Nerys Jones, mezzo soprano, brings great stage presence, lovely sound, and “crystal clear diction” to her creation of the role of “restless Dorothy.” A native of Wales, she achieved great success in London at the English National Opera and performed with numerous other companies in the Uk and Europe. She made her Seattle Opera debut in 2019 as Inez in Il Trovatore and returned to sing Giovanna in Rigolettto. Learn more about her career at:  https://www.nerysjones-mezzo.com/about

Charles Robert Stephens (Baritone) has enjoyed a long career spanning a wide variety of roles and styles in opera and concert music. In his 20 years in New York City, he sang leading roles with the New York City Opera and was reported by the New York Times to be "a baritone of smooth distinction." He also appeared frequently in Carnegie Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York in a variety of roles and was active in regional opera throughout the US. On the international stage, he sang opera roles in Montevideo Uruguay, Taiwan, Santo Domingo, and Mexico City.

Now based in Seattle, Charles has sung with the Seattle Symphony, Northwest Sinfonietta, Tacoma and Spokane Symphony, Spokane Opera, Portland Chamber Orchestra and many other orchestras and opera companies in the Pacific Northwest.

Career highlights include the role of Tiresias in the Boston Early Music Festival's lavish production of Steffani's Niobe, Queen of Thebes. With the New York City National Company, he sang the role of Germont in La Traviata in forty-three performances across the US. Among his ten appearances with the Seattle Symphony include Beethoven’s 9th , Messiah and "Opera Festival." He premiered and recorded the role of Rudyard Kipling in John Muehleisen's world premiere cantata entitled But Who Shall Return to Us Our Children? A Kipling Passion.

The 2022-23 season includes performances of the Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony and Messiah (Spokane Symphony), Judge Turpin in Sweeny Todd (Helena Symphony), Bach B Minor Mass (St. Paul Music Guild,  Salem, OR), Mozart Requiem, Bellingham Symphony,  Mozart C minor Mass, Seattle Pro Musica, Haydn The Seasons (Harmonia Seattle ), Verdi Requiem ( Symphony Tacoma) and a Paris debut in Bach’s St. John Passion (Les Fetes Galantes).

Singer/actor, Glenn Guhr has always prided himself on his versatility, being equally at home in everything from Shakespeare to Sondheim and Monteverdi to Verdi. He has appeared in operas, operettas, musicals, plays, film, and voice-over with the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Opera, Civic Light Opera, Tacoma Opera, ACT Inc. (St. Louis), The St. Louis Shakespeare Company, Theatre Factory St. Louis and others in such roles as Gianni Schicchi, Papageno (The Magic Flute), Ford (Falstaff), Germont (La Traviata), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), and Fred Graham/Petruchio (Kiss Me, Kate). Mr. Guhr is also a stage director, currently preparing for a production of Rossini’s Cenerentola with Kitsap Opera. He teaches voice at Pacific Lutheran University and the Tacoma Music Academy.

Karen Early Evans is a regular on stage throughout the Pacific Northwest. She is a regular member of the Seattle Opera chorus where she has been featured as a soloist in La Traviata, Suor Angelica, Turandot, and Nabucco. Most recently with Seattle Opera she was featured as soprano soloist during their holiday concert in Respighi’s Lauda Per La Nativita del Signore. Ms. Early Evans is also frequently heard as a soloist with Music of Remembrance, most recently performing in their Art From Ashes concert.

One of her favorite local organizations to sing with is Puget Sound Concert Opera. Through this organization she has been able to sing numerous roles that are not part of the prominent opera repertoire. Puget Sound Concert Opera productions featuring Ms. Early Evans include Beethoven's Fidelio (where she she sang the role of Leonore) and Puccini’s Sour Angelica and La Rondine.

Ms. Early Evans was an Associate Artist with Utah Opera where she sang the roles of Marzeline in Fidelio on the main stage and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte with the young artists in residence. She has also been seen in such roles as Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Tacoma Opera, First Lady in The Magic Flute with Bellevue Opera and Skagit Opera (now Pacific Northwest Opera), and Micaela in Carmen with Tacoma Opera.