Arizona Opera Cast Members & Creatives

D. Justin Carpenter currently teaches voice at Grand Canyon University and Scottsdale Community College. He has been a Bonfils-Stanton Young Artist with Central City Opera where he covered the role of Joe Crowell in Ned Rorem’s Our Town. He has also been a Regional Finalist in The Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Musical Arts at Arizona State University where he has received two Bachelors and a Masters degrees. Some of the roles he performed during his time there include the title role in Albert Herring, Don Basilio (The Marriage of Figaro), Gherardo (Gianni Schicchi), Archibald Craven (The Secret Garden), and Tobias (Sweeney Todd).