Artists
Meet the artists at the heart of Mascarade’s work. From emerging artists beginning their professional careers to established performers connected through our international network, discover the singers and répétiteurs who make up the Mascarade family.
Talent Pathway
Artist profiles coming soon for the singers selected for the 2026/27 Talent Pathway.
Alumni
Affiliate Artists
Artist profiles coming soon for the artists who form part of Mascarade’s extended artistic network.
Two pathways, tailored on the artists’ needs.
Mascarade Opera offers a highly selective fellowship programme for exceptional young singers and répétiteurs.
It comprises two core branches: the Talent Pathway and the Mascarade Emerging Artists Programme, supported by an international network of partner opera houses. The Agency Association is an integrated extension of the Emerging Artists Programme, providing career management and professional representation to artists within the programme.
Together, these interconnected pathways ensure that artistic development and professional representation progress hand in hand.
Mascarade Emerging Artists Programme
Supporting emerging artists as they take the step from advanced training into the professional opera world. It connects artists with an international network of opera houses, agencies, and industry professionals, creating opportunities that support their artistic development and help establish their careers internationally.
Talent Pathway
Nurturing young singers at the formative stages of their artistic development. It complements formal conservatoire or music college training, giving artists the experience and support they need to prepare for a future career at the highest level of opera.
Alumni success
Mascarade artists continue to build careers on international stages after completing the Programme. Our alumni have gone on to perform with leading opera houses, festivals, and orchestras around the world, carrying forward the artistic and professional foundations developed at Mascarade.
Aaron Godfrey Mayes
Tenor
Mascarade Artist 2021–23
In past seasons, Aaron appeared as Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola) at English National Opera and was named a finalist in the Paris Opera Competition. This season, he performs the role of the Third Knappe (Parsifal) at Semperoper Dresden and the Prologue (The Turn of the Screw) at Opéra de Toulon.
Garrett Evers
Tenor
Mascarade Artist 2024–25
In his second season as a member of the Ensemble at Staatstheater Meiningen, Garrett debuts Tito (La clemenza di Tito), Fenton (Falstaff), and Don Gomez (Henry VIII by Saint-Saëns). He also returns to the roles of Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Edwin (Die Csárdásfürstin), and Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser).
Aebh Kelly
Mezzo-soprano
Mascarade Artist 2021–24
She joins the Ensemble at Staatsoper Hamburg in September 2026. Kelly’s recent and upcoming highlights include major house debuts at the Opéra national de Paris, Teatro alla Scala, and Bayerische Staatsoper. Her 2024–2026 seasons feature a diverse range of role debuts, including Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Nancy Tang (Nixon in China), the Dryad (Ariadne auf Naxos), and the Page of Herodias (Salome).
Caterina Meldolesi
Soprano
Mascarade Artist 2022–24
This season, she makes her role debut as Turandot in Puccini’s masterpiece, with performances at Teatro Sociale in Como, Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, Teatro Fraschini in Pavia, Teatro Grande in Brescia, and Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo. Her past engagements include Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana) at Alexander Girardi Hall in Cortina d’Ampezzo, La Madre (Cronaca di un amore) at Teatro di Piacenza, Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, and Abigaille (Nabucco) at Nationaltheater Mannheim.
Grisha Martirosyan
Baritone
Mascarade Artist 2021–23
Winner of the Second Prize and the Don Plácido Domingo Ferrer Prize for Zarzuela at Operalia, The World Opera Competition, Grisha makes his debut in the 2026/27 season at the Donizetti Opera Festival in the title role of Alahor in Granata, at Oper Köln as Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), and at Teatro Las Palmas de Gran Canaria as Valentin (Faust). He returns to Theater Bonn as Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia).
