OFFSTAGE FUN

With OSJ Principle Artist-in-Residence TOM TRUHITTE at the July 1999 Opera in the Park in Los Gatos, CA
The Three OSJ Tenors: TOM TRUHITTE, JONATHAN HODEL & me in July 2000 at Opera in the Park in Los Gatos, CA
As Gastone with ELI FOCHS as Marchese D’Obigny and JOSEPH WRIGHT as Baron Douphol in LA TRAVIATA hamming it up in the dressing room in April 2000
As Gastone with ELI FOCHS as Marchese D’Obigny and JOSEPH WRIGHT as Baron Douphol in LA TRAVIATA (April 2000) hamming it up in the dressing room
On the set of LA TRAVIATA (April 2000) with coach/accompanist/chorus master THOMAS WEBB, stage manager SUNSHINE DEFFNER, shop steward STEVE HURD, assistant stage manager ALLISON FROKE, and unnamed stage crew
Otherworldly shenanigans with JOSEPH WRIGHT in December of 2000
Backstage as Borsa with Joseph Wright as Marulo in RIGOLETTO in February of 2001
Backstage during a performance of RIGOLETTO with JOSEPH WRIGHT, KELLY CUNNINGHAM, BILL WELCH, JESSE MERLIN, and myself in the mirror
JOCI-PATRICE HOUSTON, MONICA BARNES, THOMAS TRUHITTE, SCOTT BEARDEN, and VICTOR THOMAS at the RIGOLETTO cast party in February of 2001
Backstage as the Prune Seller with Children’s Chorus member LUKE HURD in the April 2001 production of LA BOHEME
Backstage at the Montgomery Theatre with my Bride-To-Be in April of 2001
Resident Artist JOSEPH WRIGHT cracking up Resident Artist TOM TRUHITTE at an OSJ company BBQ in July of 2001
Family foolishness in Lake Tahoe with sister MICHELLE FLOWERS WILSON, my dad MIKE FLOWERS, & JOSEPH WRIGHT in July of 2001
Darts and fun at Lake Tahoe with JOSEPH WRIGHT in the Summer of 2001
DONNA OLSON in her “Freudian Slip” costume with King SCOTT BEARDEN at the COSI FAN TUTTE Halloween Party in October 2001
NICOLE TAKESONO and SCOTT BEARDEN at the cast party for COSI FAN TUTTE in November of 2001
Stage Director & Former Resident Artist DAVID COX, former Resident Artist & returning Guest Artist  ROBERT MCPHERSON, OSJ Artistic Administrator
MATTHEW SIEK, and Resident Artist JESSE MERLIN at the LA CENERENTOLA cast party in September of 2002
Backstage as Turiddu in the November 2003 production of CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & I PAGLIACCI with JOSEPH WRIGHT as Alfio
Backstage tomfoolery in the November 2003 production of CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & I PAGLIACCI with JOSEPH WRIGHT as Alfio
Celebrating my my 29th birthday at San José’s HABANA CUBA restaurant with cast members of OSJ’s season-closing production of DIE FLEDERMAUS in March of 2004
Celebrating my my 29th birthday at San José’s HABANA CUBA restaurant with cast members of OSJ’s season-closing production of DIE FLEDERMAUS in March of 2004
Celebrating my my 29th birthday at San José’s HABANA CUBA restaurant with cast members of OSJ’s season-closing production of DIE FLEDERMAUS in March of 2004 (L-R: MICHELE DETWILER, JASON DETWILER, JOHN EASTERDAY, LORI DECTER, JOSEPH WRIGHT, me, my mom KATHY FLOWERS, SUSIE UHER-JIMÉNEZ, & MIGUEL JIMENEZ)
Celebrating my my 29th birthday at San José’s HABANA CUBA restaurant with cast members of OSJ’s season-closing production of DIE FLEDERMAUS in March of 2004 (L-R: ETSEL SKELTON, MIMOSA IWAMATSU, my dad MIKE FLOWERS, NICOLE TAKESONO, JESSE MERLIN, JOSEPH RAYMOND MEYERS,  JONATHAN HODEL, JOSEPH MICHAEL MUIR, & CHRISTINA MAJOR)
Backstage in DIE FLEDERMAUS with OSJ chorister MARILYN CHEA BERGER during the final OSJ performance at the venerable Montgomery Theatre on May 2, 2004
Backstage as Don Basilio with DAVID BRITTON as Count Almaviva in the
BETTY POINDEXTER‘S beautiful design for my costume as Mario Cavaradossi in Act 1 of TOSCA at OSJ in November of 2004
Singing at an outreach concert for OSJ in May of 2005
At L’OPÉRA GARNIER in Paris, July 2005
My 2005 professional headshot taken by the legendary LISA KEATING
Backstage hijinks at the CALIFORNIA THEATRE during the September 2005 production of THE CRUCIBLE with JOSEPH RAYMOND MEYERS as The Unknown Comic & JESSE MERLIN as Francis Nurse
A sketch of me as Rodolfo in OSJ’s February 2006 production of LA BOHEME by OSJ supernumerary STEPHEN J. HOWES
DANIEL LOCKERT accompanying my performance in the first annual IRENE DALIS VOCAL COMPETITION in June of 2007
Celebrating the 30th birthday of former OSJ Resident Artist JOSEPH WRIGHT in May of 2007
As Rodolfo with former OSJ Resident Artist JASON DETWILER as Marcello in LA BOHEME at OPERA IDAHO in October of 2007
In Manhattan with the first friend I ever made in college, my dorm neighbor in Markham Hall and OSJ alum baritone VIRDELL WILLIAMS in 2008
Backstage at the San Francisco Symphony with the legendary Bay Area singer and vocal arranger KEN MALUCELLI, OSJ alums JOSEPH RAYMOND MEYERS & JESSE MERLIN, & myself in February 2013
At the book release party for IRENE DALIS: DIVA, IMPRESSARIA, LEGEND with former OSJ Principal Artist-in-Residence JESSE MERLIN and former OSJ Principal Artist-in-Residence KIRK EICHELBERGER in June 2014
At the book release party for IRENE DALIS: DIVA, IMPRESSARIA, LEGEND with former OSJ Principal Artist-in-Residence JESSE MERLIN in June 2014
At the book release party for IRENE DALIS: DIVA, IMPRESSARIA, LEGEND with former OSJ Principal Artist-in-Residence JESSE MERLIN and the diva herself, IRENE DALIS in June 2014
In the audience at SAN FRANCISCO OPERA with my SJSU SCHOOL OF MUSIC classmate, former OSJ artist, baritone MICHAEL GRAMMER in November 2017
Celebrating OSJ artist PHILIP SKINNER’S SAN FRANCISCO OPERA medal with former OSJ artist JOSEPH RAYMOND MEYERS in October of 2022
Being an honored guest at OSJ’S 40th Anniversary Gala Opening night in September of 2023
Celebrating OSJ’S 40th Anniversary Gala Opening night with  NICOLE TAKESONO in September of 2023
Honoring BARBARA BARRETT (1932-2024) at the OSJ offices in October of 2024
Honoring BARBARA BARRETT (1932-2024) at the OSJ offices in October of 2024 with OSJ alumni ELI FOCHS & CARL KING
The “SAN FRANCISCO BAY MUSICAL MISFITS” annual Christmas dinner, with many OSJ artistic alumni, including myself, PHILIP SKINNER, FRED ISOZAKI, JOSEPH RAYMOND MEYERS, & NICOLE TAKESONO in 2024
A gathering of the “SAN FRANCISCO BAY MUSICAL MISFITS” with OSJ alumni STEVE GUGGENHEIM, JOSEPH RAYMOND MEYERS, NICOLE TAKESONO, SUSAN GUNDUNAS, & friends in September of 2025
MEMORIES OF OPERA SAN JOSÉ

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