Our Team
As is our mission, the Arizona Opera staff strives to elevate the transformative power of storytelling through the music—cultivating community, strengthening a state and people as adventurous and diverse as the place they call home.
Arizona Opera Staff
Brian DeMaris, President & General Director
Artistic
David Margulis, Director of Artistic Operations
Shawn Campbell, Orchestra Manager
Laura Tagawa, Orchestra Librarian
Box Office
Morgan Pruitt, Associate Director of Patron Services
Brianna Wilkinson, Patron Services and Development Associate
Community Engagement and Education
Cassie Hollerbach, Director of Education and Community Engagement
Kayla Zeimet, Education and Community Engagement Manager
Development
Michael Hoke, Director of Development
Molly Flores, Associate Director of Development
Nicole Barrett, Annual Fund Officer
Finance and Administration
Iryna Comstock, Accounting Associate
Four Leaf Accounting
Marketing
Tom Michel, Director of Marketing, Communications, & Public Relations
John McCoy, Marketing & Engagement Manager
Production
Bradley Taylor, Director of Production
Evan Kirschbaum, Production & Artistic Operations Manager
Nathaniel White, Assistant Lighting Designer
Caleb Hathaway, Sound Supervisor
Callista Veaughn, Resident Stage Management
Sarah Artman, Head of Properties
Costume
Shelby Joiner, Costume Shop Manager
Sydnee Messerschmidt, Costume Operations Assistant
Becky Giblin, Master Stitcher
Scenic Shop
Ryan Bruner, Head Carpenter and Scenic Shop Manager
Robert Bruner, Steward & Lead Carpenter
Raz Vela, Metalwork
Vincent Generalli, Scenic Carpenter
Mitchel Statler, Drafts Person
Craig Cheply, Head Scenic Artist
Wigs and Makeup
Alita Lopez, Wig & Makeup Manager
Arizona Opera Orchestra
Concertmaster
Hanah Stuart
Assistant Concertmaster
Linda Lambie
Violin 1
Galina Sukhina
Mutsuko Tatman
Dasha Hlavenka
Hisami Iijima Dillard
Carla Kountoupes
Jisu Choi
Violin 2
Cynthia Baker, Principal
Elizabeth Derham, Assistant principal
Priscilla Benitez
Laura Tagawa
Tamara Freida
Grave Wills
Luke Hill
Ramon Soberano
Viola
Christina Beasley, Principal
Caroline Ruiz
Katherine Shields
Jeffrey Norman
Monica MacMichael
Cello
Debra Pearson, Principal
Mary DiBartolo, Assistant Principal
Margaret Gilmore
Tom Hoisch
Abe Liebhaber
Bass
Chunyang Wang, Principal
Derek DeVelder
Jason Roederer
Flute
Paula Redinger, Principal
Melanie Winans
Oboe
Neil Tatman, Principal
Scott Morano
Clarinet
Brian Viliunas, Principal
Marianne Shifrin
Bassoon
Melanie Sanguinetti, Principal
Kristilyn Woods
Horn
Peter Erb, Principal
Nathan Mitchell
Bruce Hembd
Shawn Campbell
Trumpet
James Benitez, Co-Principal
Leslie Linn, Co-Principal
Trombone
Martin Demos, Principal
Michael Becker
Timpani
Neil Dunn, Principal
Percussion
Corey Ritter, Principal
Harp
Lynn Gorman DeVelder