Resident Artists
AVA’s Resident Artists truly are the “voices of tomorrow.” Since 1980, over 50 AVA alumni have joined the Metropolitan Opera’s roster and AVA alumni are heard in the world’s great opera houses every season.
Our current roster includes singers from around the world – Canada, Mexico, South Korea, and the United States.
sopranos
Daniela Machado
Weston, Florida
Veronica Richer
Bryan, Ohio
Jasmine Rose
Greensboro, North Carolina
Ashley Ruckman
Leawood, Kansas
Beautiful Sheriff
Fort Valley, Georgia
mezzo-sopranos
Katherine Dobbs
Houston, Texas
Stella FitzGerald
Austin, Texas
Dawson Franzino
Orlando, Florida
Maiya Williams
Hutto, TX
tenors
Joshua Berg
Gladstone, New Jersey.
Brenden Christie
Abingdon, Virginia
Sergio Mandujano
Norwalk, Connecticut
Cole McIlquham
Osseo, Wisconsin
Ryan Michki
Grand Island, New York
Matthew Sink
Las Vegas, Nevada
baritones
Jacob Hanes
Arlington, Texas
Jason Hwang
Seoul, South Korea
Joshua Klein
Flower Mound, Texas
Alex Mathews
Toronto, Canada
Geoffrey Schmelzer
Skokie, Illinois
bass-baritones
Jamie Felix-Toll
Los Angeles, California
Nan Wang
Handan, Hebei, China
basses
Raúl Morales Velazco
Veracruz, México
Ryan Wornall
Lenexa, Kansas