Lucy Finkel, soprano
Lucy Finkel received her Bachelor of Music degree from Grand Valley State University in Michigan. While in school she was selected to perform the role of Rose Maurant in Street Scene by Kurt Weil, and Marenka in the The Bartered Bride by Smetana. She continued her educational studies at New England Conservatory in Boston, MA receiving her Master of Music degree in 2007. At the New England Conservatory she performed with the opera outreach program as Clara in Signor Deluso by Thomas Pasatieri. Other roles performed while at NEC were La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Jumelle in Orpheus by Darius Milhaud and Cupid in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld. She has also been heard as Maria in West Side Story with Ash Lawn Opera Festival, Susannah in Le Nozze di Figaro with Prelude to Performance, and Lauretta in Gianni Schicci with both the American Singer’s Opera Project and Chelsea Opera.

Jennifer Cresswell, soprano
Soprano Jennifer Cresswell is a native of the Toledo area. She was last seen at Toledo Opera as Alice in The Adventures of Alice in Operaland in the Education and Outreach Program, and as Frasquita in the mainstage production of Carmen. In 2008 Ms. Cresswell was a regional winner and national finalist in the National Society of Arts and Letters competition, as well as a semi-finalist for the Irma Cooper International Singing Competition. Her collegiate roles include Blanche in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, and Anna Maurrant in Streetscene. Ms. Cresswell now lives in Toledo with her husband Brad Cresswell, Programing Director with WGTE and their son Elliott.

Dustin L. Scott, tenor
Tenor Dustin L. Scott is a native of Southeastern Michigan currently residing in Ann Arbor. Most recently he performed the role of Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore with the Green Mountain Opera Festival in Vermont, and the title role in John Rutter’s The Reluctant Dragon as part of the Rackham Symphony Choir’s Singing it Real outreach program in Detroit. Mr. Scott completed his Master of Music degree in voice performance at the University of Michigan, where he studied with George Shirley. With the University of Michigan Opera he performed the roles of the Lyric Tenor in Argento’s Postcard from Morocco, Ferrando in Così fan tutte, and Principál komediantů in Smetana’s Prodaná nevĕsta in The Bartered Bride. As a concert soloist, Mr. Scott has appeared with the Chamber Choir, Orpheus Singers, and the Residential College Choir at the University of Michigan, and has also appeared with the Ann Arbor Cantata Singers. Most recently he was heard in a selection of popular songs and arias with the Windsor Community Orchestra.

Adam Cavagnaro, baritone
Farm-raised baritone Adam Cavagnaro now enjoys city life in New York where he is completing his Master of Music Degree at Manhattan School of Music studying with Mark Oswald. A native of New Jersey, Mr. Cavagnaro began studying classical voice in his undergraduate career at Montclair State University with Stephen Oosting. At Montclair he performed the roles of The Baker in Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim, John Sorell in Menotti’s The Consul, David in Samuel Barber’s A Hand of Bridge, among others. As a first year masters student at MSM he performed in the main stage Opera Studio as Joe Harland in John Musto’s Later the Same Evening, a New York Premier, and as Bi-Curious George in Love/Hate by Jack Perla in conjunction with American Opera Projects. Mr. Cavagnaro recently returned from OperaWorks in Northridge, CA where he studied Alexander Technique, Yoga, Laban Movement, Grotoswki physical theatre and other holistic approaches to performance under the direction of Ann Baltz.