Our Team

  • Codrut Birsan

    Artistic Director & Conductor: Hansel und Gretel, Humperdink & Albert Herring, Britten

    Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Opera Theater, Brasov Opera​

  • Voice Teacher

    2005 winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Lyric Opera of Chicago, Theater an der Wien, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Dutch National Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Cincinnati Opera Opéra national de Paris, Pittsburgh Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre​​

  • Voice Teacher

    Roosevelt University, Metropolitan Opera, LA Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago.

  • Voice Teacher

    Roosevelt University, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Portland Opera, Arizona Opera.​

  • Voice Teacher

    Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Vancouver Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Edmonton Opera, Calgary Opera, and the Teatro Colon in Argentina.

  • Voice Teacher

    Depaul University, Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, Essen, Dusseldorf, Central City Opera Festival, Hungarian State Opera.

  • Coach

    ​Paris Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago

  • Conductor: Orfeo ed Euridice, Gluck/Dido & Aeneas, Purcell and Don Giovanni, Mozart

    Yale School of Music, Sarasota Opera, Tanglewood Music Center, Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Manchester Music Festival, Manhattan School of Music.

  • Stage Director: Orfeo ed Euridice, Gluck/Dido & Aeneas, Purcell & Don Giovanni, Mozart

    Lyric Opera of Chicago, Roosevelt University, Petite Opera Productions, Tulsa Opera, Opera in the Ozarks, Bel Cantanti Opera, International Opera Workshops - Opava and Kosice

  • Conductor: The Consul, Menotti

    Boston University Opera Institute, Moscow Conservatory Opera Theatre, State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Pangea Festival in St. Petersburg, Cabrillo Festival, La Maestra at Paris Philharmonie.

  • A.J. Wester

    Stage Director: The Consul, Menotti

    & Giulio Cesare, Handel

    St. Petersburg Opera, The Bay View Music Festival, Chicago Opera Theater, San Diego Opera, Indianapolis Opera, Utah Opera, Intermezzo Opera

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  • Tina El Gamal

    Stage Director: Hansel und Gretel, Humperdink

    Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Steep Theatre, Pegasus Theater, Lake Forest College, Portland Opera, Steppenwolf Theatre Company

  • Conductor: Giulio Cesare, Handel

    Opera Orlando, Opera Saratoga, Gulfshore Opera, Pensacola Opera, Sarasota Opera

  • Mark Ross Clark

    Stage Director: Albert Herring, Britten

    University of the Pacific, the University of Washington, Indiana University Bloomington, The Louisiana Opera