Ashley Shalna Short

Praised for her “opulent soprano” and “flowing high register” (South Florida Classical Review),  soprano Ashley Shalna is a promising emerging artist from Tampa, Florida. She most recently  completed the 2021-2022 season with Opera Tampa as an Opera Tampa Singer, appearing in all  of the season’s operatic productions and as a …

Page Michels

American soprano Page Michels returns to Florida Grand Opera for the 22/23 season performing the roles of Carolina in Cimarosa’s El matrimonio secreto and Lauretta in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. She recently completed the Brown Lorranger Fellowship with SongFest in San Francisco, CA working with composers such as Jake Heggie and …

Joseph McBrayer

Joseph McBrayer, tenor, from Dallas, Georgia is proud to make his debut with Florida Grand Opera. He earned his BM from Kennesaw State University and continued with his graduate studies at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. While working with companies such as The Atlanta Opera, Capitol City Opera, and …

Phillip Lopez

Described by Opera News as having a “resonant bass-baritone,” Phillip Lopez is  generating great acclaim in new and established repertoire across the United States.  During the summer of 2022, Mr. Lopez made his Chautauqua Opera Company debut as  the Father in Kamala Sankaram’s Thumbprint, and Ulysses S. Grant in Virgil  …

Matthew Cossack

A master of his touching, yet bold baritone’ (Berkshire Fine Arts), Matthew Cossack holds graduate degrees and performance based awards from both The Yale School of Music and Mannes College. His role history includes Onegin (Eugene Onegin), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Don Alfonso (Cosí Fan Tutte), Peter (Hänsel und …