Guest Artist – Page 20 – Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Valentina Farcas

Valentina Farcas has worked with some of the foremost conductors and directors of our time including Maestros Riccardo Muti, Riccardo Chailly, Kirill Petrenko, Jaap van Zweden, Nikolas Harnoncourt, Kurt Masur, Fabio Luisi, Rene Jacobs, Fabio Biondi, Ivor Bolton, Paavo Järvi, Jeffrey Tate, Bruno Bartoletti, Bertrand de Billy, Thomas Hengelbrock, Alessandro de Marchi, Riccardo Frizza, Christopher Hogwood and directors Robert Carsen, Stefan Heerheim, Damiano Michieletto, Barrie Kosky, Laurent Pelly, Daniele Abbado, Cristina Muti, Guy Joosten and others. She has performed at the Theater an der Wien, Salzburg Festival, Teatro Regio Torino, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Komische Oper Berlin, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Dallas Opera, Dallas Symphony, Teatro San Carlo Napoli, Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, Opera National de Lyon, Semperoper Dresden, Ravenna Festival, Opera de Lausanne, Theatre de Champs-Elysees, Theâtre Capitole du Toulouse, Teatro Municipal Santiago Chile, and the Wiener Musikverein.

Andrew Harris

Andrew Harris acquired a Bachelor and Master of Music in Vocal Performance, as well as a Master of Music in Piano Performance at universities in the US. From 2010 until 2012 he was a member of the Young Artists Program of the Chicago Opera Theatre.

Michael Laurenz

The German tenor started his career as a trumpet (principle of the Berliner Symphoniker), from 2006 on he concentrated on singing.

Christopher Ventris

Christopher Ventris remains one of the world’s leading Heldentenors and enjoys an unparalleled reputation as the pre-eminent Siegmund and Parsifal of his generation.

Daniel Johansson

The Swedish tenor Daniel Johansson commenced this season at the Grand Théâtre de Genève where he made his role debut as Pierre Bezukhov in Prokofiev’s War and Peace, which was followed by another role debut as treasure hunter Elis in Schreker’s Der Schatzgräber at Deutsche Oper in Berlin.

Lise Lindstrom

American dramatic soprano Lise Lindstrom has dazzled the world with compelling performances in roles that range from Turandot to Senta, Elektra and Brünnhilde. She has performed with the world’s leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper, Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Teatro alla Scala.

Mark Delavan

Mark Delavan, a singer of “incisive vocal power and fierce theatrical acuity,” is sought after throughout the United States and Europe for the most demanding roles in his operatic repertoire. He regularly appears in the title roles of Der fliegende Holländer, Falstaff, and Rigoletto, and as Iago in Otello, Scarpia in Tosca, Jochanaan in Salome, and Amonasro in Aida.

Jon L. Culpepper

Jon L. Culpepper, Founding Artistic Director, Conductor, and Board President of the award-winning professional choral ensemble, the Dallas Chamber Choir, is a first-generation Vietnamese-American conductor and music consultant. He is the American Prize winner of the 2021 Dale Warland Award in Choral Conducting, Professional Division.

Dallas Chamber Choir

The Dallas Chamber Choir, founded in 2014 as a 501c3 nonprofit performing arts organization by its Artistic Director & Conductor, Jon L. Culpepper, is a professional chorus of 24-30 singers who are classical musicians, music educators, and solo performing artists from North Texas. Its performance programs are diverse and expansive, covering over 500 years of choral literature of various stylistic, linguistic, and cultural significance with emphasis on composers whose music and texts explore a decidedly humanistic perspective.

Jimmy Dale Richardson

Jimmy Dale Richardson creates some of the most exciting music to emanate from the state of Oklahoma. With his versatile vocals and guitar leads, Jimmy brings new life to the obscure art of traditional Honky Tonk, Rockabilly, and jump blues as well as other roots music genres.