Weston Hurt

baritone
Hometown: Spring, TX

Madison Opera Debut: Germont, La Traviata (2019)

Recently: Sharpless, Madama Butterfly (Houston Grand Opera, New Orleans Opera);
Britten's War Requiem (Opera Roanoke); Scarpia, Tosca (Arizona Opera);
Germont, La Traviata (Lyric Opera of Kansas City);
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (Oratorio Society of Virginia); Nabucco, Nabucco (Seattle Opera)

Upcoming: Rigoletto, Rigoletto (English National Opera)


Joshua Sanders

tenor
Hometown: Plain, WI

Madison Opera Debut: Giuseppe, La Traviata (2011)
Also at MO: Tobias Ragg, Sweeney Todd; Inmate, Dead Man Walking;
Ensemble, Acis and Galatea

Recently: Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville; Romeo,
Romeo and Juliet (Opera San José); Tamino, The Magic Flute (Nashville Opera); Sam Clay,
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay workshop (Metropolitan Opera)

Upcoming:  Victorin, Die tote Stadt (Boston Symphony Orchestra)


Emily Fons

mezzo-soprano
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI

Madison Opera Debut: Opera in the Park 2012
Also at MO: Rosina, The Barber of Seville

Recently: Nicklausse, The Tales of Hoffmann (Palm Beach Opera); Rosina,
The Barber of Seville (Cincinnati Opera, Santa Fe Opera); Woman,
Ghosts (San Diego Opera); Cherubino, The Marriage of Figaro (Canadian Opera Company);
Hansel, Hansel and Gretel (New Orleans Opera)

Upcoming: Princess Irene, Tamerlano (Haymarket Opera); Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni (Madison Opera)


Katerina Burton

soprano
Hometown: Ocean City, MD

Madison Opera Debut

Recently: Mimì, La Bohème (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); JFK: The Last Speech
(National Symphony Orchestra); Britten’s War Requiem (Strathmore Music Center);
Russian Chamber Art Society; Postclassical Ensemble Concert (The Kennedy Center); Girlfriend 2, Blue;
Micaëla, Carmen (Washington National Opera); Alice Ford, Falstaff (Aspen Music Festival);
Verna/Young Lovely/Evelyn, Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis)

Upcoming: Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Madison Opera)