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 2024
- Susan Shiplett Ashbaker, Director
- Bryan Hymel, Master Voice Teacher
- Tory Browers, Art Song/Recital Coordinator
- Irini Kyriakidou Hymel, Drama Coach and Master Class Presenter
- Mark Moliterno, Yoga Instructor
- Debra Scurto-Davis, Italian, French, and German Diction
- Laetitia Ruccolo, French Coach
- Anna Fré, Italian Coach
- Michelle Eugene, Drama Coach
- Cris Frisco, Vocal Coach
- Julia Hanna, Pianist
- Jihye Park, Pianist
- Johnathon Pape, Residency and Master Class Presenter
- Darren Keith Woods, Residency, Artistic Director Seagle Festival
- Margaret Cusack, Master Class Presenter
- Nikolay Verevkin, Vocal Coach
- Ute Mehnert, German Coach
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
- Audrey Chait
- 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
- Matthew Owaza
- J.J. Penna
- Matthew Polenzani
- Laura Brooks Rice
- Craig Rutenberg
- Debra Scurto-Davis
- Ulrike Shapiro
- Stephanie Sundine
- Erika Switzer
- Nova Thomas
- Pierre Vallet
- Laura Ward
- Keith Wolfe
- Brian Zeger