Former Young Artists

Former Seagle Music Colony Artists are now performing in opera houses throughout the United States and across the world including The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Glimmerglass Opera and many others.  Other former artists have had leading Broadway roles and many are teaching vocal arts and theatre related subjects at the college level.

Spotlight on Carlos Monzón, bass-baritone

Seagle Music Colony audiences will remember Mexican bass-baritone Carlos Monzón for his portrayals of Frank Maurrant in Kurt Weill's Street Scene in 2001 and Don Alfonso in the concert production of Mozart's Così fan tutte in 2002. 

Since his two summers at Seagle, Carlos continues his ascendant career with steady step.  He has been a young artist with some of the most prestigious young artist programs in the country including Des Moines Metro Opera (2005) where he covered The Four Villains in The Tales of Hoffman, the Merola Opera Program of San Francisco Opera (2008) where he performed Leporello in Don Giovanni, and Wolf Trap Opera  (2009) creating three principal roles including Colline in La bohème, and a return to the role of Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte.

As an artist in residence during Florida Grand Opera's 2008-2009 season, he performed four mainstage roles including Alidoro in La Cenerentola and Antonio in The Marriage of Figaro.  Carlos has also performed widely with regional opera companies like Spokane Opera, Opera Plus! in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Pensacola Opera and Opera Idaho.

Carlos' time at Seagle Music Colony was not only a life-changing experience on a professional level, but also on a personal level since it was during his second season here that he met his wife, soprano Kimberly (Walker) Monzón.  Carlos and Kimberly recently moved from the Seattle, WA area to New York City where he seeks to consolidate his career with access to first level coaches, managers and audition opportunities.

Keep an eye out for Carlos at an opera company near you!

Here are some other former Seagle Music Colony aritsts to watch for:

Sean Panikkar, tenor (2002)- website
Ava Pine, soprano (2005, 06) - website
Javier Abreu, tenor (2000, 01) - website
Jesus Garcia, tenor (1998) - website
Matt Morgan, tenor (1999) - website
Christopher Temporelli, bass-baritone (2001, 02) - website