and opera   Margaret Cusack '75        Soprano   New York City Opera, International Maggio in Florence, Italy   Frank Coffey '65        Baritone     Comprimario roles, Metropolitan Opera chorus   Elizabeth DeShong '02        Mezzo-soprano   St. Louis Opera, soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra   Franco Farina '77        Tenor   Paris, Tokyo, Vienna, Munich, Hamburg, Metropolitan Operas   Eric Frachey '88        Bass-baritone   French regional opera houses   Colenton Freeman '79              Tenor   Berlin, Bonn, European opera houses   Stephanie Friede '76        Mezzo-soprano   regional U.S. opera companies     Judy Goldberg '67        Metropolitan Opera chorus Oren Gradus '97        Baritone   Houston Grand Opera, Metropolitan Opera   Denyce Graves '85              Mezzo-soprano Metropolitan Opera, concert and recording artist   Liora Grodnikaite '02        Mezzo-soprano   Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, St. Louis Opera     Frank Hernandez '97        Baritone   Houston Opera, Detroit Opera   John Hanriot '72        Tenor   Metropolitan Opera chorus   Katherine Harris '82         Soprano     Regional opera companies   Scott Hogsed '98        Baritone       Atlanta Opera   Benjamin Holt '77 (deceased)        Baritone   Metropolitan Opera   Christopher Holmes '99        Dallas Opera   Nicholas Isherwood '81             Bass   Covent Garden, German opera houses, contemporary roles   Arden Kaywin '99        Soprano     San Francisco Opera Center, Opera Theater of St.Louis         Diane Ketchie '75        Soprano   German opera houses   Judy Kuhn '81        Soprano     American and European musical theater, film   Dina Kuznetsova '95               Soprano        Berlin Staatsoper, Lyric Opera of Chicago   Marie Lenormand '99        Mezzo-soprano        Metropolitan Opera, Houston Opera   Vincenzo Manno '70       Tenor     La Scala Opera Joseph McKee '71        Bass-baritone   New York City Opera   Adrienne McKeown '91        Soprano   Musical theater   David Miller '95        Tenor   Washington Opera, La Scala Opera, Sydney Opera, Baz Luhrmann's La Bohème     Mark Moliterno '82        Baritone     New York City Opera, regional U.S. and Japanese opera houses   David Adam Moore '97        Baritone   Seattle Opera, regional U.S. companies, Tel Aviv Opera   Nicholas Muni '74              Baritone     Cincinnati Opera (Artistic Director)   Andrew Nolen '97        Baritone   Seattle Opera, St. Louis Opera   Beverly Norris '50 (deceased)        U.S. premiere of Albert Herring   Daniel Okulitch '99       Bass-baritone   Calgary Opera, San Francisco Merola, Baz Lurhmann's La Bohème   Ann Panagulias '84        Soprano   San Francisco Opera, European and American opera houses   Marni Raab '96        Soprano   Touring musical theater companies   Derek Lee Ragin '80             Countertenor   European opera houses, Metropolitan Opera   Jody Rapport '79       Soprano   Baltimore Opera   Christopher Robertson '87             Baritone   Washington Opera, Metropolitan Opera   Hugh Russell '00      Baritone   Pittsburgh Opera, San Francisco Merola Opera Program   Lisa Saffer '77              Soprano   American opera houses   John Sandor '68        Tenor   New York City Opera, Cleveland Opera, Opera houses in Berlin and Bonn   Aija Jirgensons Schrader '77        Cleveland Opera, Regional U.S. houses   Nadine Secunde '75        Soprano   Bayreuth, European houses   Mitchell Sendrowitz '76        Baritone   Metropolitan Opera Chorus     Thomas Silverberg '75        Tenor   Opera and oratorio       Robert Sims '88        Baritone   Oratorio and orchestral appearances      Alma Jean Smith '71      Soprano   Metropolitan Opera Guild winner, Metropolitan Opera, European houses   Joel Sorenson '89        Tenor   New York City Opera, Metropolitan Opera   Christoph Späth '87        Tenor   Salzburg Festival   Melinda Thompson '81        Soprano   European musical theater companies   Kenneth Tarver '89        Tenor   Opera and oratorio   Mel Ulrich '93              Bass-baritone   New York City Opera, Metropolitan Opera   Milagro Vargas '77        Mezzo-soprano        Oratorio and opera, recordings   Edith Wiens '75      Soprano   Oratorio and concert career   Richard White '71        Baritone     Musical theater, film     If you are an alumna or alumnus of Oberlin's vocal studies program and you do not see your name on this list, please contact con.news@oberlin.edu.