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Cecelia Tepping, First Lady Cecelia Tepping, soprano, was born in Virginia and raised on the Connecticut shoreline. A graduate of Syracuse University, she holds a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. Prior roles include Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Despina (Cosi fan tutte) and Frasquita (Carmen), as well Santa Chiara in the premiere of Il Poverello in Assisi, Italy. She has also served as cover forLe Feu (L’enfant et les Sortilèges). Central New York audiences have acknowledged Ms. Tepping as an accomplished Gilbert and Sullivan performer for her portrayals of Aline (The Sorcerer), Josephine (HMS Pinafore) and Pitti-Sing (The Mikado). This is Ms. Tepping’s second time on stage with Boheme Opera NJ, having sung in the chorus of Tosca during the company’s 22nd season. Other local chorus involvement includes Die Fledermaus and Carmen, both for Opera New Jersey. |
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Rachel Cetel, Second Lady Rachel Cetel, soprano, has been a proud member of Boheme Opera NJ since 2009 and appeared as The Young Shepherdess in Tosca last season. With Boheme Opera NJ, Rachel has also sung in the ensemble for The Pirates of Penzance and Messiah, and appeared as La Cugina in Madame Butterfly. In 2011, she performed in a concert production of Fidelio with “Edward Bogusz and Friends”. In addition, she has performed in numerous productions with Opera New Jersey over the last five years, most recently, as The Aunt in Madama Butterfly. Other performances with Opera New Jersey include ensemble in Die Fledermaus, Carmen, La Traviata, The Merry Widow, The Pirates of Penzance, Roméo et Juliette, and The Magic Flute, as well as such large choral works as Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang, Orff’s Carmina Burana and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. |
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Sarah Materniak, Third Lady She is fluent in Italian and is currently pursuing German instruction. She earned her B.M. in vocal performance from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. She is a private student of Ms. Katherine Johnson. |
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Grant Mech, Priest Grant Mech holds degrees in music education and voice performance and pedagogy from Westminster Choir College, where he studied with Margaret Cusack. An alumnus of Opera New Jersey’s young artist program, Grant has appeared in numerous operatic productions, including La Clemenza di Tito (Publio) and Le Nozze di Figaro (Bartolo) with dell’Arte Opera Ensemble in NYC, the title role in Don Giovanni with Delaware Valley Opera, Turandot (Mandarin) with New Rochelle Opera, The Pirates of Penzance (Police Sergeant) with Boheme Opera NJ, and La Belle Hélène (Agamemnon) with Opéra du Périgord in France. 2011 engagements included productions of La Serva Padrona (Uberto), La Cambiale di matrimonio (Tobias Mill), and Brahms' Requiem. Spring 2012 includes concert appearances with the Buck’s County early music ensemble La Fiocco and a presentation of Schubert’s Schwanengesang to benefit the Central Jersey Choral Society. Grant is the director of music at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Manhattan and the choral director at Pond Road Middle School in Robbinsville, NJ, where he staged numerous musicals including Beauty and the Beast and Elton John’s Aida, as well as the American premier of Karl Jenkins’ children’s opera Eloise. |
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Jared Salwen, Armored Man/Speaker Jared Salwen, Tenor, is a Vocal Performance major currently studying with Mark Moliterno at The College of New Jersey. Jared has performed frequently with the Central Jersey Choral Society as a soloist, having been the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, and Mendellsohn's Elijah. Jared has also sung the roles of Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte and Count Almaviva in Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia with TCNJ Lyric Theatre. Jared was seen last year as Spoletta in Boheme Opera NJ’s production of Tosca. Jared has been a member of the Boheme Opera NJ Chorus since 2002. |