Lyric Opera 2021-2022 Rising Stars

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 7 he sang both published and unpublished works of Leonard Bernstein as part of the composer’s centennial celebration. At Lyric, he will be featured as Adult William and Chicken Plucker/ Fire Shut Up in My Bones (2021/22). Other appearances include Lyric Opera of Kansas City as a Resident Artist, University of North Texas Opera in numerous roles and galas, The Dallas Opera, Charlottesville Opera, Opera in Concert, Opera North, and Wolf Trap Opera. Martin Luther Clark is sponsored by the Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation,Inc.,David & Janet Fox, and Richard O.Ryan. LEROY DAVIS | BARITONE Previously at Lyric: Sunday in the Park with Lyric’s Rising Stars (2021/22). Baritone Leroy Davis is a second-year member of the Ryan Opera Center. Recent company debuts include Lincoln Center Theater as George Armstrong in the world premiere of Intimate Apparel ; Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Pastor, Lay-about Man, James, Kaboom/ Fire Shut Up in My Bones (world premiere) as a Gerdine Young Artist; the Phoenicia Festival as Belcore/ The Elixir of Love ; Boston Opera Collaborative as Leporello/ Don Giovanni ; and Odyssey Opera as Ernesto Malcolm/ Maria, Regina d’Inghilterra . At Lyric, he will appear as Jailer/ Tosca and Pastor and Kaboom/ Fire Shut Up in My Bones (2021/22). Davis was also seen as the Forester/ The Cunning Little Vixen , Hannah Before/ As One , Joe St. George/ Dolores Claiborne , and Pablo Picasso/ After Life at Boston University’s Opera Institute. Other credits include Maximilian/ Candide as an Apprentice Artist with Chautauqua Opera; Aeneas and Adonis/ Dido and Aeneas , Papageno/ The Magic Flute , Fiorello/ The Barber of Seville , and Maitre D’ and Farley/ Sister Carrie (world premiere and recording) as a Studio Artist at Florentine Opera; the Mandarin and Ping/ Turandot with Shreveport Opera; and bass soloist for Bruckner’s Te Deum with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Leroy Davis is sponsored by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. KATHERINE D E YOUNG | MEZZO-SOPRANO Previously at Lyric: Second Lady/ The Magic Flute and Sunday in the Park with Lyric’s Rising Stars (2021/22). Second-year Ryan Opera Center mezzo-soprano Katherine DeYoung hails from Traverse City, Michigan. As a member of the 2019/20 Michigan Opera Theatre Studio, she portrayed the Sandman/ Hansel and Gretel , the Old Lady/ Candide , the Mother/ Amahl and the Night Visitors and Mae/ The Grapes of Wrath . In 2018 and 2019 she was an Apprentice Singer with The Santa Fe Opera. Competition successes include national semi-finalist in the 2020 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition, a 2019 Sullivan Award from the William Matheus Sullivan Musical Foundation, finalist and Online Viewers’ Choice Award winner in Houston Grand Opera’s 31st Eleanor McCollum Competition, and participating in the 2019 Neue Stimmen Competition in Gütersloh, Germany. Following studies at Michigan State University, DeYoung received a master’s degree in voice performance from the University of Houston, where she portrayed Isabella/ L’italiana in Algeri , Fidalma/ The Secret Marriage , Gertrude/ Romeo and Juliet , Elizabeth Proctor/ The Crucible , and Lady Sneerwell/ The School for Scandal (world premiere). Other performing credits include the title role/ Carmen with Opera in the Ozarks. Katherine DeYoung is sponsored by Lead Sponsors Dr.& Mrs.Mark F.Kozloff and Cosponsors Cynthia Vahlkamp & Robert Kenyon. MATHILDA EDGE | SOPRANO Previously at Lyric: Four roles since 2019/20, most recently First Lady/ The Magic Flute and Lady in Waiting/ Macbeth (2021/22). Third-year soprano Mathilda Edge, originally from Chandlerville, Illinois, is an alumna of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where she earned her master’s degree in Vocal Performance. She is the recipient of a 2019 Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. She has also won or placed in the Washington International Competition for Voice; National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award Competition; Indiana District and Central Region Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition; Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition; and Opera Columbus’ Cooper-Bing Competition. Edge has sung in concert with The City Choir of Washington, New Dominion Chorale, and the Bel Canto Chorus. At Lyric, she will be a soloist in the upcoming Beethoven 9 with Sir Andrew Davis. She has performed as Fiordiligi/ Così fan tutte , First Lady/ Die Zauberflöte , Sandman/ Hansel and Gretel , Romilda/ Xerxes , The Milliner/ Der Rosenkavalier , and Cio Cio San/ Madama Butterfly . As a member of the Merola Opera Program, Edge sang an extended scene as the title role/ Thaïs for the Schwabacher Summer Concert, as well as a selection from I vespri siciliani in the Merola Grand Finale. Mathilda Edge is sponsored by Maurice J.& Patricia Frank. KATHLEEN FELTY | MEZZO-SOPRANO Previously at Lyric: Four roles since 2019/20, most recently Third Lady/ The Magic Flute and Sunday in the Park with Lyric’s Rising Stars (2021/22). Mezzo-soprano Kathleen Felty, from Lubbock, Texas, is a third- year member of the Ryan Opera Center. She holds bachelor's degrees in music and business administration from Texas Tech University and a master of music from the AJ Fletcher Opera Institute at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Her performances at Fletcher included Charlotte/ Werther , Angelina/ La Cenerentola , Unulfo/ Rodelinda , Miss Jessel/ Turn of the Screw , Geneviève/ Impressions de Pelléas , Dinah/ Trouble in Tahiti , Komponist/ Ariadne auf Naxos , and Paula/ Florencia en el Amazonas . Felty is a former Apprentice Artist of The Santa Fe Opera, where she received the Katharine Mayer Award and covered Composer/ Ariadne auf Naxos . She also participated