RESIDENT ARTISTS AND GUEST ARTISTS (1997-2006) – Adam Flowers, tenor & teaching artist

1997-1998

(I appeared in three operas during this season, but as a guest artist, not a P.A.I.R.)

PRINCIPLE ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE

BARBARA DIVIS – soprano

ROBERT MCPHERSON – tenor

CHRISTOPHER DICKERSON – bass-baritone

THOMAS TRUHITTE – tenor

MAUREEN MAGILL – soprano

LIYA FANG – mezzo soprano

MARIS VIPULIS – bass baritone

BRIAN LEERHUBER – baritone

BRIAN CARTER – baritone

NOTABLE GUEST ARTISTS

MICHAEL SOMMESE, JOSEPH WRIGHT, AARON SCHEIDEL, ROBERT HOYT, JASON BLACK, CARL KING, DEAN ELZINGA, CHESTER PATTON, TATYANA RASHKOVSKY, LORI DECTER, HOPE BRIGGS, CHRISTOPHER FERNANDEZ, ELI FOCHS, ADAM HORVATH, & LIBBY MOORE

1998-1999

OPERA SAN JOSÉ Resident Company, 1998-1999 (Back row L-R: BRIAN LEERHUBER, me (Affiliate Artist), THOMAS TRUHITTE, CHRISTOPHER DICKERSON, MARUS VIPULIS, ROBERT MCPHERSON. Front row L-R: JOCI-PATRICE HOUSTON (Associate Artist), CHRISTINA MAJOR, BARBARA DIVIS. Seated: OSJ founder and General Director IRENE DALIS.)

NOTABLE GUEST ARTISTS

JOSEPH WRIGHT, NMON FORD, DEAN ELZINGA, JOHN BELLEMER, JASON BLACK, SUSAN MELLO, MIKE FORNER, HOPE BRIGGS, SARAH BLAZE, RAY REINHARDT, ELI FOCHS, BRANCH FIELDS, CHRISTOPHER FERNANDEZ, & JOSEPH MICHAEL MUIR

1999 -2000

PRINCIPLE ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE

BARBARA DIVIS – soprano

CHRISTOPHER DICKERSON – bass-baritone

JONATHAN HODEL – tenor

THOMAS TRUHITTE – tenor

ROBERTO PERLAS GOMEZ – baritone

CHRISTINA MAJOR – soprano

CONSTANTINOS YIANNOUDES – baritone

JOCI-PATRICE HOUSTON * – mezzo soprano

JASON BLACK* – tenor

JOSEPH WRIGHT* – baritone

ADAM FLOWERS+ – tenor

+ Affiliate Artist

* Associate Artist

NOTABLE GUEST ARTISTS

LAYNA CHIANAKAS, AIMEE PUENTES, BRANDON JOVANOVICH, MONICA BARNES, CARL KING, TODD MILLER, PAUL THOMPSON, ELI FOCHS, JOSEPH MICHAEL MUIR, CHRISTOPHER FERNANDEZ, KRISTIN GENIS-LUND, CLIFTON ROMIG, SHANNON DROZEN, LORNA HAYWOOD, JANARA KELLERMAN, & SUZAN HANSON

2000-2001

PRINCIPLE ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE

SCOTT BEARDEN – baritone

HEATHER CALVETE – soprano

PAUL LINNES – bass

JONATHAN HODEL – tenor

SANDRA RUBALCAVA – soprano

THOMAS TRUHITTE – tenor

JOSEPH WRIGHT* – baritone

ADAM FLOWERS – tenor (Affiliate Artist)

NOTABLE GUEST ARTISTS

ANDREW EISENMANN, AIMEE PUENTES, MEL ULRICH, LUCI SALOME STRAULI, CARL KING, KRISTIN ROTHFUS, BODO IGESZ, JOSHUA LAFORCE, BARBARA WEST, DOUGLAS NAGEL, JACO VENTER, MARK ADAMS, ERINA NEWKIRK, JENNI SAMUELSON, & MEGAN DAY-TOTH

2001-2002

OSJ Resident Company, 2001-2002 (Back row L-R: JULIE MAKEROV, DONNA OLSON, SCOTT BEARDEN, LORI DECTER, SANDRA RUBALCAVA. Middle row L-R: Me, JOSEPH WRIGHT, PAUL LINNES, chorus master/coach/accompanist BRUCE OLSTAD, JONATHAN HODEL. Seated: Legendary Drama and MovementCoach DICK JONES)

KIRK EICHELBERGER – bass baritone

TAMARA TSOUTSOURIS

NOTABLE GUEST ARTISTS

GEORGE CLEVE, DAVID COX, LUCI SALOME STRAULI, JOSEPH RAYMOND MEYERS, AIMEE PUENTES, OLIVIA STAPP, LORNA HAYWOOD, JESSE MERLIN, BODO IGESZ, CHRISTOPHER FERNANDEZ, JOSHUA LAFORCE, MOLLY MCCABE & JOSEPH KENYON

2002-2003

JASON DETWILER – baritone

MICHELE DETWILER – mezzo soprano

KIRK EICHELBERGER – bass baritone

SANDRA RUBALCAVA – soprano

JONATHAN HODEL – tenor

JULIE MAKEROV – soprano

LORI DECTER – soprano

JOSEPH WRIGHT – baritone

DONNA OLSON – mezzo soprano

JESSE MERLIN – bass baritone

ADAM FLOWERS – tenor

NOTABLE GUEST ARTISTS

DAVID COX, MALIN FRITZ, LAYNA CHIANAKAS, ROBERT MCPHERSON, DESIREE EARL, NICOLE TAKESONO, LORNA HAYWOOD, MICHAEL MCCONNELL, JANELLE LAURENTI, BILL WELCH, JOSHUA LAFORCE, MOLLY MCCABE, KIMBERLY MATTHIES, & CASSANDRA AARON BLACK

2003-2004

JASON DETWILER – baritone

MICHELE DETWILER – mezzo soprano

SANDRA RUBALCAVA – soprano

JOSEPH MICHAEL MUIR – tenor

CHRISTINA MAJOR – soprano

LORI DECTER – soprano

JOSEPH WRIGHT – baritone

JESSE MERLIN – bass baritone

ADAM FLOWERS – tenor

NOTABLE GUEST ARTISTS

DAVID COX, NICOLE TAKESONO, GEORGE CLEVE, CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL, RAVIL ATLAS, KIMARIE TORRE, JOSEPH RAYMOND MEYERS, ETSEL SKELTON, SUSANNAH UHER, LORNA HAYWOOD, ROBERTO PERLAS GOMEZ, JONATHAN HODEL, JANELLE LAURENTI, CARLOS AGUILAR, BILL WELCH, JOSHUA LAFORCE, AMY STALKUP, KATHLEEN MOSS, MOLLY MCCABE, KIMBERLY MATTHIES, & KELLY HOUSTON

2004-2005

MICHELE DETWILER – mezzo soprano

JASON DETWILER – baritone

DEBORAH BERIOLI – soprano

ETSEL SKELTON – tenor

JESSE MERLIN – bass baritone

CARLOS AGUILAR – bass

JOSEPH WRIGHT – baritone

LORI DECTER – soprano

ADAM FLOWERS – tenor

NOTABLE GUEST ARTISTS

DAVID COX, AIMEE PUENTES, GEORGE CLEVE, MALIN FRITZ, SANDRA RUBALCAVA, LORNA HAYWOOD, JILLIAN BOYE, DAVID BABINET, KIMARIE TORRE, DAVID BRITTON, CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL, JENNIFER MUHAWI, ROBERTO PERLAS GOMEZ, JONATHAN HODEL, BARBARA BARRETT, JANELLE LAURENTI, BILL WELCH, MOLLY MCCABE, KIMBERLY MATTHIES, & GREGORY FAIR

2005-2006

OSJ Resident Company 2005-2006 (Top L-R KIRK EICHELBERGER, JASON DETWILER. Middle L-R: JOSEPH WRIGHT, LORI DECTER. Bottom L-R: JESSE MERLIN, CHRISTOPHER BENGOCHEA, DEBORAH BERIOLI, MICHELE DETWILER, & me. NOT PICTURED: CARLOS AGUILAR)

NOTABLE GUEST ARTISTS

DAVID COX, JOSEPH RAYMOND MEYERS, GEORGE CLEVE, SANDRA RUBALCAVA, LORNA HAYWOOD, LAURA TWELVES, TIMOTHY NEAR, JUDITH SKINNER, MARYANNE STANISLAW, SOLMAAZ SARRAFZADEH, SUSANNAH UHER, JILLIAN BOYE, BODO IGESZ, DOUGLAS NAGEL, LUIS GONZALES, MICHELLE-BRIDGET RAGSDALE, ANDREW PARK, KATHERINE CHAPIN, JENIFFER MUHAWI, ANTHONY QUARTUCCIO, JONATHAN HODEL, BARBARA BARRETT, JANELLE LAURENTI, BILL WELCH, MOLLY MCCABE, KIMBERLY MATTHIES, NIKOLAS SCHIFFMANN, JASON SARTEN, MICHELLE BERGER, & GREGORY FAIR

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