The Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Singer program has nurtured some outstanding artists. One of the most successful is Brandon Jovanovich.

Tenor Anthony León has gone from Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Singer in 2021 and 2022 to principal roles with LA Opera and summer festivals in Aix-en-Provence and Salzburg. He is set to make role and house debuts with the Dutch National Opera, Cologne Opera, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Recent Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Singers who have won major vocal competitions are almost too numerous to list. Here are some of the awards that these outstanding singers garnered in 2023.

Zachary Nelson’s career at the Santa Fe Opera began in 2012 when he was an Apprentice Singer. He will be back with us in 2024, singing the role of Herr von Faninel in Der Rosenkavalier.

An Apprentice Singer with the Santa Fe Opera in 2021 and 2022, Jonah Hoskins will star as Nemorino in the SFO’s production of The Elixir of Love, premiering on July 27, 2024.

A much-lauded mezzo soprano, Megan Marino is also an educator with a passion for promoting interactive musical experiences across multiple artistic genres of music and dance.

Baritone Luke Sutliff wowed the audience and the critics at the opening night of Orfeo this summer when he stepped in to substitute in the leading role,

Since leaving the Santa Fe Opera, former apprentice Patrick Guetti has performed important bass roles in both Opera Buffo and Opera Seria.

Once again, the Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Singers were well-represented at the Metropolitan Opera’s prestigious 2023 Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.

Once described as “the tallest guy on the stage,” tenor Richard Trey Smagur has performed Wagner in productions at the Metropolitan Opera and other prestigious venues. He returns to The Santa Fe Opera this summer to sing in the much-anticipated The Flying Dutchman.

A native of Montgomery, Texas, this talented tenor joins two former apprentices in the much-anticipated Santa Fe Opera production of The Flying Dutchman this summer.

This former apprentice is making his mark in Europe and the United States. Read about the busy career of Andrew Harris and view a video greeting from him.

Bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee was a Santa Fe Apprentice singer in 2014 and 2015. He returns to Santa Fe this summer in the role of the Flying Dutchman. Click below to view his video greeting.

What can this humble Apprentice Watch writer say about Joyce DiDonato? For starters, “WOW!”

Tenor William Burden was just beginning his impressive career when he was a Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Singer in 1990.

Soprano Sylvia D’Eramo was introduced to Santa Fe Opera audiences in 2018 and 2019 as one of our Apprentice Singers. Ms. D’Eramo will sing the role of Musetta in La bohème at the Met this year.

A quick look at Erik Van Heyningen’s Instagram page will tell you that he is a “dog person.” Indeed, he is the proud dad of a handsome pooch named Max. He is also an exceptionally talented bass baritone.

Anthony Robin Schneider makes his home in Frankfurt, Germany. A talented bass, he will sing the title role in Oper Frankfurt’s staging of Handel’s Hercules, opening in April 2023.

Profiled as a promising young artist in the June 2020 issue of Opera News, Jarrett Porter made it clear that the career he is pursuing has long been his destiny.

A proud daughter of Huntsville, Alabama, Susanna Phillips was one of the Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Singers in 2004.