Caleb Alexander is an award-winning lyric tenor native to the San Francisco Bay Area. Since his graduation from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2023, he has performed with a wide variety of operatic organizations across Northern California in a variety of roles. He worked as a teaching artist with the San Francisco Opera Guild for two years, going into schools and performing works such as L’elisir d’amore and La Cenerentola in collaboration with students to give them an opportunity to experience opera first-hand. He has performed with a wide variety of organizations, from traditional opera houses at San Jose Opera and Livermore Valley Opera to small, innovative opera companies such as the Santa Cruz Opera Project that prioritize audience interaction and new forms of presenting opera to the public. This year, he has had the privilege of performing as an Emerging Artist with Arcady International in Toronto, performing with West Bay Opera in their two 2026 productions, and making his debut as Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Verismo Opera. In addition to his vocal musicianship, he has over ten years of experience performing with the classical guitar.

American Soprano Brittany Hebel has garnered praise for her “rich and expressive” singing, “vocal agility and dramatic flair” (PopLifeSTL). Highlights from last season include the titular role in Victor Herbert’s Naughty Marietta at Winter Opera St. Louis, for which Ms. Hebel earned acclaim for her “ebullient spirit” to the dramatic “coloratura flourishes” of the role (KDHX). Ms. Hebel recently presented her solo debut at Carnegie Hall, as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Coronation Mass (K. 317) under the baton of Leslie Dala. In November 2024, Ms. Hebel returned to Winter Opera St. Louis as Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore, and in March 2025, she originated the role of Hilde in The Lady from the Sea at OPERA America’s National Opera Center in New York City.

Other recent highlights have included the role of Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel (Opera Theater Connecticut) and the soprano soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana (Greenwich Choral Society).

Ms. Hebel holds her M.M. from DePaul University in Chicago and is represented nationwide by Wade Artist Management.

Hailing from Memphis, Tennessee, tenor Christian Leon Patterson has delighted audiences across both the United States and Europe with his rich, full sound. He obtained his Bachelor’s of Music from Loyola University New Orleans, and Artist’s Diploma from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. A lifelong musical student, Christian has always been passionate about classical music education, and has taken joy in outreach programs throughout the country, such as Opera Creole, the Dallas Opera, and the Nashville Opera. Christian is experienced as a soloist and opera chorus member, having performed with New Orleans Opera, Cincinnati Opera, and, most recently, Atlanta Opera, as has taken his show on the road, performing throughout Italy, Austria, and the Czech Republic. Now, new to Brooklyn, New York, Christian is thrilled to continue broadening his horizons, while becoming intimately closer with the NYC classical music community.

“Movie star charisma,” wrote South Florida Classical Review of Eric Luis Viñas’s Sid in Albert Herring, while Schmopera praised his De Rocher in Dead Man Walking as “crooning” and “cocky,” noting that he “stole the show.”

A native of Palm Beach, FL and now based in New York City, baritone Eric Luis Viñas most recently performed Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with Teatro Grattacielo and Morales in Carmen with St. Petersburg Opera in summer 2025. In winter and spring 2025, he performed Sid in Albert Herring and Guglielmo Cecil in Maria Stuarda with Opera Baltimore, and appeared in the world premiere of Schiele in Prison, an operatic adaptation on the life of Austrian artist Egon Schiele, with the Neue Galerie in New York City. As a member of the apprentice program at Central City Opera, he appeared as Samuel in The Pirates of Penzance and Sid in La fanciulla del West. As a member of the studio program at Sarasota Opera, he performed Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and Morel in Thérèse, while also covering Escamillo in Carmen.

He is especially thrilled to soon make his operatic debut with New Camerata Opera.

American operatic baritone Eric McKeever has won consistent praise for his voice of “power and brilliance” (Chicago Tribune) and “considerable flexibility and a communicative presence enhanced by expressive, crystalline diction.” (Opera News)

Recent performances include singing The Pirate King in Opera Project Columbus’ The Pirates of Penzance, joining the Memphis Symphony Orchestra in partnership with Opera Memphis as a soloist in Amadeus: The Music and the Myth, making his house debut with Seattle Opera in Laura Kaminsky’s Lucidity, returning to Nashville Opera as Sir Joseph in HMS Pinafore, making a role debut as Talbot in Opera Baltimore’s Maria Stuarda, appearing as a soloist for Indianapolis Opera’s 50 th Anniversary Gala, making his debut with Ft. Worth Opera as Alidoro (La cenerentola) and appearing as Simone in Little Opera Theatre of New York’s Eine florentinische Tragödie.

He has appeared with The Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, Opera Columbus, Florentine Opera, Opera Delaware, Teatro Grattacielo, LA’s Pacific Opera Project, Salt Marsh Opera, Anchorage Opera, New York City Opera, and Indianapolis Opera.

Eric can be heard as Charlie/Agent in Kamala Sankaram’s Looking at You, available on the Bright Shiny Things label and recorded several roles for Experiments in Opera’s Aqua Net and Funyuns podcast opera.

Kelly Lam recently appeared in concert with the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra in the Czech Republic. She served as Assistant Conductor for the State Youth Orchestra of São Paulo, Brazil and Claudio Cruz on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in 2024. A Conducting Fellow with JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ms. Lam made her professional symphonic debut with the BPO in July 2022.

In 2024, Ms. Lam served as Assistant Conductor for Catapult Opera’s U.S. Premiere of Nadia Boulanger’s only opera, La Ville Morte, under Neal Goren. She assisted for Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Estates Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic in 2023. Currently, she is mentored by David Angus, Music Director of Boston Lyric Opera and Johannes Klumpp, Chief Conductor of the Heidelberger Sinfoniker.

Ms. Lam was a Carlos Miguel Prieto Conducting Fellow at the Orchestra of the America in 2024, becoming one of only three Conducting Fellows to receive their Artist Diploma with Distinction that season. She has participated in intensive masterclasses led by world-renowned conductors Alexander Shelley, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Marta Gardolińska, among others.

Ms. Lam received her Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from the Mannes School of Music, where she was winner of the Valerie Feuer Leadership Award and Deans’ Award. She is also a distinguished alumna of the Nadia Boulanger Institute in Paris, France, where she completed rigorous studies in counterpoint, solfège, harmony and score-reading.

Ms. Lam is a winner of the Elinor Nahm Prize for Excellence in Italian and has fine working knowledge of French, German and Spanish. Originally from Hong Kong, she grew up in the United Kingdom and is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. She holds degrees from Harvard and Cambridge in History of Art and Architecture, where she worked with renowned scholars Deborah Howard and Frank Fehrenbach.

©2021 by Kelly Lam.

Brandon Shaw McKnight is a New York City–based multi-hyphenate artist and Baltimore native whose work spans opera, theater, film, and movement. This production marks his New Camerata Opera debut. He is currently a Teaching Artist with Broadway Bound Kids and a fellow in the More Art Engaging Artists Fellowship. From 2023–2025, he served as the Crane Directing Fellow at Opera Columbus, where he directed a new production of La hija de Rappaccini.

His work in opera includes directing with Victorian Lyric Opera Company and performance and training experiences with Opera North, and he has been a longtime collaborator with Annapolis Opera. As a director, Brandon creates immersive, interdisciplinary work that reimagines classical opera through contemporary and culturally resonant lenses.

He has performed on Broadway, in regional theaters, and internationally, bringing a performer’s musicality and storytelling sensibility into the rehearsal room. His work is driven by a commitment to expanding access to opera and creating transformative experiences for diverse audiences.