AMICI presents a Twilight Concert of Opera on the lawn at Longue Vue
Elizabeth Peters
Hailing from the colorful, creative city of New Orleans, Elizabeth Peters is a classically trained coloratura soprano from the studio of Dreux Montegut. She graduated from Loyola University New Orleans with her Bachelor of Music.
She recently appeared in the chorus for New Orleans Opera’s performances of Donizetti’s L'elisir d'amore and Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites.
Elizabeth is currently a soprano section leader for churches in the Greater New Orleans area and is continuing her education at Loyola University New Orleans with a Master of Music in Vocal Performance.
Eva Daltoso
Eva Daltoso is a New Orleans-based mezzo-soprano and senior at Loyola University New Orleans, where she studies under Irini Kyriakidou-Hymel. She is a member of the New Orleans Opera Association Chorus and was recently featured as a nun in Dialogues des Carmélites. This fall, she will perform with the NOOA chorus in a semi-staged production of Il Trovatore. At Loyola University, Eva’s recent roles include Mrs. McLean in Susannah, Cupid in Orpheus in the Underworld, and L’Enfant in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges. She also performed the role of Mistress Benson in Lakmé with Chicago Summer Opera.
Brennan Shelby
Brennan Shelby, baritone, from League City, TX. Currently pursuing his master’s degree in vocal performance at Loyola University in the studio of Dr. Tyler Smith. He has performed multiple roles in the University’s opera workshop, including Le Arbrè from Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, Mercury in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, and Mr. McLean in Floyd’s Susannah. Shelby recently made his chorus debut with the New Orleans Opera Association (NOOA) in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites and will return this fall as part of the chorus for NOOA’s production of Il Trovatore.
Dr. Brandon Banks
Pianist Dr. Brandon Banks has his doctoral degree in Piano Performance, with a concentration in Collaborative Piano. He is a noted Hindemith scholar and is currently recording all of the works written for piano. He has compiled his first IPA transcription of Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna and will continue transcribing all of the vocal literature. His doctoral treatise focused on Hindemith’s song cycle Das Marienleben and is titled “Uncovering Word Painting and Motivic Structures within Paul Hindemith’s Das Marienleben.” He is a member of the music honor society Pi Kappa Lamda and a certified educator in the state of North Carolina. He currently serves as music director for the summer camp Belvoir Terrace in Massachusetts and as a staff pianist for Loyola University in New Orleans.