Mezzo-soprano JEAN BROEKHUIZEN will be performing in her second season at Stadttheater Augsburg, the roles of Rosina, Suzuki, Zweite Dame, Diana (Orpheus in der Unterwelt) and Mademoiselle Dangeville (Adriana Lecouvreur).

Mezzo-soprano BLYTHE GAISSERT is one of two recipients for the Daniel R. Mandelker & Marlene N. Harris Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, for the 2008 Outstanding Returning Studio Artists Award.

ELIZABETH KATARIA was a Prize Winner in the 2007 Coeur d'Alene Symphony Young Artist Competition.

Conductor ERIC DALE KNAPP is conductor and coordinator for the Choral Salute to the XXIX Beijing Olympics Concert of International Goodwill and Friendship with the Tiajin Symphony Orchestra.

Jazz pianist FRANK PONZIO wrote the music, Vavito's Blues, in the Campbell's Soup commercial on TV, with John Lithgow.

Baritone JUSTIN RYAN was one of the soloists on the New York Lottery holiday commercial, aired in December on the radio.

The SYBARITE CHAMBER PLAYERS were on the CBS Early Morning Show in August, live from the Aspen Music Festival.

The recently published book "U.S Foreign Policy in the Middle East" by Dr. Janice J. Terry acknowledges WADE ARTIST MANAGEMENT and MARTHA WADE for their contribution, comparing the "harmonious blend of numerous, seemingly disparate elements" of an opera production to the "complex interplay of numerous government agencies" of foreign policy..

Select Artist Events

ANDY ANDERSON
-Conductor for Floyd's Cold Sassy Tree with Amarillo Opera - April 2008
-Conductor for Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Theater of Lakeland - November 2008
-Conductor for Carmen with Rimrock Opera - March 2009
-Conductor for The Pirates of Penzance with Lyric Opera of Kansas City - April-May 2009

MARY ELLEN ASSUE
-Solo recital at Harmony Hall Regional Center (MD) - February 2008
-Clara (Porgy and Bess) with Fresno Grand Opera - May 2008

JASON BADGER
-Countertenor soloist in Handel's Messiah at the St. Petersburg Cathedral (FL) - December 2007
-Countertenor soloist in Bach's St. John Passion at the St. Petersburg Cathedral (FL) - March 2008
-Solo recital at the Salisbury House (IA) - April 2008

TIMOTHY BIRT
-Dancairo (Carmen) with Lyric Opera of San Antonio - September 2008
-Count Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Opera Theater of Lakeland - November 2008

TERESA BUCHHOLZ
-Mezzo-soprano soloist (Orfeo ed Euridice) with the Berkshire Bach Society - May 2008
-Carmen with Summer Opera Theatre Company - June-July 2008
-Hansel (Hansel and Gretel) with the Duke Symphony Orchestra - April 2008
-Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor) with Asheville Lyric Opera - January 2008

JEFFREY BUCHMAN
-Marcello (La Boheme) with Phoenix Metropolitan Opera - December 2007
-Zuniga (Carmen) with Intermountain Opera - May 2008

PETER CASTALDI
-Featured soloist in an Opera Gala with the LA Opera Orchestra in Palm Springs - February 2008
-Falstaff cover (Falstaff) with New York City Opera - February-April 2008
-Baritone soloist in B. Britten's War Requiem with the Westfield Symphony (NJ) - May 2008
-Falstaff (Falstaff) with Opera Roanoke - October 2008

TONYA CURRIER
-Soprano soloist in the Beethoven Ninth Symphony with the Augusta Symphony - February 2008
-Featured soprano soloist in Toledo Opera's Strauss Gala Concert - February 2008
-Soprano soloist in the Brahms Requiem with Joseph Flummerfelt conducting (GA) - Spring 2008
-Soprano soloist In the Faure Requiem and the Rutter Mass of the Children with MAP at Carnegie Hall - April 2008

FREDERICK FREY
-Baritone soloist with the NVAE in a concert in Plainview, LI - December 2007
-Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) with Commonwealth Opera - November 2008

BLYTHE GAISSERT
-The Israelitish Man (Handel's Judas Maccabeus) with Los Angeles Opera - January 2008
-Maddalena (Rigoletto) and Dorabella cov. (Cosi fan tutte) with Sarasota Opera - January-April 2008
-Suzy (La Rondine) with Sarasota Opera - March-April 2008
-Lucretia (The Rape of Lucretia) at the Aldeburgh Festival - October 2008
-Hansel (Hansel and Gretel) with Tulsa Opera - February 2009

CAMILLE GIFFORD
-Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors) with The Little Orchestra Society at Avery Fisher Hall - December 2007
-Berta (il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Regina Opera - February 2008

MADELEINE GRAY
-Mezzo soloist in the Beethoven Ninth Symphony with the York Symphony Orchestra - February 2008
-Gertrude (Romeo et Juliette) with Baltimore Opera - March-April 2008
-Berta (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Baltimore Opera - March-April 2009
-Mamma Lucia (Cavalleria Rusticana) with Toledo Opera - May 2008
-Mamma Lucia (Cavalleria Rusticana) with Washington National Opera - May 2008
-Duchess of Plaza-Toro (The Gondoliers) with the Young Victorian Theatre Company - July 2008

SUSAN HOLSONBAKE
-Adina (L'Elisir d'Amore) with Opera Santa Barbara - March 2008

PAUL HOUGHTALING
-Bass soloist in Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra in Carnegie Hall - December 2007
-Sir Joseph Porter (HMS Pinafore) with Nashville Opera - January-February 2008
-Stage director for The Gondoliers with the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre Young Artists - June 2008

ELIZABETH BEERS KATARIA
-Leonora (Fidelio) with Empire Opera - November-December 2007
-Featured soloist in an Opera Gala with the Gateway Classical Music Society (CT) - March 2008
-Soprano soloist in Beethoven's Ninth with the Gateway Classical Music Society (CT) - May 2008

JULIA KIERSTINE
-Lady Macbeth cover (Macbeth) with San Francisco Opera - November-December 2007
-Solo recital, "Songs of Storm and Hope", at the All Souls Unitarian Church, NYC - May 2008
-Soprano soloist in the Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Chattanooga Symphony - September 2008
-Tosca cover with San Francisco Opera - May-June 2009
-Leonora (IL Trovatore) with Opera Santa Barbara - 2010

RYU-KYUNG KIM
-Mezzo-soprano soloist with the NVAE in a concert in Plainview, LI - December 2007
-Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) with Fresno Grand Opera - February 2008

TIMOTHY LAFONTAINE
-Rucker Lattimore (Cold Sassy Tree) with Amarillo Opera - April 2008
-Sacristan (Tosca) and Bartolo (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Festival de Belle-Ile, France - July-August 2008.
-Schaunard (La Bohème) with Fresno Grand Opera - November 2008

SANG-EUN LEE
-Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Opera Theater of Lakeland - November 2008

MARK LIN
-Tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah with the Croton Chorale - December 2007
-Goro (Madama Butterfly) with Fresno Grand Opera - February 2008

NINA LORCINI
-Alto soloist in the Brahms Alto Rhapsody with the One World Symphony - March 2008

KERRI MARCINKO
-Leonora (IL Trovatore) with Toledo Opera - February 2008
-Soprano soloist in the Verdi Requiem with the Richmond Symphony - March 2008
-Featured soloist on an Opera Gala with East Texas Opera - March 2008
-Soprano soloist in the Faure Requiem with The Little Orchestra Society - April 2008
-Soprano soloist in New York City Opera's Composers' Showcase - May 2008
-Criseyde (Troilus and Criseyde) with American Virtuosi at Elebash Hall, NYC - April 2008
-Leonora (Il Trovatore) with Lyric Opera of San Antonio - June 2009

SARAH MATTOX
-Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) with the Eugene Opera - February-March 2008
-Mezzo-soprano soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Northwest Sinfonietta - April 2008
-Second Maid (Elektra) with Seattle Opera - September-October 2008
-Alto soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Yakima Symphony (WA) - February 2009

COLLEEN McGRATH
-Nora (Nora at the Altar-Rail) with the American Lyric Theater at Symphony Space - January 2008

DIANA McVEY
-Clorinda (La Cenerentola) with Opera Columbus - February-March 2008
-Cunegonde (Candide) and Mabel (Pirates of Penzance) with Light Opera Oklahoma - June-July 2008
-Soprano soloist in the Beethoven Ninth Symphony with the Rhode Island University Symphony - 2008
-Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor) with Salt Marsh Opera - October 2008
-Liu (Turandot) with Opera Columbus - February 2009

JON MORRELL
-Tenor soloist in the Verdi Requiem with the Gwen Gould Ensembles (NY) - August 2008
-Recital at St. John's Cathedral in London - June 2008

JAE-EUN PAIK
-Carmen with The National Opera of Korea - June-August 2008

JOHN PICKLE
-Kaspar (Amahl and the Night Visitors) with The Little Orchestra Society at Avery Fisher Hall - December 2007
-Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) with Mercury Opera - January 2008
-Fourth Jew (Salome) with Florentine Opera - February 2008
-Rehearsal Pollione (Norma) with Opera Company of Philadelphia - March 2008
-Cavaradossi (Tosca) with Opera Southwest - April 2008
-Tenor soloist in Schubert's Mass in G with MAP at Carnegie Hall - April & June 2008
-Tenor soloist in the Mozart Requiem with MAP at Carnegie Hall - May 2008
-Rodolfo (La Bohème) with Nevada Opera - February 2009
-Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) with Opera Southwest - March-April 2009
-Tenor soloist in the Verdi Requiem with the Baton Rouge Symphony - April 2009
-Cavaradossi (Tosca) with Opera Fort Collins - August 2009

KRISTEN PLUMLEY
-Featured soloist in Music from Sci-Fi Favorites (Jack Everly) with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - January 2008
-Soprano soloist in Handel's Sing Unto God Anthem and Mozart's Requiem with MidAmerica Productions in Carnegie Hall - February 2008
-Adina (L'Elisir d'Amore) with Greensboro Opera - November 2008
-Featured soloist in Music from Sci-Fi Favorites (Jack Everly) with the Edmonton Symphony - January 2009
-Featured soloist in Music from Sci-Fi Favorites (Jack Everly) with the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra - April 2009

FRANK PONZIO
-The Quando Swing with vocalist Rosemary Loar at the Laurie Beechman Theater (NYC) - Dec. 2007
-Duo recital with Alex Wu at Harmony Hall Regional Center (MD) - January 2008
-A Diva's Lament with vocalist Annie Kozuch at the Laurie Beechman Theatre (NYC) - February-March 2008
-Frank Ponzio Trio in concert at the New York Institute of Technology - April 2008
-Duo recital with Alex Wu at Florida Atlantic University - April 2008

MICHELLE RICE
-The Mother and the Witch (Hansel and Gretel) with the Bel Cantanti Opera - December-January 2007-08
-Mezzo-soprano soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass at Carnegie Hall with MidAmerica Productions - January 2008
-Mezzo-soprano soloist in Savitri (Holst) with The In Series - January 2008
-Anna (Jonathan Dove's Tobias and the Angel) with Opera Vivente (MD) - February-March 2008
-Mercedes and Carmen (cover) with Summer Opera Theatre Company (DC) - June-July 2008

JOHN RODGER
-Claudio cover with performance (Das Liebesverbot) with Glimmerglass Opera - June-July 2008
-Alfredo (La Traviata) with Miami Lyric Opera - 2008
-Tenor in Magic Flute arr. by Caraher (Goldilocks in Space) with Indianapolis Opera Ensemble - 2008

JUSTIN RYAN
-Baritone soloist in Handel's Messiah with Chelsea Opera - December 2007
-Baritone soloist in Schubert's Mass in G with MAP at Carnegie Hall - April & June 2008
-Horace Tabor (The Ballad of Baby Doe) with Chelsea Opera - May 2008

HEIDI SKOK
-Mezzo-soprano soloist in Handel's Sing Unto God Anthem and Mozart's Requiem with MidAmerica Productions in Carnegie Hall - February 2008
-Solo recital at LiveARTS (MA) - April 2008
-Cassandra (Troilus and Criseyde) with the American Virtuosi at Elebash Hall, NYC - April 2008
-Mezzo-soprano soloist in the Mozart Requiem with MAP at Carnegie Hall - May 2008

THE SYBARITE CHAMBER PLAYERS
-Showcase at the Museum for Sex (NYC) - January 2008
-Program at the Cutting Room (NYC) - January 2008
-Program at Caffe Vivaldi (NYC) - May 2008
-Concert at the Donnell Library Center (NYC) - May 2008

JOHN TIRANNO
-Tenor soloist in the Mahler Symphony No. 8, with the National Academy Orchestra, Hamilton, ON - August 2007
-Tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah with The Discovery Orchestra (NJ) - December 2007
-L'Indovino in Leoni's L'Oracolo with Teatro Grattacielo at Avery Fisher Hall - November 2007
-Tenor soloist in Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Vermont Mozart Festival - December 2007
-Frederic (The Pirates of Penzance) with the Vermont Mozart Festival - July 2008
-Tenor soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Vermont Mozart Festival - August 2008

JULIA TURNER COOKE
-Soprano soloist in Carmina Burana with National Chorale - April 2009

MICHAEL VENTURA
-Bass soloist in Eve Beglarian's "The Man in the Black Suit" at the Atlantic Center for the Arts (FL) - January-February 2008
-Il Re (Aida) with New Rochelle Opera - June 2008
-Sarastro (The Magic Flute) with Opera North - July-August 2008

ASHLEY HOWARD WILKINSON
-Ramfis (Aida) with El Paso Opera - August 2007
-Crown (Porgy and Bess) with Fresno Grand Opera - May 2008
-Osmin (The Abduction from the Seraglio) with Connecticut Opera - May-June 2008
-Ramfis (Aida) with Baltimore Opera - October 2008
-Osmin (The Abduction from the Seraglio) with Hawaii Opera - February 2009
-Sparafucile (Rigoletto) with Opera Naples - March 2009
-Crown (Porgy and Bess) with Baltimore Opera - May 2009

SCOTT WILLIAMSON
-Faust with Opera Notre Dame (IN) - April 2008
-Evangelist (St. John Passion) with the Masterworks Chorale and Orchestra (WV) - May 2008
-Tenor soloist in Prokofiev's cantata "They Are Seven", with the Bard Music Festival - August 2008
-Dr. Cajus (Falstaff) with Roanoke Opera - October 2008
-Tenor soloist in Britten's Serenade with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra - November 2008
-Cassio (Otello) with Opera Roanoke - May 2009

JENNIFER WINN
-Soprano soloist in Bach's b minor Mass with the Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra - May 2008
-Alice in Westergaard's Alice in Wonderland with Princeton University and CCO, at Symphony Space, NYC and Princeton, NJ. - May-June 2008

MARK WOMACK
-Featured baritone soloist at the Sanibel Music Festival (FL) - March 2008
-Count (The Marriage of Figaro) with Mississippi Opera - April 2008
-The Prince (Into the Woods) and Richard Henry Lee (1776) with Utah Festival Opera - July-August 2008
-Marcello (La Boheme) with Chattanooga Symphony & Opera - February 2009
-Fredrich Bhaer (Adamo's Little Women) with Syracuse Opera - May 2009

SUZANNE WOODS
-Soprano soloist for Nick Page's Nursery Rhyme Cantata at Carnegie Hall - November 2007
-Tosca with Opera Southwest - April 2008
-Soprano soloist in Schubert's Mass in G with MAP at Carnegie Hall - April & June 2008
-Anna Maurant (Street Scene) with Nevada Opera - April 2009
-Mimi (La Bohème) with Nevada Opera - February 2009

KRISTA WOZNIAK
-Soprano soloist with the NVAE in a concert in Plainview, LI - December 2007

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