American tenor Kenneth Tarver is a past winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and was a member of the MET‘s Young Artist Development Program and later the ensemble of Staatstheater Stuttgart.
Renowned for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Rossini, Tarver is a welcome guest at the major opera houses and concert venues in Europe and the US.

Recent highlights include a European tour with Così fan tutte and Teodor Currentzis, his Florestan (Fidelio) debut in Oulu, Finland, Mozart’s La finta giardiniera/Don Anchise at Aalto-Theater Essen, Don Giovanni/Don Ottavio with the Welsh National Opera with shows throughout the UK, Mozart’s Requiem with the Atlanta Symphony and, most recently, Nerone in Handel’s Agrippina at the Florida Grand Opera.

Kenneth Tarver‘s extensive recording catalogue includes collaborations for Sony with Teodor Currentzis & MusicAeterna (Cosí fan tutte and Don Giovanni), Deutsche Grammophon: Pierre Boulez and the Cleveland Orchestra (Les nuits d’été and Roméo et Juliette), Kent Nagano and the London Symphony Orchestra (Bernstein – A White House Cantata), for LSO Live: Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra (Berlioz – Béatrice et Bénédicte, Roméo et Juliette and the highly acclaimed Les Troyens which was awarded Grammys for Best Opera Recording and Best Classical Recording).

Hailed by the Boston Globe as “balmy-voiced” and for her “uniformly excellent” performances, mezzo-soprano Katherine Beck returns to Arizona Opera in the 2023-24 season to create the role of Elizabeth Lavenza in the world premiere of Gregg Kallor’s Frankenstein. She also joins the Saint Louis Symphony as Lola in Cavalleria rusticana with James Gaffigan conducting, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago for its production of La cenerentola. Last season, she had her first performances of Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Florentine Opera. Also in Rossini repertoire, she returned to the Lyric Opera of Chicago for its production of Le comte Ory and joined Dallas Opera for Così fan tutte. She also partnered with Craig Terry in recital at her alma mater, the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, as well as at Florentine Opera.

“Truly an anthem of our times” said Classic FM in regards to Matthew’s AKA (Matthew Choof)’s ‘Figaro’ parody. Matthew spent this past winter singing with New York City Opera originating the role of Giampi Malnate in their world premiere of The Garden of the Finzi Continis. He could also be seen singing in the Broadway’s 10th Anniversary Concert of A Tale of Two Cities as Gabel and the Male Principal understudy. Ciuffitelli had the unique opportunity to perform with the Rolling Stones at Chicago’s United Center and to appear in the U.S. premiere of the mixed-media work, Mountain Top, by Dutch avant-pop composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis. Many of his operatic roles include Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Sergeant Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Eisenstein and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Valentin in Faust, Marcello in La Bohème, and Figaro in The Barber of Seville. Ciuffitelli appeared as Prince Yamadori in New Jersey Festival Orchestra’s Madama Butterfly as well as Angelotti in their Tosca. He also performed in The Telephone with Light Opera of New Jersey and at Sarasota Opera as a featured resident artist singing the Official Registrar in the company’s production of Madama Butterfly.

Matthew was the recipient of the 2018 Career Bridges Grant as well as the winner of the 2018 New Jersey State Opera Competition Award. He can be seen touring internationally with the world-renowned Sharpe Family Singers. You can find him on Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram as @MatthewChoof

Buffo Alexander Adams-Leytes, in making his professional debut in 2013 with Pacific Opera Project, was described as “transcendental…never missing a syllable or pitch…always creating a plausible motive for his insane acrobatics” in his specialty of comic patter singing as (Rossini’s) Dr. Bartolo. For several summers, he trained in Lyric Opera Studio of Weimar, Germany with European buffo Damon Nestor Ploumis, specializing in Mozartian roles.
In 2014, he helped inaugurate Gulfshore Opera in Naples, FL, singing dual roles of Father and Witch in “Hansel and Gretel.”

In March of 2015, he made his German house debut with Theater Rudolstadt, as Dr. Cajus and Herr Reich in Nicolai’s “Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor” and later debuted Don Alfonso in “Cosi fan Tutte” with Passion Artists of Vienna. In 2016, he debuted with Miami Lyric Opera, performing Dulcamara and the Sacristan, in 2017 adding Don Magnifico in “Cenerentola” at Theater Rudolstadt and Gianni Schicchi with the Narnia Festival in Italy.

He reprised his Mozart Bartolo at Theater Arnstadt in Germany in 2018, sang Benoit/Alcindoros in Arkansas and New Rochelle, NY, and appeared in the Nahant Music Festival.

He later added Falke in “Fledermaus” at KurTheater in Bad Liebenstein, Germany and switched roles to sing Frank in Arnstadt and in the inaugural Opera on the Lake festival in Minnesota in 2019. Following re-opening of opera, he covered Dulcamara with Opera Maine, and will now sing his first Major General in “Pirates of Penzance” in Cedar Rapids before appearing in Chicago as Tarabotto.

Frank has been active in oratorio and opera for the past 20 years. Frank’s most recent performances include South Shore Opera’s production of Opera at the Movies where he performed classic roles including Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni and Sparafucile in Rigoletto. Prior to that, Frank was active with Light Opera Works of Chicago, performing in  productions of Pirates of Penzanceand Iolanthe where he played the Police Sergeant and Private Willis respectively. His performances were heralded by the Chicago Tribune and Sun Times saying that he was “both vocally and comically perfect.”

His additional performance credits include, Germont in La Traviata, Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd, Seneca in L’incoranazione di Poppea, and Cinderella’s Prince in Into the Woods.  Frank has had the pleasure of working with such renowned conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta and Christoph Eschenbach. He continues his studies under the tutelage of Carl Lawrenz, and is a founding member of the Three Baritones.