Singer Soloist
Michael Chipman, singer
Mr. Chipman’s performance interests range from art song to Baroque music, to musical theatre to contemporary opera. He recently sang Schubert’s masterpiece, Winterreise with pianist Kimi Kawashima on the NOVA Chamber Music Series, recorded the role of Roderick Usher in Gordon Getty’s new opera Usher House with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and sang the baritone solo in Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem with Utah Chamber Artists. In November 2005, he made his Carnegie Hall debut singing the baritone solo in Haydn’s Mass in Time of War with the New England Symphonic Ensemble.
Mr. Chipman has performed twice as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, and he has sung with Hawaii Opera Theatre, Cincinnati Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland, Utah Opera, Lyric Opera of New York, Oberlin Opera Theater, Utah Festival Opera, and the Brevard Music Festival Opera. He has performed as a soloist with the Utah Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, National Chamber Orchestra, Oberlin Musical Union, and on seven international television and radio broadcasts with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He was a regional finalist in the 2001 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and made his New York operatic debut in 2002–2003 performing the roles of Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with Lyric Opera of New York.
Suzanna Guzmán, soloist
Two-time Emmy Award winner, Grammy nominee and named 2023 Hispanic Opera Legend by Los Angeles Opera, Suzanna Guzmán is an international soloist with orchestras and opera houses around the world. She rose to acclaim for her portrayal of Bizet’s Carmen (HGO, Kennedy Center, Opera de Nice: (“Fire-breathing, singing actress”..TIME ) and is dedicated to new opera works: notably the Duchess of Alba in Menotti’s GOYA, Paula in Catan’s FLORENCIA, Lucha in Yuval Sharon’s, HOPSCOTCH, Sheila in Eric Whitacre’s Gift of the Magi, The Banker in Nyman’s FACING GOYA, Luz in Benavides’ CARAVANA. A lifetime gem was as Marcellina in Ragnar Kjartansson’s epic12 hour performance of BLISS (3 minutes from Marriage of Figaro repeated in a loop for TWELVE hours straight) for the 2020 Fluxus Festival with LA Phil at Redcat. Also belting out Abuela Claudia in the 2022 production of In The Heights with The Rubicon. A national finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Competition, Guzmán is also a celebrated radio and PBS TV host, an arts education activist, garnering Mentor of the Year Award with Hispanic Scholarship Foundation and a Lifetime Achievement Award with the Nederlander Association for service to the arts and community. A member of the Los Angeles Music Center Education Division, she has performed her one-woman show, Don’t Be Afraid; It’s Just Opera! across the United States for over 500,000 inner-city students. More info? Visit www.suzannaguzman.com
Hannah Little, mezzo-soprano
Hannah Little’s performance career reflects her wide array of musical interests. As a recent transplant to LA, she is thrilled to be participating in her debut season with the Los Angeles Master Chorale. She finds another musical home in the thriving Chicago choral scene, performing regularly with the Chicago Symphony Chorus at Chicago Symphony Center and Ravina and the prestigious Grant Park Festival Chorus under the direction of Christopher Bell for the past decade.
Hannah made her solo debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall in December of 2023, performing the alto solos in Handel’s Messiah with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and orchestra. She enjoys solo work for large and more intimate audiences and has sung as the featured soloist with the Landowska Harpsichord Society, both as part of their annual jazz showcase and in their historical performance program Baroque Menagerie.
In a performance of Ernest Bloch’s Sacred Services with Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Hannah’s voice was said to be, “The missing human touch” that made a “disproportionately deep impression…her voice streamed to the outer reaches of the hall like sweet cream butter” - Lawrence Cosentino, Lansing City Pulse.
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