SEMELE- Henry Purcell

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Luana DeVol is one of the world’s most successful dramatic sopranos, having sung major roles in the world’s major houses, including La Scala, Milan, Teatro de Liceu, Barcelona, the Wagner Festspiel, Bayreuth, Vienna Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, Metropolitan Opera, New York among many others.  She was twice named Opernwelt’s “Singer of the Year.”  Since retiring from the stage, she gives Master Classes, maintains a private voice studio, and serves on the Panel of Experts for the New York-based “Career Bridges” for aspiring singers.  She has been appointed to lead the American Wagner Project, a program which is part of the Dolora Zajick Institute for Young Dramatic Voices, and works with the Richard Wagner Society of Washington, D.C. in presenting Master Classes and Concerts.  She is an adjudicator of voice competitions both in the US and abroad, such as Chairwoman of the Klaudia Taev International Voice Competition in Estonia.  As General Director of Opera Las Vegas from 2014 to 2018 she produced Il Barbiere di Seviglia, Madama Butterfly, Carmen and Rigoletto. In July 2022 she coordinated the collaboration of the American Wagner Project with Michael Rossi’s Miami Music Festival in the production of Rigoletto as well as producing the festival’s opening concert. Most recently she is serving on the Board of Directors for the Las Vegas Sinfonietta.

Joshua Hughes has been lauded for his “full-voiced, highly expressive, bass-baritone pipes” (Theatre Eddy’s), "powerful lyricism” (Texas Classical Review), and "brilliant vocal range” (DC Metro Theater Arts). The 2024/2025 season marks his debut with Opera Las Vegas in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Don Basilio), a return to San Francisco’s Lamplighters Music Theatre as Major-General Stanley in “The Pirates of Penzance,” and his debut with Albuquerque’s Opera Southwest in the US premiere of Carlo Coccia’s “Matilde.” Recent performances include Il barbiere di Siviglia (Fiorello), Tosca (Sciarrone), Alma Deutscher’s Cinderella (Minister), and West Side Story (Baby John) with Opera San José and La Traviata (Grenvil), Don Giovanni (Masetto & Commendatore), and Der fliegende Holländer (Daland) with West Bay Opera. He has performed with Hong Kong Disneyland, San Francisco Opera, The San Francisco Symphony, American Baroque Opera, Dallas Bach Society, Young Victorian Theatre Company, Victorian Lyric Opera Company, Opera in Concert, Orchestra of New Spain, and Lyric Opera Baltimore. www.joshuahughesbassbaritone.com

Eun Ah Roh is praised for her “vocal gymnastics and projection”, Lyric-Coloratura Soprano Dr. Eun Ah Roh made her debut in a fully staged production as Queen of the Night in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, a role she has gone on to perform with several other companies. Additional performances include portrayals of Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Violetta in La Traviata, Voluptua in La Pizza con Funghi, Veronica in Dr. Miracle, and most recently as Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Vegas City Opera and Las Vegas Sinfonietta.. Dr. Roh has worked with New York Lyric Opera, Bethesda Summer Music Festival, Baekryeong Opera, S&A Opera, James Madison Opera, Mason Opera, Catholic University of America Opera, and Duquesne Opera. She performed as soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Handel’s Messiah. She has sung on the stages of Carnegie Halls in New York and Pittsburgh, the National Opera Center in New York, and various other venues in Korea such as Seoul Arts Center, Seoul Young-San Arts Center, Baekryeong Arts Center, and more. Most recently, she is the Grand prize winner of the USA Classical Hobbyists International Music Competition. Dr. Roh also received second place at the Concert International Virtuoso Voice Competition, won second place at the 6th Korean Vocal Competition, the winner of VANATS Voice Competition, alternative winner of Pittsburgh Concert Society Competition, and the winner of Duquesne Concerto Competition. 

Dr. Roh received her Doctoral of Musical Arts degree in voice performance at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Apart from her degrees from the United States, she studied and performed in Italy, where she received Beniamino Gigli and Lorenzo de’ Medici Diploma. Previously, Dr. Roh served as an assistant professor of music at Northern Virginia Community College for six years. Currently, she is a professional artist at Vocal Artists Management Services (VAMS).

Hunter Rose Fowler (mezzo-soprano) is thrilled to be back at Vegas City Opera after her debut as Schwertleite in Wagner's Die Walküre.  She performed in numerous operas during her time at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas including the title role of Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld, and Sally in Die Fledermaus. During her undergraduate career she performed and studied Lieder at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. Summer of 2018, she performed the role of Mistress of the Novices in Suor Angelica in Varna, Bulgaria at the Varna International Music Academy, as well as both Third Lady and Third Boy in Die Zauberflöte at Lyric Opera Studio Weimar in Weimar, Germany. 

Since completing her Master’s Degree, Hunter Rose has recorded two albums as lead soprano with Las Vegas’ Jazzmin Vocal Band, was featured as the alto in the quartet of UNLV Symphony Orchestra & Las Vegas Master Singers’ Mozart’s Coronation Mass in C, and has released her first original single called “White Lies,” a pop-electronic song with R&B influences. She is performing a solo show featuring her husband Gary Fowler at Gatsby’s Supper Club at Gambit Henderson Friday April 14th. 

JoDee Turner is from California, where as a youth she won several sewing awards through 4-H programs and during High School. After making her own wedding dress, she happily moved onto making costumes for her two children frequently winning contests with these creations. She now lives in Las Vegas working as Administrative Support for Casino Operations at Resorts World, thrives as a new grandma and is elated to get to put her sewing skills to work once again for this magical production of The Fairy Queen.