OperaRox Concert Artists - singers & PIanists

Allie Altieri, soprano
  • Most Recently: Nannetta (Falstaff) with Bronx Opera, The Triangle Fire (world premiere) with The Puffin Foundation
  • Highlights: Caramoor Young Artist Program, Martina Arroyo's Prelude to Performance
  • Education: B.M. & M.M., Manhattan School of Music
  • Upcoming: Annchen in Bronx Opera's Der Freischütz, Ghost Variations (world premiere) with OperaRox Productions
Brian J. Alvarado, baritone
  • Upcoming: The Sheriff of Richmond (Martha) with Utopia Opera, Virgil's Ghost (Francesca da Rimini) with Garden State Opera
  • With OperaRox: Chorus/Melisso cover in Alcina, Cameraman in The Contract Player​, Salon Series
  • Favorite Roles: Leporello (Don Giovanni​), Sweeney Todd
Heather Bobeck, soprano
  • Most Recently: Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute) with Opera Theater of Montclair
  • With OperaRox: Chorus/Alcina cover in Alcina
  • Awards: Metropolitan Opera National Council District winner, winner of Richard Deas Concerto Competition with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
Shawn Chang, piano
  • ​Most Recently: Bronx Opera, Soofser Concert Series (Czech Center)
  • With OperaRox: New Works Concert
  • Education: Peabody Conservatory, Mannes School of Music
  • Also a composer: his original works have been premiered by Chromatic Voice Exchange Chorus, Novello String ensemble, aTonal Hits Duo, and various solo artists
Peiharn Chen, piano
  • Highlights: Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium), Saklad Chamber Series, NYU Liszt Festival, Schlern International Music Festival, L'incoronazione di Poppea (MSM)
  • With OperaRox: Sweets by Kate (NY Premiere)
  • Education: NYU Steinhardt
  • Also a full-time piano teacher
  • Proud owner of the Instagram-famous Piano Hamster
Allegra Durante, soprano
  • Highlights: Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Josephine (HMS Pinafore), Sally (Die Fledermaus), Euridice and Amore (Orfeo ed Euridice), Aline (The Sorcerer)
  • With OperaRox: Chorus/Morgana cover in Alcina, Salon Series
  • Most Recently: concert series in Germany with Orfeo Vocal Arts Academy
  • also works in film and television
Zoe Marie Hart, soprano
  • Highlights: Spirit 1 (Cendrillon), Philadel (King Arthur), Little Red (Shattering the Mirror),  Ophelia Project with Cantanti Project
  • Upcoming: Clizia (Teseo) with Opera Mission, Ghost Variations with OperaRox
  • With OperaRox: Denise in Sweets by Kate, Chorus/Oberto cover in Alcina, Chorus/Barbarina cover in Le Nozze di Figaro, ​Salon Series
Jane Hoffman, soprano
  • Most Recently: ​Elizabeth ‘Baby Doe’ Tabor (The Ballad of Baby Doe), Le Feu (L'enfant et les sortilèges), multiple premieres with Fresh Squeezed Opera
  • With OperaRox: Letty Lawrence in the World Premiere of The Contract Player, Salon Series
  • Education: Sarah Lawrence College, Manhattan School of Music 
  • Performed at: Pasadena Opera, Utopia Opera, Amore Opera, Emerald City Opera Artist Institute
Aumna Iqbal, mezzo-soprano
  • Most Recently: Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Industry, Pacific Opera Project, Pacific Symphony, Center Stage Opera
  • Roles: Carmen, Dorabella (Cosi fan tutte), Komponist (Ariadne auf Naxos), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Pepa (Goyescas), Mrs. Herring (Albert Herring)
  • Awards: Liebowitz Centennial Fellow 2014, Songfest Fellow 2012, Milan Panic Jr. Foundation Scholar 2015, Finalist for The American Prize in Opera 2014
Karen Lackey, soprano
  • Most Recently: Martina Arroyo's Prelude to Performance, Westminster Opera Theater, The Princeton Festival, Songfest 
  • Education: M.M. Westminster College, B.M. University of Maryland
  • accomplished chorister, performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Kimmel Center, and the White House 
Chloë Schaaf, mezzo-soprano
  • Most Recently: Songfest, Musica Viva (soloist), finalist in Bard College Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition, Aspen Opera Theater Center
  • With OperaRox: Ruggiero in Alcina
  • Upcoming: leading role in Harbison's Full Moon in March
  • Education: Young Artist at Dutch National Opera, M.M. The Guildhall School, B.S. The Julliard School, pursuing M.M. at Bard College Graduate Vocal Arts Program
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone
  • Most Recently: the Baritone (Hydrogen Jukebox), winner of the Bard College Conservatory of Music’s 2016 Concerto Competition (HK Gruber’s Frankenstein!! and Frank Martin’s Sechs Monologe aus Jedermann with The Orchestra Now)
  • Awards: Nebraska District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Orpheus Vocal Competition’s Bizet Award
  • With OperaRox: Roland Gray in the World Premiere of The Contract Player​
Melissa Serluco, mezzo-soprano
  • Most Recently: Carmen, Mistress Quickly (Sir John in Love), Curra (La forza del Destino), leading role in La Zingara (American premiere), Giannetta (L'elisir d'amore)
  • With OperaRox: New Works Concert, Ruggiero cover in Alcina
  • represented by Musica Grande Artist Management
Maayan Voss de Bettancourt, mezzo-soprano
  • Most Recently: Orfeo (Orfeo ed Euridice), L'enfant (L'enfant et les sortileges), Nancy (Albert Herring)
  • With OperaRox: Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Kathy in The Contract Player, New Works Concert, Stage Director for Alcina
  • also performer and lighting designer for Dr. Wilke's burlesque troupe 
Rachel Weinstock, soprano
  • Most Recently: soprano at Temple Beit Torah in Wantagh, LI; accepted into New York Chorale Society
  • Other Roles: Zelmire in The Cadi Outwitted, Amore in L'incoronazione di Poppea
  • Education: B.M. University of Maryland
  • also a marathon runner