Anna Caplan is a Southern California-based mezzo soprano. Roles have included Hansel (Hansel & Gretel) with Lyric Opera of Orange County, Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) with Opera Italia, Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Dido (Dido & Aeneas), and Phaedo (Socrate) with East Village Caravanserai. She is a roster member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and performs with Choral Arts Initiative, Tonality, Resonant, Long Beach Camerata, and Laude. She has sung background vocals for Christina Aguilera, Tiësto, The Who, Sarah Brightman, and Josh Groban. Anna holds a BM in Vocal Performance and MM in Vocal Chamber Music, both from the University of Redlands.

Andrea Church Durant is a collaborative pianist, vocal coach, and répétiteur with extensive experience in opera, musical theater, sacred music, chamber music, and choral performance. She’s held accompanist positions at California State University, Dominguez Hills, University of Southern California, Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University, and Southern Utah University. At USC, she served as music director and accompanist for the 2024 Thornton Chamber Opera Scenes, and UVU Music Director for the Musical Theatre Department. International highlights include work with the Mediterranean Opera Studio and Festival as well as tours in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. Awards include the Encrantz Professional Fellowship at the Hawaiʻi Performing Arts Festival. Andrea is delighted to join Lyric Opera of Orange County’s Emerging Artist Studio as a Collaborative Piano Fellow.

Soprano Virginia Douglas is passionate about storytelling and forging connections through music. In 2026, she covered the roles of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, and the title role in James Domine’s Luke and Sarah with Guild Opera Company. In 2025, she sang with Long Beach Opera in their production of El Relicario de los Animales. A recent graduate of UCLA, Virginia sang the title role in Dido and Aeneas (2023), premiered the role of Maria Maladetto in Richard Danielpour’s The Grand Hotel Tartarus (2024), and performed Evanco in Rodrigo (2025) with Opera UCLA.