In the 2011-12 season Jennifer Casey Cabot sings as soloist in Messiah with the National Philharmonic, Stan Engebretson conducting, and as soloist in an evening of Russian music for the Russian Chamber Art Society of Washington, DC. She also performs as Rosina with Opera Lafayette, in a semi-staged production of Paisiello's Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Her recent successes include singing Giulietta in Casanova's Homecoming with Minnesota Opera; appearing as soloist in Messiah with the Nashville Symphony, Verdi's Requiem with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with Oberlin Conservatory of Music; returning to the Metropolitan Opera roster, and to San Diego Opera as Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes; her debut with Minnesota Opera as Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and singing as soloist in Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass and Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.

Other career highlights include joining the roster of the Metropolitan Opera for their production of Le nozze di Figaro, a return to the National Symphony Orchestra as soloist in Messiah, appearing in recital for Yale University at Carnegie's Weill Hall, featuring music by Charles Ives, performances of Konstanze with Florida Grand Opera, Countess in Le nozze di Figaro at Boston Lyric Opera, and Violetta in La traviata in a return to Central City Opera. Other highlights include performances of well known Mozart, Puccini, and Verdi heroines on leading stages throughout the country. Before returning to Boston Lyric Opera last season as the Countess, she appeared with the company as both Konstanze and as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte. She has performed the roles of Konstanze, Countess, Violetta, and Don Giovanni's Donna Elvira at the Washington National Opera and, following her debut at New York City Opera as Donna Elvira, she returned to NYCO to perform Violetta and the role of Musetta in La bohème. She has also joined San Diego Opera to portray Fiordiligi, Donna Elvira, and the role of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, also performing the latter two roles with Arizona Opera.

Other operatic credits include the roles of Mimi in La bohème and Leila in Les Pêcheurs de perles with Calgary Opera, the title roles in Manon with Piedmont Opera and Susannah with Kentucky Opera, Alma in Hoiby's Summer and Smoke with Central City Opera, and the role of Margaret Elliot in the world premiere of Willa Cather's Eric Hermannson's Soul with Opera Omaha. She has performed the role of Violetta at the Opera Company of Philadelphia, the Opera Company of North Carolina, and the Utah Festival Opera and made her debut with Vancouver Opera in the role of Fiordiligi.

Ms. Cabot's concert repertoire includes performances of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Mahler's Symphonies No. 4 and No. 8, and Mozart's Exsultate, Jubilate, among others. Recently, Ms. Cabot performed the role of Konstanze in a concert version of Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the National Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin. Ms. Cabot has performed in concert with the Megaron Orchestra at the Athens Concert Hall as First Lady in Die Zauberflöte under Sir Neville Marriner, the Masterwork Chorale in Mozart's Mass in C Minor, and has appeared in a New Years' Eve gala concert and an all-Mozart program with the Saint Louis Symphony. She has also sung Strauss's Four Last Songs and Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras, both with the Norwalk Symphony. Ms. Cabot is featured on the Naxos label's eight-volume collection of Charles Ives songs in the series "American Classics," released in 2008.

In Europe, Ms. Cabot was a resident soloist at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Staatstheater Braunschweig, as well as a guest artist in Bern and at Dresden Semperoper. She recently returned to Germany for a concert of arias and duets with Placido Domingo, the success of which led to a gala concert with Mr. Domingo in Japan.

A New York native, Jennifer Casey Cabot studies with Doris Yarick-Cross. She holds both Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Oberlin College, as well as a master's degree from the Yale School of Music.

She is looking forward to singing the role of Sarah in Argento's Miss Havisham's Fire as part of the University of Maryland's Argento Celebration this spring, as well as her company debut with Urban Arias as part of their 2012 festival season in The Filthy Habit by Peter Hilliard and Matt Boresi. This summer, Monica will be an Apprentice Artist at Central City Opera where she will perform the roles of Mrs. Gobineau in The Medium, Kate in Oklahoma! and cover Mrs. Grose in Britten's A Turn of the Screw. She has performed the roles of Paula in Florencia en el Amazonas and Dido in Dido and Aeneas, and was chosen as a finalist for the Virginia Opera Bravissimo Society competition in 2011.  

Ms. Soto-Gil received her Bachelor of Music from New England Conservatory of Music in Vocal Performance and earned her Master of Music in Opera Performance as a member of the Maryland Opera Studio, where she studied with Delores Ziegler. She currently studies with Elizabeth Daniels and resided in the D.C. Metro area where she teaches and performs regularly.

The Washington Post describes tenor Timothy Augustin as an “outstanding performer” who possesses a “particularly lovely voice.” Hailed for his artistry, Mr. Augustin has won numerous awards and competitions including The Washington International Competition for Singers.

He is a past national finalist in the Ryan Opera Center for American Artists of the Lyric Opera of Chicago auditions, as well as winning several awards from The Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions among many other honors. He has performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, on all of the stages at The Kennedy Center in Washington, The Mormon Tabernacle, The Ordway Theater in St. Paul and many others.

Mr. Augustin's numerous television appearances include ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Today Show, The CBS Morning Show and ABC’s World News Tonight. His many radio broadcasts include: Tenor Soloist in the world premiere of Nick White’s Full Freedom at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, which was broadcast on NPR.

Well-known for his operatic versatility, Mr. Shaffran has performed roles with virtually every opera company in the Washington, DC area, as well as several other East Coast companies. He has shared the stage as principal with Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sherrill Milnes, Samuel Ramey and Denyce Graves - a veteran of over 250 performances and over 50 principal roles with Washington National Opera.