Artists

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  TONI MARIE PALMERTREE

  TOSCA

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  Fresh from her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Voice of Heaven in Don Carlo, house and role debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago in Luisa Miller, and house debut as Madama Butterfly at Palm Beach Opera, Toni Marie Palmertree is a young soprano who is set to hold her own with the big girls on the operatic playground. Her repertoire includes The Countess (The Marriage of Figaro), Violetta, (La traviata), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Elisabetta (Don Carlo), Giorgetta (Il tabarro) and the title role in Suor Angelica. The San Francisco Chronicle calls her voice “a bright, lustrous instrument capable of gathering great reserves of expressive momentum, and then discharging them with a well-placed climactic flourish.”

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  ARTURO CHACON-CRUZ

  CAVARADOSSI

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  Arturo Chacón-Cruz, a native of Sonora, Mexico, is considered one of the top operatic tenors of his generation. He has sung over 60 leading roles in 30 countries, including The Duke in Rigoletto (Houston, Verona, Mexico City, Napoli, Budapest, Hamburg, Strasbourg, Aix en Provence, San Francisco, Verona, Brussels, Los Angeles, Florence), Rodolfo in La bohème (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Miami, Munich, Stockholm, Graz, Cologne, Hamburg, etc.), and Alfredo in La traviata (Seville, Munich, Valencia, Moscow, Rome, Barcelona, Padova, Mexico City, Washington D.C., Detroit, Los Angeles, Verona, Oman). His appearance in FGO’s Tosca is his second turn as Cavaradossi. He has an extensive discography, including an album of mariachi music, a Christmas album, and a solo recording of Mexican music. Film appearances include Sofia Coppola’s La traviata and Woody Allen’s Gianni Schicchi. Chacón-Cruz is fluent in in Spanish, English, Italian, and French and also speaks German, Portuguese, Russian, and Greek.  He lives in Miami with his wife and son.

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  TODD THOMAS

  SCARPIA

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  Recognized by opera companies and critics alike as one of the true Verdi baritones gracing stages today, Todd Thomas continues his tenure as one of America’s most sought-after artists. In the title role of Macbeth, Opera News depicted his performance as “warm and centered in his tone with subtle phrasing that emphasized the introspective, almost poetic quality of the tormented king.”  Performing the role of Iago in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opening performance of Verdi’s Otello, “earned him deservedly the largest ovation at the end of the night from the glittery opening night audience” (The Chicago Classical). Last season, Mr. Thomas performed the title role in Nabucco with Theater Erfurt in Germany, the title role of Rigoletto for both Florentine Opera and Florida Grand Opera, and Michele in Il Tabarro with Opera Santa Barbara. In concert, Todd performed with the North American Festival of Wales and the Bel Canto Center for the Performing Arts.  This season, Thomas is invited back to the Shanghai Opera House for his captivating portrayal of Der fliegende Holländer, and perform the role of Scarpia with Florida Grand Opera, Opera Memphis, Opera on the James, and Charlottesville Opera, as well as Amonasro in Tulsa Opera’s Aïda. Additionally, Todd will be seen in concert at Opera Southwest and with Maryland Opera.