Joanna Parisi, soprano, makes her West Bay Opera debut as Salome.
She sang Brünnhilde (Die Walküre) at Miami Wagner Institute and New York Dramatic Voices, Brünnhilde (Götterdämmerung) with the Moravian Symphony Orchestra, and Elsa (Lohengrin) at Utah Festival Opera. Ms. Parisi sang Elisabetta (Don Carlo) at Théâtre du Passage (Switzerland) and Opera Romana Craiova; Leonora (Il trovatore) at Teatro de Bellas Artes (Mexico City), the Ancient Roman Theater in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), and Teatru Astra (Malta); and Desdemona (Otello) at Teatro Politeama di Catanzaro (Italy).   She sang Tosca at Teatro Solís (Montevideo), Teatro di Pisa, and New York’s Central Park; Aida at Central Park and Teatro Antico di Taormina (Sicily); Norma and Madama Butterfly at Sarasota Opera; Abigaille (Nabucco) in Lausanne (Switzerland); Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana) at Teatru Aurora (Malta) and Théâtre de Vevey (Switzerland); Margherita (Mefistofele) at Théâtre du Passage; Carmen at Lotte Concert Hall (Seoul); Micaëla (Carmen) at Teatro Amazonas (Brazil); and Donna Anna and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) at Teatro Solís and Teatro Politeama di Catanzaro.  An alumna of the University of Pennsylvania (Engineering) and Purchase Conservatory of Music (Opera), she is a winner of the Maria Callas Award, the Metropolitan Opera Competition (NY District first place winner), and 2024 Lauritz Melchior–Wagner international finalist.

Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone, makes his West Bay Opera debut singing the role of Jochanaan in Salome. A native Iowan currently based in New York City, Mr. Sullivan has recently performed the roles of Jokanaan (Salome) with Heartbeat Opera, Harvey Milk (Wallace, Harvey Milk Reimagined, cover) with Opera Parallèle and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and The King (Benjamin, Lessons in Love and Violence) at the Tanglewood Music Center. He is also an avid interpreter of the concert repertoire, having performed numerous oratorios with the symphony orchestras of Alabama, Lincoln, the Quad Cities, and more. Mr. Sullivan was one of seven winners of the 2023 Astral Artists National Competition and has been awarded the Grace B. Jackson Prize for exceptional service at Tanglewood, third place in the Washington International Competition, third place in the Lyndon Woodside Oratorio Solo Competition, third place in the Orpheus Vocal Competition, and first place in the NATS National Musical Theatre Competition. He has held residencies at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and the Tanglewood, Ravinia, and Yellow Barn summer festivals.

Will Upham,  tenor,  makes his West Bay Opera debut singing the role of the Herod in Salome. Mr. Upham has appeared with Indianapolis, Dallas, Union Avenue, Des Moines Metro, and DePauw Opera Companies, Glimmerglass Festival, and La Musica Lirica (Italy), singing the roles of Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), Rev. Samuel Parris (The Crucible), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Le Prince Charmant (Cendrillon), Donald Hopewell (Moore, Gallantry), Herod (Salome), and Beadle Bamford (Sweeney Todd). He has understudied Steersman (The Flying Dutchman), Romeo (Romeo et Juliette), Rodolfo (La boheme), Alfredo (La traviata), and Tony (West Side Story). As tenor soloist on the concert stage, Mr. Upham made his debut with Masterworks Chorus as Jesus in Beethoven’s Christ on the Mount of Olives and Mass in C Major, also with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Additional credits include Haydn’s Creation, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, the Requiems by Howell and Schnittke, and Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien. A native of Franklin, IN, Mr. Upham completed a Performer’s Diploma at the I.U. Jacobs School of Music, Master of Music at Southern Methodist University, and Bachelor of Music at DePauw University.

Laure de Marcellus,  mezzo-soprano, returns to West Bay Opera to sing Herodias in Salome.  She made her WBO debut as the Countess in Pique Dame. Most recently she sang Emillia (Otello), Corpus Evita  (Corpus Evita, Franzetti) and Mary (Der fliegende Holländer) with WBO. Ms. de Marcellus sung the roles of Carmen and Dalila with Opéra Studio de Genève in Geneva, Brangaene (Tristan und Isolde) with the Volkstheater in Rostock, Germany and honed her craft at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin where she sang multiple roles, like Maddalena (Rigoletto), Smeton (Anna Bolena), Grimgerde (Die Walküre) and the Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte).

A native of Geneva, Switzerland, her concert repertoire has led her to sing, among others, Handel's Messiah, Beethovens’ 9th Symphony, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and Verdi’s Requiem with symphony orchestras in Spain, Austria, Serbia, Singapore and Switzerland. An enthusiastic recitalist, she toured in Madrid, Geneva, San Francisco and New York with a concert celebrating the release of her album, Pauline Inspired, a collection of French and Spanish melodies. She created and performed the show Pauline, Madly, most recently in Berlin, Germany. Ms. De Marcellus is an avid reader of historical biographies and loves to bake.

Brian Skoog,  tenor makes his West Bay Opera debut singing Narraboth in Salome. This season, he has performed Chester A. Arthur (The Ballad of Baby Doe) with Central City Opera, Tirsi (Euridice, Jacopo Peri) with Chicago’s Haymarket Opera and The Newberry Consort, Narraboth (Salome) with Union Avenue Opera, and the title role in the world premiere of The Higgler by Margi Griebling-Haigh. In concert, Mr. Skoog appears with the Bozeman Symphony (Requiem, Mozart ), Elmhurst Symphony (St. Matthew Passion, Bach), Toledo Symphony (Symphony No. 9, Beethoven; Messiah, Handel), Bach Cantata Vespers Chicago (Mass in B minor, Bach), the Niles Metropolitan Chorus (Coronation Mass, Mozart), and the West Shore Chorale (Dettingen Te Deum, Handel). Mr. Skoog also recently appeared as Ferrando (Così fan tutte) with Chicago’s Salt Creek Chamber Orchestra, Tempo (Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno, Handel) and Lurcanio (Ariodante) with Opera Neo, Mozart (Mozart and Salieri, Rimsky Korsakov) with The Cleveland Opera, and Jake (Second Nature, Matthew Aucoin) with Opera Fayetteville. Recent operatic seasons include performances with Central City Opera, The Cleveland Opera, Cleveland Opera Theater, Dayton Opera, Druid City Opera, Nashville Opera, Opera Fayetteville, Opera Neo, Pensacola Opera, Toledo Opera, and Utah Festival Opera. In recent seasons, Mr. Skoog has been a guest soloist with the Bozeman, Dayton, Greenville, Nashville, and Toledo symphony orchestras, and with the Heights Chamber Orchestra. He was the tenor soloist for the world premiere of Margaret Brouwer's environmental oratorio Voice of the Lake. His performance of “The Lake” was included on a 2022 album of Brouwer's compositions on the Naxos label.

Valérie Filloux,  mezzo-soprano, makes her West Bay Opera debut singing the role of the Page in Salome. Ms. Filloux’s appearances this season include Lazuli (L’étoile) with L'Opéra Comique de Washington and Griselda (The Snow Queen) with Bel Cantanti Opera. She also returns to Northern Virginia Chorale as Mezzo/Alto Soloist in Saint-Saëns' Oratorio de Noël and Brevard Music Center as the Alto Soloist in Handel's Messiah. Other recent roles include Annio (La clemenza di Tito) with dell’Arte Opera Ensemble, Mrs. Grose (The Turn of the Screw) with Opera Roanoke, Florence Pike cover (Albert Herring) with Opera Baltimore, Miss Goodrich (Cipullo, Mayo), Charity (Anything Goes), and the title role in Carmen (understudy) at the Seagle Music Festival.  Born and raised in Redwood City, Ms. Filloux completed her undergraduate studies at Northwestern University, earning a Bachelor of Music in Voice & Opera with department honors along with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. She went on to pursue her masters degree at the Maryland Opera Studio at the University of Maryland, College Park. 

Isaiah Musik-Ayala, bass, returns to West Bay Opera to sing the role of the First Soldier in Salome.  He made his WBO debut as Surin  (Pikovaya Dama), and he has since appeared as Ramfis (Aida), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Jochanaan (Salome), Oroveso (Norma), and Lodovico (Otello). A native of Northern California, Mr. Musik-Ayala most recently performed with Virginia Opera as Alidoro (La cenerentola) after debuting Orgon (Tartuffe) with Pocket Opera, and singing Lodovico with WBO. Earlier in the season, he sang the title role in Le nozze di Figaro with Greenville Symphony as well as Haly (L’italiana in Algeri) and the Bonze (Madama Butterfly) with Anchorage Opera. He recently made his début at the Los Angeles Philharmonic as The Groundskeeper in Oliver Leith’s Last Days, a new opera chronicling the last days of Kurt Cobain, under the baton of Thomas Adès. Other recent highlights include Rocco (Fidelio) with the Opera Company of Middlebury, Banquo in Heartbeat Opera’s Lady M, a reimagined adaptation of Verdi’s Macbeth, and Prince Gremin (Eugene Onegin) with Union Avenue Opera. Mr. Musik-Ayala is slated to sing Melisso (Alcina) this summer with Festival Opera in collaboration with the San Francisco Early Music Society.

Casey Germain,  bass,  returns to West Bay Opera to sing the roles of 2nd Soldier and 1st Nazarene. He most recently sang Abimelech and Old Hebrew in Samson et Dalila. He made his company debut as Juan Perón in Corpus Evita, and returned last season to sing Count Rodolfo in La sonnambula. Most recently, Casey sang The King of Egypt in Aida with Finger Lakes Opera and Elder Ott in Susannah with Opera Theater of St. Louis. He has also appeared in opera productions with Bel Cantanti Opera, University of Maryland, and New England Conservatory. Casey has performed the roles of Capellio in Bellini’s I Capuleti ed i Montecchi, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Gus O’Neil in Later the Same Evening, King Balthazar in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Littore in L'incoronazione di Poppea, the Jailer in Tosca, and Colline in La bohème. Mr. Germain received his Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory and Master of Music in Opera from the University of Maryland.

Arthur Wu,  tenor, returns to West Bay Opera to sing the role of 1st Jew in Salome. He appeared last season as the Notary (La sonnambula). He made his company debut as principal singer in the role of Goro (Madama Butterfly). He also sang in the ghost chorus of Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer. With the COSI summer opera program in Sulmona Italy, Arthur understudied Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore). He sang with the West Bay Opera Chorus in the 2016 production of Madama Butterfly and he has also sung with Opera San Jose chorus in Moby Dick. Arthur lives in Carmel, California and has a bachelor of arts from the University of California in Santa Barbara. Off the stage, he has worked with I cantori di Carmel as a soloist performing Hadyn’s Mass in B flat minor and Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem. For a few years as choir director at st. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Carmel Valley, he often sang arias from oratorios such as Handel’s Messiah, J.S. Bach’s Magnificat, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. This summer he also sang with the Carmel Bach festival chorus.

Carmello Tringali,  tenor, returns to West Bay Opera to sing  the role of the 2nd Jew in Salome.  The versatile performer and Bay Area native has taken on a wide variety of roles, voice types, musical styles and characters. He is also a guitarist and composer. Carmello has been a regular comprimario on the WBO stage, last seen as Roderigo (Otello). Roles performed with other companies include, Rodolfo (La boheme), Don Jose (Carmen), Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana), Koko (Mikado) Romeo (Gounod), Triquet (Eugene Onegin, Lensky cover), Candide, Grosvenor (Patience), Henrik (Little Night Music), among others. 

Caleb Alexander,  tenor, makes his West Bay Opera debut singing the roles of the 3rd Jew and the 2nd Nazarene in Salome. A native of Los Angeles, Caleb most recently premiered the role of Paul Schrade in Benavides’ Dolores with the 2025 West Edge Opera Festival. Other recent appearances include Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) with the Handel Opera Project, Tebaldo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi) and Alfredo (La traviata) with Verismo Opera, First Soldier understudy (Zorro, Armienta) with Opera San Jose, Eisenstein understudy (Die Fledermaus) with Santa Cruz Opera Project, Ramiro understudy (La cenerentola) and Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore) with San Francisco Opera Guild, Monostatos (Die Zauberflöte) and the Ballad Singer (Of Mice And Men, Floyd) with Livermore Valley Opera, Baron Beaucoup (The Three Feathers, Laitman) with Solo Opera, Mafia Guy and Grady understudy (The Shining, Moravec) with Opera Parallele, and Parpignol (La boheme) and Mercury (Orphée aux Enfers) with Pocket Opera. He was also a 2025 Emerging Artist with Arcady International.

Michael Orlinsky,  tenor/baritone, returns to West Bay Opera to sing the role of the 4th Jew in Salome. He previously appeared as Alessio (La sonnambula), Zio Bonzo (Madama Butterfly) and Bardolfo (Falstaff). With the Opera In The Schools Program he appeared as Papageno (The Magic Flute), and Bartolo (The Barber of Seville). His most recent performances have been with Contemporary Opera Marin in the role of Sam in Trouble in Tahiti, and Marin Oratorio singing the tenor in Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio. He has performed over 60 roles, with companies in Las Vegas, Chicago, and the Bay Area; including West Edge Opera, Livermore Valley Opera (LVO), West Bay Opera, Opera San Jose, Solo Opera, Island City Opera, the San Francisco Opera Guild (SFOG), The Lamplighters, Opera Cultura, Berkeley Chamber Opera, Pocket Opera and more. He has enjoyed singing such roles as Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), Ford (Falstaff), and others. Michael works often with new music as a composer and performer in classical, and contemporary styles. Movements from his Reqiuem will be premiered in early November by the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra.

Kirk Eichelberger,  bass, returns to West Bay Opera to sing the roles of the 5th Jew and the Cappadocian in Salome. Previous roles with West Bay Opera include Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Don Giovanni, Nick Shadow (The Rake’s Progress), The Four Villains (Les contes D’Hoffmann) and Colline (La boheme). A resident of San Jose, Mr. Eichelberger recently sang the role of Hagen (Götterdämmerung) and Hunding (Die Walküre) with the Wagner in Vermont Festival. With Manitoba Opera, he sang the roles of Alidoro (La cenerentola) and Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni). With Livermore Valley Opera, he sang the roles of Candy (Of Mice and Men, Floyd), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor). Mr. Eichelberger was a resident artist at Opera San Jose, where he has sung more than twenty roles. He has also sung with The Metropolitan Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Kansas City Lyric Opera, Vancouver Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Edmonton Opera, Washington Opera, Spoleto Festival USA, Opera Memphis and Virginia Opera.

Lydia Lathan, dancer, returns to West Bay Opera to dance in Salome. She was last seen in Samson et Dalila.  She has performed and choreographed with Boundless Bodies Contemporary Ballet and, while classically trained, she also pursues experimental approaches to movement and performance. In addition to her stage work, she has taught dance to children and young adults.Ms. Lathan earned her BFA in Dance through the Dominican University of California’s LINES Ballet program, where she specialized in contemporary ballet. She also holds early childhood education credentials from Theoria Technical College and currently serves as a preschool teacher. Her combined expertise in education and the arts continues to shape and inspire her creative practice.