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In addition to the alumni singers and conductor on the August 24 anniversary show, we have the pleasure of welcoming back some prominent opera administrators and managers who got their start at Wolf Trap. These six colleagues will introduce segments of the program and offer their own brief reminiscences of the WTOC. Scott Altman was

Larry ultimately only spent one summer with the WTOC, but we almost got to two… Larry had a crazy patchwork summer in 2001, singing Herr Vogelsang in Mozart’s Impresario, Tenore in Donizetti’s Viva la mamma (at left), Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Don Curzio (!) in Le nozze di Figaro. That fall, he

Tracy was at Wolf Trap my second summer here, and I remembered being awed by her even back then. Her name has come up a lot this summer, as we just produced The Tales of Hoffmann, and Tracy was the Olympia in the Company’s only previous Hoffmann. And she did it on roller skates (at

Even though the star singers are getting most of the attention in this lead-up to our August 24 alumni extravaganza, it’s the man on the podium who will make it all happen. Stephen Lord has been so integral to the history and success of the WTOC, and we’re incredibly fortunate to have him back to

I was fortunate enough to catch Mary in last fall’s Intermezzo at New York City Opera. What a tour de force. Mary’s WTOC roles included the Queen of the Night (a role that went on to be a signature, but that she recently retired), Fiorilla in Rossini’s The Turk in Italy (at left), Susanna in

Richard has been in the opera world news a lot this past week, as he triumphed in the title role in Wozzeck at Santa Fe. We’re thrilled to have him come to Virginia right after he finishes in New Mexico. My first summer at the Trap coincided with Richard’s. (He probably wouldn’t mind my telling

I wouldn’t want you to think that all of the music in the August 24 Greatest Hits alumni concert is serious and dramatic. Operetta fans will be pleased to know that Emily Pulley and Robert Orth will channel Rosalinde and Eisenstein from Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus. If you need a little buffo in your summer,

Oren is one of the new guard on our alumni concert, as his WTOC summers hailed from the early 2000’s. His Wolf Trap roles included Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro, Ariodate in Xerxes (at left), Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Frank Maurrant in Street Scene. As memorable as his stage appearances were,

Denyce and I both got our starts at Wolf Trap in the late 80’s, and she would occasionally come to my studio to coach privately when she was preparing roles and living in the DC area over the subsequent several years. Oddly enough, I remember her mother coming along occasionally, quietly and repeatedly supporting her