American baritone, Craig Francis Smith is a Rochester, NY native. Mr. Smith has performed with Charlottesville Opera, Annapolis Opera, the Maryland Opera Studio, the Janiec Opera Company at The Brevard Music Center, and the award-winning Crane Opera Ensemble. Recent credits include Big Jule in Guys and Dolls, The Jailor in Tosca Schaunard in La bohème,…
Dr. Madeline Harts is a singing teacher, vocal coach, and music educator originally from East Aurora, NY. A soprano and pianist, Madeline has appeared as an artist for the John Duffy Institute of New Opera, Resident Artist with the Toledo Opera Company, and performed in operas and recitals domestically and internationally. Recent engagements include Vivaldi’s…
Claudia is so excited to be part of the Main Stage team! Claudia graduated from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam with concentrations in both voice and clarinet. For the past year, she has been teaching lessons and working at Eden as an elementary general music teacher. She has experience working with a…
Maggie is a well-known face to Buffalo audiences. Most recently, she performed the role of the Old Lady in Musicalfare’s production of VIOLET. She has also been given the opportunity to stretch her violin wings with MusicalFare’s RING OF FIRE and ONCE. In the spring of 2020, you can see her in a few diverse…
Priscilla Wiedl is a Vocal Music teacher where she taught grades K-12 in several area public school districts, including Lake Shore Central Schools where she retired after 30 years of teaching there. In retirement she continued to teach in local parochial schools.Throughout her entire career she has taught private piano, voice and organ to many…
With broad vocal and acting skills ranging from musicals to opera, Leah (Schneider) Wietig has gained a reputation as a gifted and versatile performer throughout the Western New York cultural community and beyond. Ms. Wietig made her solo debut in 2007 singing with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in Hansel and Gretel and has returned to…