Quintana Artist Management

04/24/2026

Congratulations to QAM tenor Spencer Britten and Boston Lyric Opera on tonight's opening of Donizetti's DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT.

The production, performed in English with dialogue by Kirsten Greenidge, is conducted by Kelly Kuo and directed by John de los Santos. The event also marks a role and house debut for Britten (who previously covered the role at Lyric Opera of Chicago). Three additional performances will take place at the Emerson Colonial Theatre on April 26 and May 1 and 3.

03/28/2026

Congratulations to QAM tenor Ben Gulley on opening AIDA with Anchorage Opera this evening in a collaboration with the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. Gulley has previously brought the role of Radamès to life with Fort Worth Opera and Opera San Luis Obispo.

The one-night-only performance is directed by Ben Robinson and conducted by Elizabeth Schulze, and Mr. Gulley is joined by soprano Symone Harcum in the title role and Audrey Babcock as Amneris.

03/27/2026

All the tois to two QAM artists opening CARMEN with Piedmont Opera tonight: Dean Anthony directing and Richard Ollarsaba, Bass-baritone singing Escamillo.

Mr. Anthony has been celebrated for his energetic, gritty, and physical directing style, and this CARMEN is no exception. It features a custom production design in collaboration with Knoxville Opera, where he serves as Producing Director.

Escamillo is a hallmark role for Mr. Ollarsaba. He has portrayed the glamorous, self-confident toreador with companies including Nashville Opera, Hawai’i Opera Theatre, Charlottesville Opera, Opera Columbus, The Glimmerglass Festival, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Portland Opera, Kentucky Opera, Minnesota Opera, North Carolina Opera, Tulsa Opera, Annapolis Opera, and the Bar Harbor Music Festival.

03/25/2026

Today's performing artists face countless hurdles and are required to develop a tenacity and fortitude that most can barely imagine.

Toni Marie Palmertree, Soprano recently shared her incredible story with the team at OperaWire. The artist's bravery and grace in the face of adversity, both onstage and off, offer insights into just how impactful her principal role debut this Saturday evening at The Metropolitan Opera as Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly will be.

A soprano known for her “tender and expressive voice” (SF Examiner) Toni Marie Palmertree is described as giving "riveting" performances of Tosca, Donna Elvira, and Nedda across America.

03/20/2026

This evening, QAM artist Cecilia Violetta López, Soprano opens LA TRAVIATA with Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, performing her signature role of Violetta. Led by conductor Sahar Nouri and directed by Joshua Borths, Ms. López is joined onstage by Edward Graves as Alfredo and Andrew Manea as Germont.

López has received numerous accolades for the role, which she has now performed in fifteen previous productions and engagements with companies including Houston Grand Opera, Opera Orlando, Pacific Symphony, Minnesota Opera, Opera Colorado, Opera Tampa, Opera Idaho, Charlottesville Opera (formerly Ash Lawn Opera), The Northern Lights Music Festival, Madison Opera, Virginia Opera, Florida Grand Opera, and Opera Las Vegas.

The 2025-2026 season has opened a thrilling new door for Ms. López with her recent appointment as General Director and CEO of Opera Las Vegas, with whom she is performing the role of Nedda in PAGLIACCI this June opposite QAM tenor Ben Gulley as Canio.

03/14/2026

Happy Opening to QAM bass Brian Kontes in the final production of Sarasota Opera's 2026 Winter Opera Festival: SUSANNAH. Mr. Kontes debuts the role of Elder McLean with stage director Martha Collins and conductor Jessé Martins.

Carlisle Floyd's opera takes place in 1950s rural Tennessee and follows an innocent young woman as she falls under the jealous scrutiny of her rural Appalachian community. The production honors the 100th anniversary of Carlisle Floyd's birth, which coincides with the Florida festival's celebration of 100 years in the Sarasota Opera House.

This season's Winter Opera Festival has also also featured performances of LA BOHÈME (in which Mr. Kontes performed the role of Benoit) and THE MERRY WIDOW (led by QAM conductor Anthony Barrese).

03/07/2026

This evening, Washington National Opera celebrates its 70th anniversary with an opening performance of TREEMONISHA featuring QAM mezzo-soprano Tichina Vaughn performing the role of Monisha in her WNO debut. In a true full-circle moment, the production is being presented in Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University – the same venue where WNO gave its very first performances 70 years ago!

The opening showcases a newly commissioned adaptation of Scott Joplin's unfinished opera. Composer Damien Sneed and playwright Kyle Bass have completed Joplin's work into this fully realized production, directed by Denyce Graves and conducted by Kedrick Armstrong. The opera blends ragtime, Black folk-songs, spirituals, ballet, and traditional operatic elements in telling the story of Treemonisha, an educated freedwoman on a former plantation in 1884, as she challenges superstition and defies conjurers to become her community’s teacher and leader. The production also features Viviana Goodwin in title role and Justin Austin as Remus.

02/28/2026

Happy Opening to QAM bass-baritone Donovan Singletary, performing the role of Crown in Lyric Opera of Kansas City's production of Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS. The work is being produced for the first time in Lyric Opera's history, and is conducted by Michael Ellis Ingram and directed by Francesca Zambello.

This is a house debut for Mr. Singletary, but he is no stranger to the quintessential American opera, having portrayed both Jake and Crown in productions worldwide with companies including The Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, De Nationale Opera - Dutch National Opera, The Atlanta Opera, Grange Park Opera, Opera Carolina, and North Carolina Opera.

02/28/2026

This evening, QAM bass Zachary James reprises his signature role of Amenhotep III (The Scribe) in Philip Glass' AKHNATEN with LA Opera, alongside countertenor John Holiday in the titular role and conductor Dalia Stasevska in the pit. Director Phelim McDermott revives his visually arresting production, replete with soaring acrobats, astonishing jugglers, and towering sets.

Originally scheduled for six performances, and overwhelming demand for tickets inspired the addition of a seventh show. The production runs through March 22nd.

Mr. James most recently performed the role last fall in Barcelona with Gran Teatre del Liceu, and will reprise it at Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam this summer (having previously performed it there in 2016, as well as at The Metropolitan Opera in 2019 and 2022, and English National Opera in 2023).

James, who is a BroadwayWorld Vocalist of the Decade, was the recipient of a GRAMMY award in 2022 (Best Opera Recording) for his collaboration on the Metropolitan Opera's recording of the production, further cementing his association with both Glass' compositions in general and this work in particular.

02/28/2026

Detroit’s Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts has launched a new Classic Opera Series, bringing opera back to the Music Hall for the first time in thirty years. Tonight, they present a star-studded, one-night-only concert production of Puccini's TURANDOT featuring Christine Goerke, Latonia Moore, Limmie Pulliam, and QAM artists Jason Ferrante and Richard Ollarsaba, Bass-baritone singing Pong and Ping, respectively. Ferrante has performed the role previously, (under the baton of Lorin Maazel in Guangzhou, China) and this is an important role debut for Ollarsaba.

The event is notable for numerous reasons: aside from marking 100 years since TURANDOT's premiere in 1926, it will also feature a newly commissioned, 40-piece reduction of the original arrangements by David Karp. Tois all around to everyone involved!

02/22/2026

This evening, AIDA opens at Opera Southwest, featuring Dane Suarez, tenor making his role debut as Radamès and Peter Morgan Bass Baritone making his house and role debut as the King of Egypt.

Suarez most recently performed with the company in last season's world premiere of Adam Del Monte's LLANTOS 1492.

Verdi’s grand opera features soaring voices, powerful choruses, and unforgettable drama, with four performances through March 1st in Albuquerque. This new production is directed by Octavio Cardenas and conducted by Stefano Sarzani, with Michelle Johnson in the title role and Olivia Vote performing the role of Amneris.

02/15/2026

The QAM roster is proudly representing in San José! Happy Opening to CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and PAGLIACCI with Opera San Jose, featuring four QAM artists: mezzo-soprano Jill Grove singing Mamma Lucia, Christopher Oglesby, tenor singing Turridu (a role debut!), tenor Ben Gulley singing Canio, and baritone Luis Alejandro Orozco singing Silvio. With five performances through March 1st, the double-bill showcasing Italian versimo at its best is conducted by Alma Deutscher and directed by SJO's General Director, Shawna Lucey.

Ms. Grove, Mr. Gulley and Mr. Orozco are all making house debuts, while Mr. Oglesby was seen earlier this season in San José's MADAMA BUTTERFLY, singing the role of Pinkerton.