2026 Apprentice Singers
2026 Apprentice Singers
Sopranos
Shreya Bhadriraju
Soprano
Shreya Bhadriraju
Hometown: Sugar Land, TX
2026 Season:
Madama Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Kerrigan Bigelow
Soprano
Kerrigan Bigelow
Hometown: North Andover, MA
2026 Season:
Madama Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Malone Blaich
Soprano
Malone Blaich
Hometown: Kansas City, MO
2026 Season:
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Lauryn Davis
Soprano
Lauryn Davis
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
2026 Season:
Cousin, Madama Butterfly (SFO Debut)
The Magic Flute
Danish Countess, Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Alissa Goretsky
Soprano
Alissa Goretsky
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
2026 Season:
Kate Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly (SFO Debut)
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Scarlett Jones
Soprano
Scarlett Jones
Hometown: Ruthin, North Wales
2026 Season:
Madama Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Maggie Kinabrew
Soprano
Maggie Kinabrew
Hometown: West Hartford, CT
2026 Season:
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Sabrina Langlois
Soprano
Sabrina Langlois
Hometown: Port St. Lucie, FL
2026 Season:
Second Boy, The Magic Flute (SFO Debut)
Madama Butterfly
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Jazmine Saunders
Soprano
Jazmine Saunders
Hometown: Rochester, NY
2026 Season:
Papagena, The Magic Flute
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
SFO Debut:
Shannon, The Righteous, 2024
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2024
Alexis Seminario
Soprano
Alexis Seminario
Hometown: Levittown, NY
2026 Season:
Matron, Lili Elbe (SFO Debut)
Madama Butterfly
Eugene Onegin
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Jasmin Ward
Soprano
Jasmin Ward
Hometown: Richmond, VA
2026 Season:
First Lady, The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
SFO Debut:
Gerhilde, Die Walküre, 2025
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Dani Jingdan Zhang
Soprano
Dani Jingdan Zhang
Hometown: Hong Kong, China
2026 Season:
First Boy, The Magic Flute (SFO Debut)
Madama Butterfly
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Mezzo-Sopranos
Sophia Baete
Mezzo-soprano
Sophia Baete
Hometown: Louisville, KY
2026 Season:
Aunt, Madama Butterfly (SFO Debut)
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Natalie Corrigan
Mezzo-soprano
Natalie Corrigan
Hometown: Detroit, MI
2026 Season:
Third Boy, The Magic Flute (SFO Debut)
Madama Butterfly
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Maya Davis
Mezzo-soprano
Maya Davis
Hometown: South Bend, IN
2026 Season:
Madama Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Deanna Ray Eberhart
Mezzo-soprano
Deanna Ray Eberhart
Hometown: Kansas City, MO
2026 Season:
Second Lady, The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Dagmar, Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
SFO Debut:
Rossweisse, Die Walküre, 2025
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Julia Holoman
Mezzo-soprano
Julia Holoman
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
2026 Season:
Madama Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Anna Kelly
Mezzo-soprano
Anna Kelly
Hometown: Decatur, GA
2026 Season:
Hélène Allatini, Lili Elbe (SFO Debut)
Madama Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Lindsay Martin
Mezzo-soprano
Lindsay Martin
Hometown: San Diego, CA
2026 Season:
Orpheus/Anna Larssen, Lili Elbe (SFO Debut)
The Magic Flute
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Darya Narymanava
Mezzo-soprano
Darya Narymanava
Hometown: Borisov, Belarus
2026 Season:
Mother, Madama Butterfly (SFO Debut)
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Lauren Randolph
Mezzo-soprano
Lauren Randolph
Hometown: Chicago, IL
2026 Season:
Third Lady, The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
SFO Debut:
Grimgerde, Die Walküre, 2025
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Naomi Steele
Mezzo-soprano
Naomi Steele
Hometown: Bronx, NY
2026 Season:
The Magic Flute
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2024
Audrey Welsh
Mezzo-soprano
Audrey Welsh
Hometown: Houston, TX
2026 Season:
Eurydice/Young Woman, Lili Elbe (SFO Debut)
Madama Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Tenors
Simon Brea
Tenor
Simon Brea
Hometown: Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
2026 Season:
Madama Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Matthew Goodheart
Tenor
Matthew Goodheart
Hometown: Binghamton, NY
2026 Season:
First Armored Man, The Magic Flute
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
SFO Debut:
Deacon 3/Young Aide, The Righteous, 2024
Past Seasons:
Lackey 1, Der Rosenkavalier, 2024
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2024
Maximillian Jansen
Tenor
Maximillian Jansen
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
2026 Season:
Madama Butterfly
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Sergio Mandujano
Tenor
Sergio Mandujano
Hometown: Norwalk, CT
2026 Season:
Madama Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Aaron McKone
Tenor
Aaron McKone
Hometown: Rock Hill, SC
2026 Season:
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Hongrui Ren
Tenor
Hongrui Ren
Hometown: Changchun, Jilin, China
2026 Season:
Madama Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Dominic Salvati
Tenor
Dominic Salvati
Hometown: Riverside, CA
2026 Season:
First Priest, The Magic Flute (SFO Debut)
Madama Butterfly
Peasant, Eugene Onegin
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Tristan Tournaud
Tenor
Tristan Tournaud
Hometown: Nashville, TN
2026 Season:
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Ángel Vargas
Tenor
Ángel Vargas
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
2026 Season:
Madama Butterfly
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
SFO Debut:
Parpignol, La bohème, 2025
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Suowei Wu
Tenor
Suowei Wu
Hometown: Wenzhou, China
2026 Season:
Madama Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Baritones and Basses
Tzvi Bat Asherah
Bass-baritone
Tzvi Bat Asherah
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM
2026 Season:
The Magic Flute
Zaretsky, Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
SFO Debut:
Waiter 3, Der Rosenkavalier, 2024
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2024
Sunghoon Han
Bass
Sunghoon Han
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
2026 Season:
Second Armored Man, The Magic Flute (SFO Debut)
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Matthew Juhlin
Baritone
Matthew Juhlin
Hometown: Saint Louis, MO
2026 Season:
Imperial Commissioner, Madama Butterfly (SFO Debut)
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Son Jin Kim
Bass
Son Jin Kim
Hometown: Busan, South Korea
2026 Season:
Christian X, Lili Elbe (SFO Debut)
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Joshua Klein
Baritone
Joshua Klein
Hometown: Flower Mound, TX
2026 Season:
Major Porta, Lili Elbe (SFO Debut)
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2024
Evan Lazdowski
Bass-baritone
Evan Lazdowski
Hometown: Moultonborough, NH
2026 Season:
Registrar, Madama Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Eugene Onegin
Art Critic, Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
SFO Debut:
Sergeant, La bohème, 2025 (June 27-July 28 & August 6-23)
Past Seasons:
Court Usher, Rigoletto, 2025
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Will Ryan
Bass
Will Ryan
Hometown: Brentwood, TN
2026 Season:
Second Priest, The Magic Flute
Captain, Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
SFO Debut:
Sergeant, La bohème, 2025 (August 2)
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Christian Simmons
Bass-baritone
Christian Simmons
Hometown: Washington, DC
2026 Season:
Eugene Onegin
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2023
Yihe Wang
Baritone
Yihe Wang
Hometown: Heilongjiang, China
2026 Season:
Madama Butterfly
The Magic Flute
Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Kyle White
Baritone
Kyle White
Hometown: Berkley, MI
2026 Season:
Yakuside, Madama Butterfly (SFO Debut)
Eugene Onegin
Eric Allatini, Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Ryan Wolfe
Baritone
Ryan Wolfe
Hometown: Arlington Heights, IL
2026 Season:
The Magic Flute
Marius Wegener, Lili Elbe
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
SFO Debut:
Marullo, Rigoletto, 2025
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2025
Yeongtaek Yang
Baritone
Yeongtaek Yang
Hometown: Pohang, South Korea
2026 Season:
Yamadori, Madama Butterfly (SFO Debut)
Eugene Onegin
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2026
Past Seasons:
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2024