Nathan Granner’s old school timbre and natural abilities are distinctive and rare. His voice has been described as buoyant, compelling, clean and resonant. Combining these qualities of tone with his exuberance, versatility and daring, he makes a captivating figure on any stage in every performance.

A native of the Midwest, Nathan now lives in Kansas City, Missouri. He has made principal debuts with Wolf Trap Opera Company, Opera Theatre Saint Louis, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Tulsa Opera, Tampa Opera and the Pittsburgh Opera Center. He has performed with Glimmerglass Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Opera in the Ozarks, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Irish Radio Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra. Granner has also collaborated with the Kansas City Ballet to bring three world premiere performances to life. He was the featured soloist with the Kansas City Symphony for Maestro Michael Stern’s debut performance as Music Director. Furthermore, Nathan was the tenor soloist in The Messiah with the quintessential Handel/Haydn Oratorio Society under the baton of Maestro Grant Llewellyn.

During the fall of 2005 and spring 2006, Nathan produced a successful double national tour, performing for nearly 33,000 patrons in 35 American cities, with classical guitarist, Beau Bledsoe and with Soprano Lisa Williamson. Nathan and Beau’s second CD ‘Departure’, released in the fall of 2005, showcases an amazing array of Classical, Folk, Flamenco and Gospel music.

A family man and a congenial colleague, Nathan is currently leading and producing, “I Do! I Do! A Musical about Marriage”. He is also working on a CD of hymns and sacred music in honor of his grandmother. The arrangements by Bradley Cox are a collection of traditional American spirituals from Hymns and Gospel songs passed down through shape notes, oral traditions, folk song and some current renditions newly written with wise hands.

Tenor Daniel Montenegro, a southern California native and graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, in his young career, has already traveled the world performing on stages ranging from the Sydney Opera House in Australia to the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.

Daniel's 2005-06 season began with his debut at the Arizona Opera as Steuermann in Wager's Der Fliegende Holländer, followed by his debut with the Los Angeles Opera covering the role of Alfredo and performing the role of Gastone in La Traviata opposite Renee Fleming. Also with the Los Angeles Opera, he appeared as Liberto in L’Incoronazione di Poppea and as Maxamino Mendez in the world premier of Concierto para Mendez.

In previous seasons Daniel’s operatic work included roles as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Ruggero in LaRodine, Fenton in Verdi’s Flastaff, Rodolfo in La Bohéme, the Duke in Rigoletto, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, and Nick in The Handmaids Tale. As a Resident Artist with the Minnesota Opera he performed Flavio in Norma and St. Brioche in The Merry Widow. Other operatic roles to his credit are the title role in Tales of Hoffman and Giles Corey in Ward's Crucible both with the Conservatory Opera Theater. He was also Sesto in Handel’s Giulio Casare with the New Opera Festival di Roma.

In 2000, Daniel was invited by the Cultural Center of Tokyo to perform in their recital series. He has studied conducting and served as assistant conductor for Summer Music West from 2000 to 2001 where he conducted performances of La Boheme and Le Nozze di Figaro.

His upcoming operatic performances include Anibal in Luisa Fernanda opposite Placido Domingo for the Los Angeles Opera. Daniel will also appear in solo recital with pianist Vicki Kirsch at Cal Arts this spring.

Marcus McConico recently sang Alfredo in La Traviata with Augusta Opera, Opera Roanoke and Baltimore Opera, a role he debuted in the Italian American Festival Duluth in April 2004. In April 2006 Marcus sang Rodolfo in La Bohème for Minneapolis Opera Theatre with performances in Minneapolis and Duluth. The 2004-2005 season saw his debuts with Virginia Opera, as Faust, and with North Star Opera in St. Paul, MN as Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus. He has worked as an apprentice with numerous opera organizations including Central City Opera, Knoxville Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera and Baltimore Opera. Marcus made his Baltimore Opera debut as the Coachman and Nihilist Teacher in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in 2003. With Baltimore Opera, he has also performed Don José in La tragédie de Carmen, (Peter Brooks adaptation of Carmen), Ruiz in Il Trovatore, Bruno in I Puritani, Ruggero in Puccini’s La Rondine, and prepared the title role in Faust, Alfredo in La Traviata, and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly.

Other roles in Marcus's repertoire include Il Duca in Rigoletto, Roméo and Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, the title roles in Werther and Albert Herring, and Florville in Il Signor Bruschino.

Internationally, Marcus has made concert appearances in Palermo, Italy and Tel Aviv, Israel, as well as domestic concerts with the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and recitals in Duluth, MN, Bay View, MI, and Lynchburg, VA. As a member of The American Tenors Marcus has appeared in Hot Springs, AR, and Auburn, AL, and with the Redlands Symphony in California and with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

In 2006, his engagements included Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Duluth Festival Opera , Il Duca in Rigoletto and Ferrando in Così fan tutte for the Sieur Duluth Arts Festival, and Abdallo in Nabucco for Baltimore Opera.  Marcus will be performing Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance for Opera Carolina in April 2007.

Marcus holds an MM in Vocal Performance from the University of Tennessee, and a BM in Vocal Performance from the University of Minnesota Duluth, and currently studies voice with Arthur Levy in New York.