Resident Artists
Ben Wager, bass
AVA fourth-year resident artist
Hometown: Havertown, PAEducation:B. A. in Criminal Justice, University of Delaware
Roles at AVA: Monterone, Sparafucile, Rigoletto, Don Basilio, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Prince Gremin and Zaretsky, Eugene Onegin, Kaspar, Der Freischütz, Don Alfonso, Cosi fan tutte, Padre Guardiano, La forza del destino (Act ll)
Other roles:Monterone, Rigoletto, der Sprecher, Die Zauberflote, Opera New Jersey; Masetto, Don Giovanni, Chicago Opera Theater; title role, Don Pasquale (act II), il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, San Francisco Opera Merola Program; Monterone, Rigoletto; Doctor, Notary, Gianni Schicchi; the Mandarin, Turandot; Second Armored Man, Die Zauberflöte, OperaDelaware.
