Resident Artists
Ryan Kuster, bass-baritone
AVA second-year resident artist
Hometown: Jacksonville, ILEducation: M. M., Boston University, B. M., Westminster Choir College
Competitions: 2007 Metropolitan Opera New England Regional Finalist.
Roles at AVA: Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte; Count Ribbing, Un ballo in maschera (Act lll); Fra Melitone, La forza del destino (Finale, Act ll); Dikoj, Kát'a Kabanová; Dottor Grenvil, La traviata; Enrico, Anna Bolena; title role, Don Pasquale.
Roles: on Pedro (cover), Béatrice et Bénédict and Bluebeard (cover), Bluebeard's Castle, Chicago Opera Theatre; A Man with a Cornet Case, Postcard from Morocco, Benoit, La Bohème, Garrido, La Navarraise, Amantio DiNicolao, Gianni Schicchi and covered the roles of Colline in La Bohème, Masetto in Don Giovanni and Rakitin in A Month in the Country, all at Boston University; Betto in Gianni Schicchi and Buoso's Ghost, New Jersey Opera Theatre; Ferrando (second cast), Il trovatore, Snug, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Fr. Laurent, Romeo et Juliette, all with Opera North. In concert - the title role of Handel's Saul, Marsh Chapel Choir and Collegium, Adam, The Creation, B. U. Symphonic Chorus.
