Erin Morley & Lawrence Brownlee at The Wallis

From: Salt Lake City, Utah. LA Opera: Cunegonde in Candide (2018). Erin Morley is one of today’s most in-demand coloratura sopranos. Her performances have garnered huge critical acclaim as she regularly appears on the great opera stages of the world. She has been praised as “the personification of bel canto” (Opera News), and is “in a class of her own among coloratura sopranos, singing even the most dazzlingly difficult material with beauty and musical sense” (New York Classical Review). A recipient of the Beverly Sills Award, Morley’s performances have garnered huge critical acclaim worldwide as she regularly appears on the greatest opera stages, including the Vienna State Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bavarian State Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Staatsoper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Teatro La Fenice, Arena di Verona, Glyndebourne Opera, Santa Fe Opera, LA Opera and Metropolitan Opera, where she has now sung more than 140 performances and has been featured in eight “Live in HD” broadcasts.

From: Youngstown, Ohio. LA Opera: Tamino in The Magic Flute (2013). Tenor Lawrence Brownlee is a leading figure in opera, both as a singer who has graced the world’s top stages, and as a voice for activism and diversity in the industry. Captivating audiences and critics around the globe, he has been hailed as “an international star in the bel canto operatic repertory” (New York Times), “one of the world’s leading bel canto stars” (The Guardian), and “one of the most in-demand opera singers in the world today” (NPR).