Athena Mertes

Drake Dantzler

OPERA ROLES PERFORMED

   
Verrada El Capitan Tupedo Symphony Orchestra 2011
Caliph Kismet Ohio Light Opera 2010
Duke Patience Ohio Light Opera 2010
Renee The Count of Luxemburg Ohio Light Opera 2010
Mr. Bingly Pride and Prejudice Chicago Chamber Opera 2010
Mr. Erlanson A Little Night Music Central City Opera 2009
Arturo (Cover) Lucia di Lammermoor Central City Opera 2009
Ufficiale Il Barbiere di Siviglia Sarasota Opera 2008
Camille The Merry Widow Breckenridge Music Festival 2008
Charlie Mahagonny Songspiel Des Moines Metro 2008
    Apprentice Opera 2008
Leo (Cover) Regina Des Moines Metro Opera 2008
Nanki-Poo The Mikado Western Plains Opera 2007
Lysander (Cover) A Midsummer Night’s Dream Des Moines Metro Opera 2007
Ernesto Don Pasquale Opera Iowa 2007
Registrar Madame Butterfly Austin Lyric Opera 2006
Ernesto Don Pasquale The Living Opera 2006
Chevalier Dialogues of the Carmelites UT Opera Theater 2006
Justice Goodkin The Scarecrow (World Premiere) UT Opera Theater 2006
Foreman Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Austin Lyric Opera 2006
Ruiz Il Trovatore Austin Lyric Opera 2005
Don Ottavio Don Giovanni Astoria Music Festival 2005
Joshua Jennings Holy Night  (World Premiere) UT Opera Theater 2005
Vladamir Lensky Eugene Onegin UT Opera Theater 2004
Nanki-Poo The Mikado Ohio Light Opera 2004
Cascada The Merry Widow Ohio Light Opera 2004
Pirelli Sweeney Todd Eastman Opera Theater 2003
Frederick The Pirates of Penzance Ohio Light Opera 2003
Tiberge Le Portrait du Manon Eastman Opera Theater 2002
Tamino The Magic Flute Vanderbilt Opera 2001
       
       

CONCERT SOLOIST

   
Tenor Soloist Haydn, The Creation Ann Arbor Cantata Singers 2011
Soloist Britten, Serenade Adrian Symphony 2011
Tenor Soloist Bach, St. John’s Passion First Federated Church 2011
Tenor Soloist Mozart. Requiem Canton Symphony 2010

Tenor Soloist

Handel, Messiah

Grace Church, Grosse Point

2009

Solosit

Gounod, Messe Solennelle

Oakland University Choirs

2009

Soloist

Britten, Serenade

Pontiac Oakland Symphony

2009

Soloist

“An Italian Evening”

Rochester Symphony

2009

Soloist

Stainer, The Crucifixion

Grace Church, New York

2009

Soloist

“Stars of Tomorrow”

Des Moines Metro Opera

2007,2008

Soloist

“What’s Opera Doc?”

Rochester Philharmonic

2004

Tenor Soloist

J.S. Bach, Magnificat

Eastman School

2004

Tenor Soloist

Handel, Chandos Anthem 4

William Smith Hobart College

2003

Tenor Soloist

Mozart, Cornation Mass

Vanderbilt Chorus

2002

Tenor Soloist

Mozart, Mass in C Minor

Vanderbilt Chorus

2001

       

YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAMS

   

Central City Opera

   

2009

Des Moines Metro Opera   

   

2007, 2008

Sarasota Opera

   

2008, Fall 2008

       

EDUCATION

     

MM Performance and Literature

Eastman School of Music

 

2004

BM Magna Cum Laude

Vanderbilt University

 

2002

       
       

INSTRUCTION

     

Teachers

Coaches

Directors

Conductors

Mark Oswald

Richard Cordova

Dugg McDonough

Benton Hess

David Small

Russell Miller

Steven Daigle

David Neely

William McIver

Korey Barrett

A. Scott Parry

G. Garrett Keast

 
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