Nicole Christine Pantos Soprano

Lyric soprano Nicole Pantos performs opera, classical concert repertoire, as well as jazz. Ms. Pantos holds both a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Vocal Performance Certificate from Princeton University. She is currently a candidate for a Master of Music Degree at Manhattan School of Music where she studies with Ted Puffer. Ms. Pantos recently appeared as "Grete" in Manhattan Opera Troupe's production of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. In opera scenes concerts, she performed the roles of Pamina, Fiordiligi, and Leonora and also appeared in the American Repertory Ballet's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream singing First Fairy in Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music. Ms. Pantos's concert experience is extensive -- she has soloed with ensembles such as the Russian Chamber Choir of New York City, the Metropolitan Greek Chorale, and the Princeton University Glee Club. She debuted numerous world premieres at composer concerts and offered many public recitals through the sponsorship of "Friends of Music at Princeton." A soloist in the a cappella jazz ensemble, Katzenjammers, Ms. Pantos toured internationally and performed at venues such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting. Ms. Pantos has distinguished herself musically with numerous honors including an Aspen Festival Scholarship, membership in the TRI-M Music Honor Society, selection to the All-Eastern Honors Choir, and recipient of a Certificate of Excellence in the Westminster Choir College Piano Competition. Her academic awards include scholarship grants from AT&T, Tylenol, and the State of New Jersey. Formerly a grantee in the program, Ms. Pantos is currently advising the Women's International Leadership Program, an international organization that prepares outstanding women to be forerunners in their field of focus.

Christina Rohm Soprano

Christina Rohm is a Greek-American soprano from the Shakeloris/Christodoulos families and has a wide-range of performance experience on both the opera and concert hall.  She has performed with the Dicapo Opera Theater, Dicapo Opera Outreach, the National Lyric Opera, Riverside Opera, Opera for the Young, Michigan Opera Works, the National Opera Conference, Pacific Opera Company, the Hellenic Music Foundation, University of Michigan Productions, Moody Productions, and South Suburban Opera. Ms. Rohm's opera credits include Cio-Cio San (Puccini's Madama Butterfly), Nedda (Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci), Marguerite (Gounod's Faust), Estrella (Offenbach's La Perichole), Fiordiligi (Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte), Pamina (Mozart's The Magic Flute), Fidelia (Puccini's Edgar), Belinda (Purcell's Dido & Aeneas), Phyllis (Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe), the First Lady (Mozart's The Magic Flute), Mother (Puccini's Madama Butterfly), Fosca's Mother (Sondheim's Passion), the White Witch (McCabe's The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe), Mrs. Gleaton (Floyd's Susannah), and the Second Lady (Mozart's The Magic Flute). Upcoming engagements include Pamina (The Magic Flute) with the Dicapo Opera Theater, Nedda (I Pagliacci) with the Manhattan Chamber Opera, and Mimi in a concert version of Act I (La Boheme). Ms. Rohm is an active recitalist and has performed art song and operatic recitals throughout New York, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Her oratorio credits include Faure's Requiem, Mendelssohn's Elijah, and Handel's Messiah, many of which were broadcast on WMBI 90.1 FM in Chicago. Ms. Rohm was awarded 2nd Place in the Dicapo Opera Vocal Competition, was named as a finalist in the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Competition, and was also a NATS winner in the Illinois district. Ms. Rohm was pleased to serve as a soloist for Pacific Opera's Great Moments in Music in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and was also a featured soloist in the Verismo Opera Scenes/Pagliacci production with the National Lyric Opera Tour. She has also toured extensively as a soloist with the Moody Chorale in England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Hong Kong, Korea, and Taiwan, and is featured on several recordings including Handel's Messiah (Moody Productions), Light Everlasting (Moody Chorale), and Romantic Greek Nights (Hellenic Music Foundation). Ms. Rohm earned her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI and her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL.

Heather Sarris Soprano

Heather Sarris a "full, bright soprano with a winning stage manner" said the New York Times of her Town Hall debut as Rachelina in LA MOLINARA by Giovanni Paisiello. The American Record Guide wrote, "Heather Sarris sparkled as the miller maid, and her bright, flexible soprano kept Paisiello's lyrical melody lines airborne and animated".The Washington Post reviewed Heather as "an amazing Musetta, wicked, teasing, sexy and phenomenally lyrical" while touring as Musetta in LA BOHEME with the American Opera Company. Singing her first Violetta in LA TRAVIATA for the NJ Verismo Opera, Heather was reviewed by the Harrison Independent stating that she "performed Verdi's work to perfection. Violetta's beautiful coloratura renditions of the well known arias were flawless" Heather has also sung the title role of SUSANNAH in Carlisle Floyd's tragic opera in the Central City Opera's youth performance as well as Madeline in the FACE ON THE BARROOM FLOOR. She has sung with the Sarasota Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis as well as the Opera Theater of Connecticut. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Heather received outstanding reviews as Beatriz in the New York premiere of Daniel Catan's LA HIJA DE RAPPACCINI (The New York Athletic Club - "Beatriz sung handsomely and acted with appropriate passion and mystery by soprano Heather Sarris") and starred opposite Spiro Malas in the MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR while obtaining her MM degree. Ms. Sarris made her New York City recital debut at Florence Gould Hall singing Soulima Stravinsky's CHANTEFABLES, which was broadcast over National Public Radio. The New Jersey School of the Arts touring northern Germany with the Bremen Orchestra funded her European debut. Ms. Sarris can be heard as Christine on the critically acclaimed recording of MISS JULIE by Ned Rorem released on Newport Classics. Upcoming engagements for Ms. Sarris include Gilda with Treasure Coast Opera as well as the roles of Genovieffa in SUOR ANGELICA, Mimi in LA BOHEME and MANON.

Alexandra Skendrou Soprano

Alexandra Skendrou, made her singing debut at the Lourideio Foundation Cultural Institute in Athens, Greece. Since then she has appeared at the Bourou-Eutaxia Museum of the City of Athens, and the Saint Dionysios Roman Catholic Church in Athens. She has participated in workshops at the Ernen- Musikdorf Festival der Tonkunst in Switzerland, at the Teatro il Felice in New York, and in the National Opera House of Greece. She has also performed in various opera productions and art song recitals at the Mannes College of Music, at the Merkin Hall, at the Kaye Playhouse, at the Amato Opera Company, the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, the Hellenic Opera House in New York City, Dorothy and Lewis Cullman Center-Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, at the St.George Roman Catholic Church, at the Tellenhaus in Ernen-Switzerland and the Atheneaum- Maria Callas Conservatory in Athens, Greece. Ms. Skendrou appeared at Carnegie Hall in the U.S. premier Mikis Theodorakis' opera, Electra. She has performed at the Kaye Playhouse in the U.S premier Robin Berger's opera Kantan with the Harmonia Opera Company in New York City. She has also performed at the Amato Opera Company as well as concerts in the United States as well as Greece and Switzerland. Her recordings include "Music for the Passion" with the Atheneaum Vocal and Orchestral Ensemble, "Music for the Theater" by the Greek composer Sotiris Melissis, and a participation in the CD's "Romantic Greek Nights" and "Great Musical Hits of Greece" under the patronage of the Hellenic Music Foundation. She is a recipient of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Award, the Lourideio Foundation Cultural Institution Honorary Award and the New York Foundation for the Arts Scholarship. A native of Greece, Ms. Skendrou began her voice studies at the Athinaion Conservatory in Athens, Greece with distinguished professor Mrs. Antigone Sgourda. She holds the Soloist's Diploma from the Athenaeum Conservatory with Unanimous Distinction. She continued her vocal studies with Mrs. Antonia Lavanne, Mrs. Beth Roberts- Vocal Chair of the Mannes College of Music and Mrs. Amy Burton. Recently she earned her Master's Degree in Voice Performance from the Mannes College of Music in New York City. Also Ms. Skendrou has participated in master-classes with Mrs. Sharon Spinetti and Mrs. Deborah Birnbaum. She has been coached by Mr. Thomas Bagwell of the Metropolitan Opera House, Mr. Daniel Biaggi, Mrs. Cristina Stanescu, Mr. Manoli Papasifakis, Mrs. Pei-Wen Chen and Mr. Scott Wiley. Ms. Skendrou currently studies with Mrs. Viviane Mordo. Upcoming performances include the Carmen by G. Bizet with Amato opera Company in New York City.

Marcelle Wheeler Soprano

Marcelle Wheeler, soprano, a native of New York from Greek parentage, attended Suffolk Community College and Long Island University. She served on the board of the Archdiocesan District Federation for three years and was a choir conductor at the Assumption in Pt. Jefferson for three years. She is currently the organist at St. John's in Blue Point.

Katia Zallas-Rosati Soprano/Songwriter

Katia Zallas' career spans countless appearances on TV and Radio, in recitals, oratorios and opera under the auspices of CBC Radio Canada, L'Opera de Quebec, and the ERT National Radio Network in Greece. She has appeared with the McGill Orchestra in Montreal, with the Apollo Opera on WQXR with Bob Sherman, and the Pan American Orchestra in New York City, in recitals at Lincoln Center, and has performed almost all the major roles of the standard operatic repertoire, including Lucia in B.Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, Gilda in Rigoletto, Lucia in Lucia di Lamermoor,Manon by Jules Massenet, Elvira in Ernani, Mimi in La Boheme, Ilia in The Idomeneo, Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Marcellina in Fidelio, Norma, and Semiramide, among others. Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Ms. Zallas received her musical education at the Conservatoire de Musique de Quebec, the McGill Faculty of Music in Montreal, and at Hunter College in New York City. She is the recipient of a diploma "Laureate" with Distinction in Vocal Art from L'Academie de Musique de Quebec, and has won several first prizes in Canadian National music festivals and competitions. She is also the recipient of a Bachelor of Music Degree (cum laude) in Vocal Performance from Hunter College and her vocal coach is the renowned professor and author Shirlee Emmons. A warm lyric soprano with a deep musicality, a devotion to text and languages, and an inner sensitivity and intensity which she communicates to her audience, Ms. Zallas commands a repertoire in several languages, varied to include operettas, ballads, folk and popular songs and Broadway musicals. As a songwriter, she has composed a group of ballads some of which are featured in her debut CD album, titled "Espoirs et Souvenirs" (Hopes and Memories) including the song Oh! Mother Mine! I Love You So! which is also available as a cassette and CD Single. She is also featured in the CD albums "Romantic Greek Nights" and "Great Musical Hits of Greece" produced by the Hellenic Music Foundation. Ms. Zallas resides in New York City, and is a member of the Cultural Committee of The Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, member of the St. Catherine¹s Church choir of Astoria, Queens and the president and founder of the Hellenic Music Foundation. "Lovely silvery quality in this voice... This demonstrates a flexibility of the voice which was most pleasing, for the brilliant warm tone of the voice was maintained throughout..." L'Action, Quebec, Canada "A brilliant, warm, and musical soprano voice..." The Montreal Star, Montreal, Canada "This is a voice of superior quality with a phenomenal top voice, and a natural bent toward the bel canto..." Shirlee Emmons, Hunter College, NewYork City

Maria La Vita Mezzo-Soprano

Maria La Vita received degrees in: a) singing b) harmony and c) counterpoint from the Athens National Conservatory. As a member of the Greek National Opera, performed Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana. Additionally, she performed Nurse in Theodorakis Medea at the Herodus Atticus Theater. She participated at the "Millenium concert series" of the Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music, singing works by Yannis Christou, Theodore Antoniou, Koukos and Xanthoudakis and she recorded the "Symphony No. 1" of Yannis Christou with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia. She was a substitute and did all the preparation for the premiere of the Opera "Heleni" by Thanos Mikroutsikos at the "Megaron Concert Hall" in Athens. She came in the United States in 1993 and she first studied voice with Richard Cassilly at the University of Boston and now in New York with Maria Farworth and repertory with Joan Dornemann from the Metropolitan Opera of New York. She has been a member of "The Acquarius Opera Workshop" in New York performing the role of "Martha" in Gounod's Faust and attended seminars with Nico Castell, Christa Ludwig and Marilyn Horne. She appeared in recitals in Cremona and Ameno in Italy and last June she sang at Carnegie Hall in the Oratorio of J. Berkey "Come follow me".

Angeliki Theoharis Mezzo-Soprano

Angeliki Theoharis, mezzo-soprano, has been described by critics as a singer with "untiring stamina" who "shows her dark tone to great effect." Of her Jordan Hall performance in Il Trovatore, the Boston Globe wrote: "As Azucena, the gifted mezzo Angeliki Theoharis ground out her hair-raising chest notes and nailed her top ones with courage and thrilling beauty." The Boston Herald lauded her performance in Cavalleria Rusticana: "As Santuzza, the heroine of Cavalleria, Theoharis displayed a voice like a canon, capable of launching one big, solid note after another, and created a largely sympathetic character." In May, 2000, Ms. Theoharis made her Carnegie Hall debut. She has sung principal roles for NY Touring Concert Opera, New York Opera Forum, NYC Hellenic Music Foundation, Lowell Opera, Operesque Classical Concerts of NYC, Commonwealth Opera, Salisbury Lyric Opera, Longwood Opera, Brookline Opera, Cambridge Chamber Opera, Bosdton Bel Canto Opera and Boston Academy of Music. With BAM, she recorded a selection of Amy Beach songs with pianist Virginia Eskin. Ms. Theoharis has appeared as Eboli in Don Carlo opposite Jerome Hines. Her other roles have included Amneris in Aida, Azucena in Il Trovatore, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, Frugola, La Principessa and Zita in Il Trittico, Laura in La Gioconda, Fricka in Die Walküre, Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Maddalena in Rigoletto, and the title role in Carmen. She has a CD available for purchase. Upcoming roles include The Witch in Hansel and Gretel, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana and Adalgisa in Norma. Ms. Theoharis is also a featured soloist with The Hellenic Music Foundation of NYC. Ms. Theoharis can be contacted through Elizabeth Galagarza at Ramon Alsina Artists, Lgalagarza@worldnet.att.net