Resident Artists
Wes Mason, baritone
AVA second-year resident artist
Hometown: Norfolk, Va.
Education: B.M. in Voice Performance, the University of Michigan
Competitions: Nominee, Sarah Tucker Study Grant, 2010 and 2009; Second place, Mid-South Regional Finals in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2008; Encouragement Award, Kansas District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2009.
Roles at AVA: Olivier, Capriccio.
Roles: Reinaldo Arenas, Before Night Falls (world premiere), Fort Worth Opera; Schaunard, La Boheme, Crested Butte Music Festival; Morales, Le Dancairo, Carmen, Michigan Opera Theatre; Sid, Albert Herring, Onegin, Eugene Onegin, Man with Shoe Sample Kit, Postcard from Morocco, Marcello, La Boheme, University of Michigan; Marcello, La Boheme, Cascada, The Merry Widow, First Geezer/Bion, Lysistrata, Seagle Music Colony; Marchesse d’Obigny, La Traviata, Perichaud, La Rondine, Michigan Opera Theatre; The Prince, The Goose Girl, Motor City Lyric Opera; Jester, Sleeping Beauty, Paris, Gregorio (cover), Romeo et Juliette, Servant of Flora, La Traviata, St. Brioche (cover), The Merry Widow, Virginia Opera.
