American coloratura soprano Bailey Barnes is an up-and-coming musician known for her versatility in a wide range of genres. Bailey performs jazz, folk and classical music at a variety of venues around the Southwest. She is the founder of the Bailey Barnes Jazz Duo, which performs at venues around the Four Corners area. In January, 2023 she co-founded Opera on the Menu, an opera dinner theater in Albuquerque New Mexico, and performs with the company as a soprano soloist. She has been featured as a soprano soloist in recitals and productions with Fort Lewis College, the University of New Mexico, 3rd Avenue Arts, and performs as the soprano soloist with St. Francis Episcopal Church in Rio Rancho. Her operatic roles include Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro, Gianetta in L’Elisir d’amore, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors, and Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica. 

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This season, Bailey is thrilled to make her title role debut as Cendrillon in Pauline Viardot's unique operatic retelling of the classic Cinderella story.​

Amanda Porter is an American Coloratura Soprano based out of Albuquerque, NM. She is known for her dynamic agility and silvery coloratura, and for her intimate connection to text and character in opera, musical theatre, and art song. Amanda is a soloist at Central United Methodist Church, appears regularly in comprimario roles and in the chorus with Opera Southwest, and in principle roles at the University of New Mexico. Her roles include Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, La Fée in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Königin der Nacht and Erste Dame in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, and First Calavera in Rodríguez’s Frida. 

This season, Amanda will make her company debut as La Fée/Maguelonne in Virdot’s Cendrillon with Opera on the Menu, and will make her international debut as Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica with Opera Lucca.

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Bass-Baritone Javier Ortiz has played over 35 leading and supporting operatic roles and has appeared as a soloist in 15 major orchestral works with opera companies and orchestras across the United States.

Internationally, Javier performed "Mozart Arias and Duets" in concert at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, appeared as a soloist for the 25th Anniversary of the Netherlands Opera's residence in the Muziektheater, sang Sarastro's arias from Die Zauberflöte with the Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, and joined the Rotterdam Opera Days in concert and as Colline in La Boheme. He portrayed the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Pluton in La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers, and Colline in La Boheme with Opera Studio Nederland. Javier also toured Mexico with the Chicago Arts Orchestra as the bass soloist in Al Combate by Ignacio Jerusalem in celebration of UNAM’s designation as a UNESCO world heritage site.  

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American tenor Lore Alán has received acclaim in repertoire ranging from Mozart to works by Benjamin Britten.

Lore has sung with the Opera Southwest Chorus under Maestro Aaron Howe in their recent production of Rossini’s Le Comte Ory and the New Year’s Eve Gala. They will be joining the Santa Fe Opera Auxiliary Chorus in their 2023 Festival season for Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer.

Lore has performed leading roles with UWSP Opera Workshop and UNM Opera Theatre including Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Albert Herring (Albert Herring), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), and Monostatos (Die Zauberflöte). They made their international debut with the International Lyric Academy in Vicenza, Italy as the First Man in Armor (Die Zauberflöte). In 2022, Lore was a finalist in the Vocal Artistry Art Song Festival in New Mexico. They hold voice degrees from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (B.M. in Voice Performance) and the University of New Mexico (M.M. in Voice Performance).