The CoOPERAtive Program’s faculty artists are among some of the most sought after performers, teachers, directors, conductors and artistic administrators in the operatic world today.
They are regularly engaged at such opera companies as the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, The Paris Opera, London’s Covent Garden, Milan’s La Scala, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Sarasota Opera, Washington National Opera and Opera Philadelphia.
Faculty 2023
- Susan Shiplett Ashbaker, Director
- Bryan Hymel, Master Voice Teacher
- Tory Browers, Art Song/Recital Coordinator
- Laetitia Ruccolo, Vocal and French Coach
- Michelle Eugene, Drama Coach
- Mark Moliterno, Yoga Instructor
- Sean McCarther, Stage Craft
- Debra Scurto-Davis, Italian, French, and German Diction
- Cris Frisch, Vocal Coach
Master Class Presenters
2023 Master Class Presenters will be announced soon!
Past faculty and Master Class presenters have included:
- Rainier Armbrust
- Christopher Arneson
- Thomas Bagwell
- Ann Baltz
- Daniel Belcher
- Kathleen Belcher
- Sandra Bernhard
- Deborah Birnbaum
- Lydia Brown
- Ennio Brugnolo
- William Burden
- Jay Carter
- Pei Wen Chen
- Amanda Consol
- Steven Crawford
- Margaret Cusak
- Kristin Ditlow
- Joan Dorneman
- Matthew Epstein
- Christopher Frisco
- Brent Funderburk
- Christine Goerke
- Robin Guarino
- William Hobbs
- Chuck Hudson
- Amy Hutchinson
- Ellen Jackson
- Warren Jones
- Martin Katz
- Kathleen Kelly
- Hemdi Kfir
- Yelena Kurdina
- Tesia Kwarteng
- Gina Lapinski
- Anthony Manoli
- Sean McCarther
- James Mitchell
- Mark Moliterno
- Matthew Owaza
- Johnathon Pape
- J.J. Penna
- Matthew Polenzani
- Laura Brooks Rice
- Craig Rutenberg
- Debra Scurto-Davis
- Stephanie Sundine
- Erika Switzer
- Nova Thomas
- Pierre Vallet
- Laura Ward
- Keith Wolfe
- Brian Zeger