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Nathan Granner’s old school timbre and natural abilities are distinctive and rare.His voice has been described as buoyant, compelling, clean and resonant. Combining these qualities of tone with his exuberance and daring, he makes a captivating figure on any stage in every performance.

A native of the Midwest, Granner now lives in Kansas City, Missouri. He has made principal debuts with Wolf Trap Opera Company, Opera Theatre Saint Louis, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Tulsa Opera, Tampa Opera and the Pittsburgh Opera Center. He has performed with Glimmerglass Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Opera in the Ozarks and the National Symphony Orchestra. Granner has also collaborated with the Kansas City Ballet to bring three world premiere performances to life.

A native of Southern California, Daniel Montenegro recently completed his studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. This past season he appeared as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly and Ruggero in La Rondine. Montenegro has performed Tamino in Mozart's The Magic Flute and Sesto in Handel's Giulio Casare with the New Opera Festival di Roma and Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff. In 2000, Daniel was invited by the Cultural Center of Tokyo to perform in their recital series. Montenegro has studied conducting and served as assistant conductor for Summer Music West, from 2000 to 2001, where he conducted performances of La Boheme and Le Nozze di Figaro. Other operatic roles to his credit include the title role in Tales of Hoffman and Giles Corey in Ward's Crucible both with the Conservatory Opera Theater, as well as Flavio in Norma and St. Brioche in The Merry Widow with the Minnesota Opera as a Resident Artist.

Mauricio O’Reilly is a talented and vivacious tenor from New York City. Of Irish and Mexican descent — think Anthony Quinn circa 21st century — O’Reilly is making a name for himself in the demanding world of opera in the United States, thanks to his tour with the prestigious Santa Fe Opera Company. His performances in Europe include Puccini’s La Boheme and Verdi’s La Traviata in Milan and Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet in Budapest. A student at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City from 1998 to 2001, O’Reilly won the coveted Placido Domingo scholarship in 2001.

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