2025 FESTIVAL ARTISTS
Opera Saratoga is thrilled to announce that 18 gifted emerging artists have been selected from 834 applicants to participate in the 2025 Summer Festival as members of the Festival Artist Program. Festival Artists receive extensive training and professional development opportunities during their residency with us, while singing select roles in Festival productions, understudying all principal roles, and appearing in concerts and master classes.
Learn more about the Festival Artist Program here.
Hometown: Palatine, IL
Hometown: Daegu, South Korea
Hometown: Middletown, NY
Jack O'Leary, bass-baritone
Hometown: Havertown, PA
Christine Taylor Price, soprano
Hometown: Tulsa, OK
Hometown: Buena Park, CA
Fantine Douilly, soprano
Hometown: Liévin (North of France)
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Brennan Martinez, mezzo soprano
Hometown: Austin, TX
Wagner Mauricio Pastor, tenor
Hometown: Quito, Ecuador
Chase Sanders, soprano
Hometown: Harrisburg, PA
Hometown: State College, PA
Hometown: Denver, CO
Chuanyuan Liu, countertenor
Hometown: Changchun, Jilin, China
Hometown: Tahlequah, OK
Hometown: New York, NY
Geoffrey Schmelzer, baritone
Hometown: Skokie, IL
Hometown: Orange County, CA
Abigail Wilemon, pianist
Hometown: Statesville, NC
Hometown: London, UK