Madama Butterfly

American tenor Terrence Chin-Loy, whom Opera News described as having a "beautiful lyric tenor voice” pairs passionate performance with a full, sweet sound. In the 2024/25 Season, Chin-Loy made his European debut singing Gualtiero in Vivaldi’s Griselda with the Danish National Opera, return to the Lyric Opera of Chicago for Cop 1 in Blue, Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Virginia Opera, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Opera Omaha and in concert, Graf Albert in Die tote Stadt with Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

In the 2023/24 Season, Chin-Loy returned to Arizona Opera to sing Roméo in Roméo & Juliette and Victor Frankenstein the World Premiere of Frankenstein. With LA Opera, Chin-Loy sang Pang in Turandot and with Virginia Opera, the tenor solos in Paul Moravec’s Sanctuary Road. In concert, Chin-Loy joined the Lubbock Symphony for Haydn’s Creation.

Highlights of recent seasons include Chin-Loy’s solo debut at The Metropolitan Opera in Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up In My Bones, Tamino in The Magic Flute with the National Taichung Theater in Taiwan and at Arizona Opera, Don José in Carmen with MasterVoices at Lincoln Center, Henrik Egerman in A Little Night Music and Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Arizona Opera, and Benny Paret Jr. in Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Champion. In concert, Chin-Loy performed and recorded Taneyev’s At the Reading of a Psalm with the American Symphony Orchestra and Leon Botstein at Carnegie Hall, the North Carolina Symphony for Mozart’s Requiem, the Caramoor Festival for an Independence Day celebration concert, the Boise Philharmonic for a performance of Hailstork’s I Will Life Mine Eyes as well as a residency with the College of Idaho.

Chin-Loy 's favorite roles include Idomeneo in Idomeneo: afterWARds (Pittsburgh Opera), director David Paul's retelling of Mozart's masterpiece with the composer's original music, Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (Indiana University) and Younger Thompson in Tom Cipullo's Glory Denied (Pittsburgh Opera, Penn Square Music Festival). He was happy to make his Carnegie Hall debut in Handel's Messiah in the 2018/19 Season.

Chin-Loy is a graduate of Indiana University, where he received a Performer Diploma. He also holds degrees from Mannes College and Yale University. At Mannes, he performed the roles of Laurie in Mark Adamo's Little Women and Bill in the New York premiere of Jonathan Dove's Flight with Mannes Opera, and received the Michael Sisca Opera Award, the school's top prize for an opera singer. Chin-Loy holds a BA in Music from Yale University, where his studies concentrated on Music Theory and Musicology. While at Yale, Chin-Loy was also a frequent performer with the Yale Baroque Opera Project, with which he performed major roles in La Calisto, Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and Scipione affricano. He is a 2018 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions National Semifinalist.

Baritone Alexander Birch Elliott continues to garner praise for his “heated intensity and beguiling timbre of mahogany.” (The New York Times)

This season, Elliott makes his debut with Florida Grand Opera, returning to the role of Escamillo in Carmen. The baritone also joins the roster of The Metropolitan Opera, covering Figaro in The Barber of Seville. Elliott’s concert calendar this season includes performances of Brahms’ A German Requiem with the Charlotte Symphony, conducted by Kwamé Ryan, Handel’s Messiah with the Nashville Symphony, and an appearance with the Pacific Vocal Series in Newport Beach, CA. Next season includes returns to The Metropolitan Opera, singing Schaunard in La Bohème and Fléville in Andrea Chenier, Opera Omaha as Figaro in The Barber of Seville, and his debut with Utah Opera as Belcore in The Elixir of Love.

The 2023/24 Season featured an exciting role debut with Houston Grand Opera as Captain Von Trapp in the beloved The Sound of Music, and returns to The Metropolitan Opera, singing Papageno in the holiday presentation of The Magic Flute and covering Schaunard in La Bohème. Elliott also made two notable role reprisals, singing Figaro in The Barber of Seville with both Arizona Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera, and Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with New Orleans Opera. With the Grand Teton Music Festival, he performed Papageno under the baton of Sir Donald Runnicles, and joined the Cincinnati May Festival for Haydn's The Creation.

Elliott began the 2022/23 Season with an anticipated role and house debut as Enrico in Simon Stone’s production of Lucia de Lammermoor with Los Angeles Opera. In December 2022, he returned to Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as the baritone soloist in Mozart’s Great Mass and Handel’s Messiah, while the spring of 2023 brought a return to The Metropolitan Opera to cover both the title role in Don Giovanni and Schaunard in La Bohème.

Recent seasons have seen major debuts for Elliott, including at both The Metropolitan Opera and Houston Grand Opera, singing the role of Zurga in Les Pêcheurs de perles. He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the American Symphony Orchestra for Elgar’s The Kingdom, as well as with New York’s PROTOTYPE Festival as Lucifer in Rev 23, directed by James Darrah and conducted by Daniela Candillari. He recently returned to Tulsa Opera for performances of Escamillo in Carmen, Opera Omaha as the titular Eugene Onegin, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte and Silvio in Pagliacci; Marcello in La Bohème for his debut at San Diego Opera, Figaro in The Barber of Seville and Escamillo in Carmen with Opera Santa Barbara, Anthony in Sweeney Todd and the title role of Eugene Onegin with Portland Opera; as well as to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as Don Fernando in Fidelio. A frequent guest at Des Moines Metro Opera, his roles there range from Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to Prince Yeletsky in Pique Dame, as well as the role of Momus in Platée. A proponent of contemporary works, he appeared as John Brooke in Little Women with Madison Opera and Annapolis Opera; Edward Kynaston in Carlisle Floyd’s Prince of Players with the Florida State Opera; and covered the role of Doug Hansen in Joby Talbot’s Everest at Dallas Opera.

A frequent performer on concert stages around the United States, Elliott made two significant festival debuts in the summer of 2018, both in celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s centennial. He appeared with the Ravinia Festival in June under the baton of Marin Alsop as a Street Singer in Bernstein’s Mass, followed by performances of Maximilian, the Sea Captain, and the Grand Inquisitor in Candide at the Tanglewood Festival. Elliott made his debut with the Cleveland Youth Orchestra for Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs, appeared with The Knights for Master Peter’s Puppet Show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and has returned to Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in performances as Brander in Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for Bruckner’s Te Deum.

As a young artist with Portland Opera he performed the roles of Belcore in The Elixir of Love, Le Dancaïre in Carmen, Frank in Die Fledermaus, and Sam in Pirates of Penzance. Other young artist performances include The Barber of Seville as Figaro and Rorem’s Our Town as Frank at Central City Opera, as well as the Captain in Eugene Onegin and Périchaud in La Rondine at Des Moines Metro Opera. A former Tulsa Opera young artist, Elliott made his principal debut as Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro.

Elliott is a graduate of the prestigious Merola Opera Program at the San Francisco Opera, and is the recipient of the John Moriarty Award for his outstanding contribution to Central City Opera. A native of Florence, South Carolina, Elliot attended Florida State University where he studied with David Okerlund.

Yichen Xue is a baritone from Anshan, China. In 2023, he was the recipient of Opera Index Competition’s Emerging Artist Award and, subsequently in 2024, received a Career Bridges grant. Xue was also a 2024 finalist and grant winner in the renowned Gerda Lissner Competition. Xue graduated from the Manhattan School of Music and received his Master’s degree from Hunter College, where he was a student of Ron Raines. In summer of 2024, he joins Wolf Trap Opera as a Studio Artist, followed by a residency with Arizona Opera as a Marion Roose Pullin Studio Artist where he will make his company debut as Schaunard in La Bohème.

Mezzo-soprano Sedona Libero is recognized for her authenticity, playfulness, and passion on the operatic stage. She made her professional debut as Dinah in Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti with the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, and her symphonic debut as the Alto Soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra.

In 2025, she joined the Glimmerglass Festival as a Resident Artist for its 50th Anniversary season, performing in the World Premiere of Derek Bermel’s The House on Mango Street. She has also appeared as a Studio Artist with Teatro Nuovo (covering Romeo in I Capuleti ed i Montecchi), a Young Artist with Opera Southwest (Ernestina in L’occasione fa il ladro), and an Emerging Artist at the Seagle Festival (Rosie Chaney in The Manchurian Candidate and Carmen in La tragédie de Carmen).

Libero is a member of Arizona Opera’s Marion Roose Pullin Studio (2024-2026). An active performer in her home state of Arizona, she has appeared as Rosina in The Barber of Seville with Valley Opera Company and served as a Teaching Artist for a season with Arizona Opera’s OperaTunity tour. She holds degrees from the University of Michigan (M.M.) and Northern Arizona University (B.M.).

Currently Music Director of the Reno Chamber Orchestra and Associate Artistic Director of American Lyric Theater, Kelly Kuo has consistently championed the development of the next generations of musical talent and demonstrated a commitment to innovative programming, creative initiatives and advocacy of underrepresented voices in the concert hall.

Praised by the Cincinnati Enquirer as “a leader of exceptional musical gifts, who has a clear technique on the podium and an impressive rapport with audiences,” Maestro Kuo brings a dynamic versatility and nuance to a diverse and expansive repertoire of both symphonic and operatic works, including over 100 operas. His affinity for interpreting contemporary scores has led him to become a trusted musical authority in the development of new works. Highlights of recent seasons included productions with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Opera, Minnesota Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Merola Opera Program, Central City Opera, Kentucky Opera, Opera Memphis, Opera Columbus, and the Manhattan School of Music, and concerts with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Sunriver Music Festival, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and Olympia Symphony Orchestra. Upcoming engagements include debuts with Arizona Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, and Oberlin Opera Theater.

In 2008, Maestro Kuo became the first conductor of Asian descent to lead a performance at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, making his company debut with Porgy and Bess. He was named Emeritus Artistic Director of the Oregon Mozart Players in 2024 after having served the longest tenure in the organization’s history. An Oregon native and recipient of a Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistant Award, Kuo continues to concertize as a keyboardist as the only pianist to have studied with two pupils of the Russian virtuoso Vladimir Horowitz.

Madeleine Snow is a director and creative collaborator who is passionate about reimagining ways for contemporary audiences to engage with classical music. She has enjoyed directing site-specific performances and collaborating with composers including Ricky Ian Gordon and Ben Moore. She directed the World Premiere of Joshua Hershfield’s critically acclaimed rock musical Rise and won second place of the 2023 American Prize in Directing for her inventive production of La Calisto with Eastman Opera Theatre. A 2024 Festival Artist at Central City Opera, Snow has recently worked as a director at PAC NYC, Palm Beach Opera, Boulder Opera, Loveland Opera Theatre, Rochester Philharmonic, Boston Youth Symphony, and Harvard College Opera.