Studio Series
The inaugural Studio Series features artist-curated performances showcasing the talents and creativity of each Studio Artist. Each recital centers on an individual Marion Roose Pullin Studio Artist and explores a wide range of repertoire from beloved operatic works to art song, musical theater, and contemporary selections, creating a musical journey shaped by each artist's unique vision.
Be sure to stay after the performance for a Meet and Greet with the Studio Artist!
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Estimated Running Time: 90 minutes including a 20 minute intermission (7:30-9 PM)
Performed with English and Spanish supertitles
Studio Series is made possible, in part, through generous support from an Anonymous friend of Arizona Opera.
Arizona Opera’s Marion Roose Pullin Opera Studio is made possible through the support of:
A gift in honor of Mario Manetti, Drs. Tom and Ginger Collier, Marlu Allan & Scott Stallard*, Ron & Kay McDougall, Roma Wittcoff, The Joseph And Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, Dimitri & Suzanne Haniotis, Anonymous, Linda Englander, Matt & Ann Melsheimer, Dr. Katherine Philippakis, Dr. Juliana Osinchuk, Dr. Judith G. Wolf-SPARK Founder, Les & Suzanne Hayt, and Eunice Feinberg.
Upcoming Performances
Studio Series: Jason Edelstein, baritone
PHOENIX: October 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM | Arizona Opera Center
TUCSON: September 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM | The Treasury 1929
1st Year Studio Artist
Sponsored by Roma Wittcoff
Jason Edelstein is a baritone from Paramus, NJ. This summer, Edelstein joins The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as a 2026 Gerdine Young Artist covering roles in both Roméo & Juliette and The Pirates of Penzance. After OTSL he returns to the Aspen Music Festival and School as a Renée Fleming Artist singing Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and covering Papageno in The Magic Flute.
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Studio Series: Rosario Armas, mezzo-soprano
PHOENIX: October 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM | Arizona Opera Center
TUCSON: November 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM | The Treasury 1929
1st Year Studio Artist
Sponsored by Drs. Tom and Ginger Collier
Soprano Francesca Herrera is a Marion Roose Pullin Opera Studio Artist with Arizona Opera. At the start of the 2025/26 Season, she made her house debut as Luisa in Héctor Armienta’s Zorro. In spring 2026, she returned as Clorinda in La Cenerentola. This summer Herrera joins Central City Opera as an Apprentice Artist covering with a performance of Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro.
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Studio Series: cAMERON hOWARD, TENOR
PHOENIX: January 7, 2027 at 7:30 PM | Arizona Opera Center
TUCSON: January 5, 2027 at 7:30 PM | The Treasury 1929
1st Year Studio Artist
Sponsored in part by Linda Englander, sponsored in part by Dr. Juliana Osinchuk
Tenor Cameron Howard is a versatile singer whose passion for storytelling stretches across all genres. He was most recently seen as Adolfo Pirelli in Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in a monumental collaboration between the departments of opera and musical theatre at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).
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Studio Series: jOSé Olivares, bass-baritone
PHOENIX: February 9, 2027 at 7:30 PM | Arizona Opera Center
TUCSON: February 11, 2027 at 7:30 PM | The Treasury 1929
1st Year Studio Artist
Sponsored by Marlu Allan
José Olivares previously served as the 2025/26 Bass-Baritone Young Artist with Fort Worth Opera this past Fall/Spring where he sang the roles of Ludovic in Belle et la bete and Yakuside in Puccini’s Madam Butterfly. Olivares also performed roles with Finger Lakes Opera as Simone in Gianni Schicchi and Count Ceprano in Rigoletto. During his time as a resident artist with Lyric Opera of Kansas City during the 2023/24 Season, he covered the role of Alfio in Cavalleria rusticana and performed Duke in Roméo & Juliette.
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Studio Series: Francesca Herrera, soprano
PHOENIX: March 23, 2027 at 7:30 PM | Arizona Opera Center
TUCSON: March 30, 2027 at 7:30 PM | The Treasury 1929
2nd Year Studio Artist
Sponsored by Ron & Kay McDougall
Soprano Francesca Herrera is a Marion Roose Pullin Opera Studio Artist with Arizona Opera. At the start of the 2025/26 Season, she made her house debut as Luisa in Héctor Armienta’s Zorro. In spring 2026, she returned as Clorinda in La Cenerentola. This summer Herrera joins Central City Opera as an Apprentice Artist covering with a performance of Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro.
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