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Denise Wernly Alsina

mezzo-soprano

Denise Wernly Alsina, an Albuquerque native, made her German debut with the Oper Leipzig in their production of The Canterville Ghost in 2015. She has since appeared with Opera Southwest in Bless Me, Ultima, sang the title role in their 2019 production of Maria de Buenos Aires, and Flora in their 2021 production of La traviata. Denise was an apprentice with the Santa Fe Opera in 2014.

Previous seasons have seen Ms. Wernly Alsina as Anna Gomez in The Consul, Gianetta in L’elisir d’amore, and as a soloist in Gershwin’s Catfish Row with Symphonic Band at Northwestern University. She holds her Master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music and her Bachelor of Music degree from Northwestern University. 

Denise Wernly Alsina

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Amy Huzjak
Jonathan Flaksman •••

Carla Lehmeier-Tatum
Ian Mayne-Brody
Dana Winograd
David Schepps
Lisa Collins
Elizabeth Purvis

BASS
Jean-Luc Matton •+
Zachary Bush
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Mark Tatum ••
Katherine Olszowka
Terry Pruitt
Frank Murry

FLUTE
Valerie Potter
Jiyoun Hur ••

OBOE
Kevin Vigneau
Amanda Talley

ENGLISH HORN
Melissa Peña ••+
Lauren Keating ••++

CLARINET
Marianne Shifrin •+
Lori Lovato •••
Timothy Skinner

E-FLAT CLARINET
Lori Lovato

BASS CLARINET
Timothy Skinner +
Cory Tamez ++

BASSOON
Stefanie Przybylska •
Denise Turner

HORN
Peter Erb
Allison Tutton
Katelyn Lewis •••
Maria Long ••••

TRUMPET
John Marchiando
Brynn Marchiando
Sam Oatts •••

TROMBONE
Aaron Zalkind
Byron Herrington

BASS TROMBONE
David Tall

TUBA
Richard White

TIMPANI
Micah Harrow

PERCUSSION
Jeff Cornelius
Kenneth Dean
Emily Cornelius

HARP
Matthew Tutsky

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