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debut, Shafer has garnered acclaim for her silvery voice, fearlessly committed acting
and phenomenal technique. She spends much of her time on the concert stage and has
appeared with orchestras in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Los
Angeles, with leading conductors such as Christoph von Dohnanyi, Bernard Labadie,
Robert Spano, Sir Donald Runnicles, Michael Tilson Thomas, David Robertson and Sir
Andrew Davis.
ARNOLD LIVINGSTON GEIS Tenor
Praised by Opera Today for his “sizable lyric instrument” and
“honeyed tone on all registers,” in the 2024-25 season tenor
Arnold Livingston Geis returns to the role of Josef Bader
in Zigman’s Emigré with Beijing Music Festival, Deutsches
Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Hong Kong Philharmonic. He
also joins Opera Carolina for Rodolfo in La bohéme, Cincinnati
Opera for Motel in Fiddler on the Roof, Opera in the Heights for
his first performances of Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, San Francisco Symphony for
Carmina Burana, and the Baltimore Symphony for Tenor I in Stravinsky’s Renard. Last
season, he sang performances of Carmina Burana with both the Phoenix Symphony
and Erie Symphony.
DAVID ADAM MOORE Baritone
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer lauds baritone David Adam Moore
for his “enviable swagger coupled with a subtle musicality and
big, handsome voice.” In the 2024-25 season, he joins REDCAT
and LA Opera for the West Coast premiere of Kouyoumdjian’s
Adoration and San Francisco Opera for their production of
Dead Man Walking. Last season, he reprised his acclaimed
performances of David T. Little’s monodrama, Soldier Songs, with Chicago Opera
Theater, and returned to the Metropolitan Opera for their production of Dead
Man Walking. Other recent credits include Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named
Desire with Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, the title role of Eugene Onegin with
Atlanta Opera, and Lieutenant Audebert in Silent Night with Austin Opera. Moore
made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Colonel Alvaro Gomez in Thomas Adès’
The Exterminating Angel after creating the role in the world premiere at the 2016
Salzburger Festpiele and subsequent performances at the Royal Opera House at
Covent Garden..

NEW WEST SYMPHONY CHORUS
DR. WYANT MORTON Director
The New West Symphony Chorus is a
group of dedicated skilled volunteer
members who make performances of
choral works for New West Symphony
possible. The chorus members go through a competitive audition, rehearse and
perform throughout the season. The New West Symphony Chorus has been led by
Chorus Director Dr. Wyant Morton since 2023.
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