Doris Yarick-Cross, Artistic Director, Voice
Lili Chookasian, Voice
Richard Cross, Voice
Sherrill Milnes, Master Classes and Seminars
Douglas Dickson, Opera Coach & Scheduling
Eric Trudel, Vocal Repertoire & Opera Coach
Jonathan Kelly, Song Literature Coach
Marc Verzatt, Acting and Movement
Miriam Teitel, Managing Coordinator
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Doris Yarick-Cross (soprano), has appeared with most of the major opera companies in the United States, including the San Francisco, Chicago Lyric, and New York City, as well as companies in Europe, Australia, and Canada. She spent sixteen years in Germany where she sang leading roles in major opera houses. She has sung with the symphony orchestras of Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Quebec, Toronto, San Francisco, and the New York Philharmonic. She is well- known as a recitalist and has appeared in hundreds of concerts across the country. She has served on the faculty of the University of Texas and was head of the voice department at the University of Connecticut prior to coming to Yale. |
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Lili Chookasian (contralto), made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1962. She has appeared in this country with the Chicago Lyric, New York City, and San Francisco Opera companies, among others. Internationally, she has performed in Bayreuth, Salzburg, Hamburg, Florence, Buenos Aires, Montreal, and Barcelona. In concert she has sung with all of the major symphony orchestras in the United States, as well as the Berlin Philharmonic, under the world's most distinguished conductors. Miss Chookasian has recorded for CBS Masterworks, RCA, Columbia, Decca, MGM, and Deutsche Grammophon. In March 1985 she was selected by the American Vocal Academy to be in the newly initiated Hall of Fame of American Opera Singers. She previously taught voice at the Northwestern University School of Music. |
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Richard Cross (bass), made both his European and New York debuts in 1958. He has appeared with the opera companies of San Francisco, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Madrid, Cologne, Hamburg, Budapest and Washington, as well as with the New York City Opera. Mr. Cross has appeared at the Cologne Festival, the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, and the Schwetzingen Festival. He has sung with many of the major symphony orchestras, including Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Pittsburgh. Mr. Cross has recorded for London Records, RCA and Columbia. He has served on the faculties of the Hartt School of Music and the Boston Conservatory and is currently on the faculties of the Juilliard School of Music and SUNY Stonybrook. |