OFFSTAGE FUN – Adam Flowers, tenor & teaching artist

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 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

At the Montgomery Theatre stage door after a performance of RIGOLETTO with NICOLE TAKESONO & JOSEPH WRIGHT in February of 2001

JOCI-PATRICE HOUSTON, MONICA BARNES, THOMAS TRUHITTE, SCOTT BEARDEN, and VICTOR THOMAS at the RIGOLETTO cast party in February of 2001

With JOSEPH WRIGHT before an OSJ outreach concert at TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL in downtown San José, California in March 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

As The Nutty Professor with **NICOLE TAKESONO** as The Genie as an unimpressed **PAUL LINNES** looks on 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

With **NICOLE TAKESONO** 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 (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

CHURCHILL MANOR

NAPA, CALIFORNIA

Two mugs at the **FLOWERS-TAKESONO** Wedding on 17 July 2004

**KRISTA WIGLE** & **OSJ** artists **MICHELE DETWILER**, **JOSEPH RAYMOND MEYERS**, & **JASON DETWILER** at our wedding on 17 July 2004

**KRISTA WIGLE** & **OSJ** Artist **JOSEPH RAYMOND MEYERS**, at the **FLOWERS-TAKESONO** Wedding on 17 July 2004

**OSJ** Resident Artists **LORI DECTER** & **JOSEPH WRIGHT** (my Best Man) at our wedding on 17 July 2004

**OSJ** Resident Artists **MICHELE DETWILER** & **JASON DETWILER** at our wedding on 17 July 2004

**OSJ** Artists **JOSHUA LAFORCE**, **JOSEPH WRIGHT**, **LORI DECTER**, **JOSEPH RAYMOND MEYERS**, **JASON DETWILER**,
& **MICHELE DETWILER** at the **FLOWERS-TAKESONO** Wedding on 17 July 2004

NICOLE & I watching on as JOSEPH WRIGHT gives his amazing Best Man Toast at our wedding at CHURCHILL MANOR in Napa, California on Saturday, 17 July, 2004

OSJ was well represented at our wedding at CHURCHILL MANOR in Napa, California on Saturday, 17 July, 2004–including Principal Artists-In-Residence JOSEPH WRIGHT (my Best Man), LORI DECTER , MICHELE DETWILER, JASON DETWILER, & JESSE MERLIN; OSJ Chorus Master and Staff Pianist BRUCE OLSTAD; OSJ Guest Artists JOSHUA LAFORCE, SUSANNA UHER, & our wedding singer JOSEPH RAYMOND MEYERS

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