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NICHOLAS
CUNNINGHAM
(vocalist and dancer)
An Australian native,
Nicholas Cunningham
has appeared on Broad-
way in
Michael Moore:
The Terms of My Surren-
der
,
The Phantom of the Opera
, and
La Cage aux
Folles
, which he has also toured with nationally
.
His credits on London’s West End include
La
Cage aux Folles
, Matthew Bourne’s
Swan Lake
,
and
Movin’ Out
. Cunningham has been the as-
sociate choreographer for the Pet Shop Boys’
“Pandemonium” world tour,
La Cage aux Folles
,
and the film
The Boat that Rocked
. Additionally,
he has appeared in the film
Nine
, at the Moulin
Rouge in
Féerie
, and with San Francisco Opera
in Berlioz’s
The Trojans
. Instagram @atlasalias
ALEXANDER
ELLIOTT
Alexander
Elliott’s
2017/18 season began
with a company debut
at New York City Op-
era, performing the role
of Sonora in Puccini’s
La fanciulla del West,
followed by John Brooke
in Adamo’s
Little Women
with Annapolis Op-
era, Raphael/Adam in Haydn’s
Creation
with the
Pittsburgh Symphony, Handel’s
Messiah
with
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Figaro in
Puccini’s
The Barber of Seville
with Opera Santa
Barbara, and Escamillo in Bizet’s
Carmen
with
the Rochester Philharmonic. Other recent per-
formances include Guglielmo in Mozart’s
Così
fan tutte
at Opera Omaha, Marcello in Puccini’s
La bohème
with Tulsa Opera, and the title role
of Tchaikovsky’s
Eugene Onegin
and Anthony
in
Sweeney Todd
with Portland Opera. Elliott’s
upcoming engagements include Silvio in Leon-
cavallo’s
I pagliacci
with Opera Omaha, covering
Zurga in Bizet’s
The Pearl Fishers
at the Metro-
politan Opera, Belcore in Donizetti’s
The Elixir
of Love
at Virginia Opera, and Hannah Before
in Laura Kaminsky’s
As One
at Portland Opera.
ERICA EVERETT
Soprano Erica Everett
earned her bachelor’s
degree in vocal perfor-
mance and pedagogy
from Oakwood Uni-
versity. While there, she
appeared in the role of
Madame Pompous in Edward Penhorwood’s
Too Many Sopranos
. Her training also includes
a master’s degree from the University of Michi-
gan, where she portrayed the Female Chorus in
Britten’s
The Rape of Lucretia
and the First Lady
in Mozart’s
The Magic Flute
. Her honors include
winning the Hartford Memorial Scholarship
Competition, the Classical Singer Regional Uni-
versity Competition, and the American Tradi-
tions Vocal Competition.
NICOLE FRAGALA
While attending West-
minster Choir College,
Nicole Fragala made
her professional operat-
ic debut at Spoleto Fes-
tival USA as Suor Ma-
ria in Giordano’s
Mese
mariano
while also working as an active member
of the Westminster Choir. After graduation, Fra-
gala continued working with Westminster, per-
forming in Handel’s
Messiah
with the New York
Philharmonic, and she also became a member of
the Amor Artis choir of New York. Fragala went
on to pursue a Master of Music at the Mannes
School of Music, where she performed the role
of Fraulein Kost in
Cabaret
, directed by Kevin
Newbury. After completing her master’s, she
was seen as Estella in
West Side Story
with the
Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Yannick
Nézet-Séguin. Fragala’s regional credits include
Jekyll and Hyde
(Lucy),
Nine the Musical
(Car-
la),
West Side Story
(Anita), and
Anything Goes
(Hope Harcourt). www.nicolefragala.com
DEVON GUTHRIE
Devon Guthrie, a Juil-
liard graduate, began
her international career
in two Mozart roles at
English National Op-
era, as Susanna in
The
Marriage of Figaro
and
as Pamina in
The Magic Flute
. After two appren-
ticeships with Santa Fe Opera, Guthrie has twice
returned to the company in principal roles, most
recently as Rosalinde in Strauss’s
Die Fleder-
maus
. Other career highlights include creating
the role of Mary Johnson in
Fellow Travelers
and
traveling with the production from its origin at
Cincinnati Opera to The Prototype Festival and
Lyric Opera of Chicago; Susanna in
The Mar-
riage of Figaro
with Michigan Opera Theater
and a touring production with Seiji Ozawa in
Japan; Daisy Buchanan in Harbison’s
The Great
Gatsby
at Tanglewood; and two seasons as a solo
singer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company. In
2019, Guthrie will be returning to Opera Theater
of Saint Louis in Monteverdi’s
L’incoronazione di
Poppea
. devonguthrie.com
DEVIN ILAW
Devin Ilaw is a Fili-
pino-American
New
York City–based artist,
human, and unicorn
who has performed on
Broadway, off-Broad-
way, across the US and
Canada on national tours, and regionally. To
follow his adventures, please check out his Ins-
tagram @hellothereimdev.
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