Blog Post: April 5, 2023
Announcing our 2023 Gerdine Young Artists and Gaddes Festival Artists
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is thrilled to announce our 2023 Gerdine Young Artists and Gaddes Festival Artists. The artists will perform in the Center Stage concert, and also perform and serve as covers in our 2023 Festival Season.
The GYA audition tour made its way through 7 cities again this year from coast to coast: Atlanta, Cincinnati, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and Saint Louis. From over 1,100 applications, 36 artists were selected. Among them, for the second year as a new position, is the Apprentice Pianist. The artists represent 15 US states and territories, and 6 other home countries.
We are excited for these talented young artists to join us at the Loretto-Hilton Center for our Festival Season!
Learn more about the GYA program
See our 2022 Festival Season GYA artists
Sopranos
Nina Evelyn Anderson
Amani Cole-Felder
Gaddes Festival Artist
Alexandria Crichlow
Melissa Joseph
Second Year GYA
Leila Kirves
Victoria Lawal
Anastasia Malliaras
Kathleen O'Mara
Erin O'Rourke
Chase Sanders
Mezzo-Sopranos
Rachel Barg
Maria Consamus
Second Year GYA
Hannah Jones
Olivia Johnson
Kaswanna Kanyinda
Gabriela Linares
Elissa Pfaender
Gaddes Festival Artist
Xiao Xiao
Second Year GYA
Tenors
Adam Catangui
Second Year GYA
Camron Gray
River Guard
Yuntong Han
César Andrés Parreño
Second Year GYA
Ajit Persaud
Namarea Randolph-Yosea
Jeremiah Tyson
Baritones
Shavon Lloyd
Titus Muzi III
Second Year GYA
Thandolwethu Mamba
Second Year GYA
Kellen Schrimper
Dongwei Shen
Bass-Baritones
Keith Klein
Second Year GYA
Joseph Park
Bass
Casey Germain
Apprentice Pianist
Gloria Yin
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