Soprano

Alicia Cruz

Artist

Approved

Stephen Carey (pianist/vocal coach) is starting his 4th year, as the vocal
coach for the TCU Opera Studio. In the 2021-2022 TCU school year, Mr.
Carey served as music director, and pianist, for the double-bill of A Service
of Love (Ferrandino), and Speed Dating Tonight! (Ching), music director,
and conductor, for Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (Rota), and, music
director, and pianist, for the double-bill of The Beautiful Bridegroom (Dan
Shore), and The Island of Tulipatan (Offenbach). In the 2020-2021 TCU
school year, Mr. Carey served as music director, and pianist, for an online
opera scenes program in the fall of 2020, and in the spring 2021 semester,
served as music director, and pianist, for 4 one-act operas, consisting of
Remove Shoes Before Entering (Michael Ching), The Island of Tulipatan
(Offenbach), The Beautiful Bridegroom (Dan Shore), and The Four Note
Opera (Tom Johnson). In the 2019-2020 TCU school year, Mr. Carey served
as music director, conductor, and pianist, for a contemporary opera
program, as well as music director, and conductor, for the world premiere
of Evan Mack's opera, Yeltsin In Texas. In the 2018-2019 school year, Mr.
Carey was the assistant music director of the UNT opera program, where
he served as vocal coach in productions of Janacek's Cunning Little
Vixen, and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, and as music director, and
conductor, for a concert production of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte. From the
fall of 2012, through the spring of 2018, Mr. Carey served as the principal
pianist/vocal coach, with Fort Worth Opera. From the fall of 2001, through
the spring of 2012, Mr. Carey served as the assistant artistic director, chorus
master, and rehearsal pianist/vocal coach for Opera Memphis. Mr. Carey
has previously served on the artistic staffs of AIMS in Graz, Opera In The
Ozarks, Ashlawn Opera, Chautauqua Opera, and Utah Festival Opera
and Musical Theatre. This past summer, Mr. Carey spent his second
summer with Charlottesville Opera, where he served as music director for
the Ader Emerging Artist Program, cover conductor, and chorus master.
Wonjin Choi, Korean Tenor, is in Vocal Performance MM of Texas Christian
University with a full scholarship award. He graduated Korea National
University of Arts, Bachelor of Music, at the top of Department of Music. He
had a successful opera debut, singing Rodolfo in Puccini's opera La
Boheme at KimSun international opera company, Seoul, South Korea in
2020. He had performed Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Ferdinand in Il Cappello
di Paglia di Firenze and Hermosa in The Island of Tulipatan He received
encouragement award from The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Minnesota
District Competition in 2022. He won lots of competitions. Also, He has
received a diploma from Riccardo Muti Academy [La Traviata] in 2016.In
this season, he looks forward to performing as Governor in Bernstein’s
operetta Candide with The Rapides Symphony Orchestra in Alexandria,
Louisiana. He will perform as Tamino from Die Zauberflöte by W. A. Mozart,
and Sailor from Dido and Aeneas by H. Purcell in TCU Opera.
Alicia Cruz is a junior vocal performance major from San Marcos, TX, here
at TCU. She has been in several productions here including, Remove
Shoes Before Entering, The Italian Straw Hat, and Speed Dating. She is also
going to be a part of operas coming up later this semester, as well as
playing the mother in next semester’s production of Little Red Riding
Hood. Alicia has always loved performing, and her passion for music was
first realized while growing up singing and playing mariachi music. She
was a part of a mariachi band for almost 10 years. She is excited about all
the exciting things coming up this year for the opera program and is
grateful to be surrounded by a supportive and talented group of peers!

Alicia Cruz / Biograafia

Biograafia

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