Former Seagle Music Colony Artists are now performing in opera houses throughout the United States and across the world including The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Glimmerglass Opera and many others. Other former artists have had leading Broadway roles and many are teaching vocal arts and theatre related subjects at the college level.

Many former artists keep in touch via our active Facebook Group, and subscription to our online newsletter, the Seagle Colony Chronicle.

Spotlight on Edward (Ned) Hanlon, bass

Many stalwart Seagle Music Colony supporters will especially remember bass Ned Hanlon for his stirring renditions of "Ol' Man River" at either an Old Friends & New concert or the Patrice Munsel Gala.  In his three summers at SMC ('05, '07 and '08), he was seen in varied roles from  Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Leonidas in Lysistrata, and Colline in La Bohème.  During much of the time he was a SMC young artist, he was also a student of Stephen Lusmann at the University of Michigan, where he completed his Specialist and Masters Degrees in Voice Performance and sang many roles including Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro, Inspector Budd in Albert Herring, Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin, Colline in La Bohème and the Bass in Postcards from Morocco.

Of Ned's many accomplishments since his final summer at SMC, a special highlight was his 2010 selection as a Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition Semifinalist.  As one of only a handful of semifinalists that year (which also included fellow SMC alum Lesley Friend), he was flown to New York to sing on the stage of the Met as part of this round of competition.  Other awards he's garnered include 2009 Metropolitan Opera Competition Rocky Mountain Region Diamond Wendelboe Award, University of Michigan Earl V. Moore Graduation Award and Concerto Competition, and runner-up in the Birmingham Musicale Voice Competiton.

Ned's performing experience since SMC has taken him around the country.  In 2009 he was a studio artist at Chautauqua Opera covering (understudying) the Sacristant in Tosca and the Sergeant of Police in Pirates of Penzance; summer 2010 was spent with Ash Lawn Opera in North Carolina singing Harry Beaton in Brigadoon and covering Masetto and the Commendatore in Don Giovanni; and this past summer (2011) he performed with Glimmerglass Opera where he covered the roles of Zuniga in Carmen and Gus O'Neill in Later that Same Evening. 

In just the past year, Ned has sung with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, covering the roles of Sid in La fanciulla de west and the 4th Noble in Lohengrin, and with Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit, performing the Armored Man and the Priest in The Magic Flute, Count Ceprano in Rigoletto, Pish-Tush in The Mikado, Sciarrone in Tosca and the Customs Sergeant in La Bohème.  This fall, 2011, he sang Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata with Toledo Opera.

He and his wife Tanya Roberts are currently planning a move to Chicago where he is again engaged with Lyric Opera of Chicago as well as Light Opera Works.

We at Seagle Music Colony are proud to say we helped Ned to build some of the skills necessary to accomplish all of his success and wish him the best in coming years.  We will be sure to keep you informed as Ned continues on his career journey.

Here are some other former Seagle Music Colony aritsts to watch for:
Sean Panikkar, tenor (2002) - website
Ava Pine, soprano (2005, 06) - website
Javier Abreu, tenor (2000, 01) - website
Jesus Garcia, tenor (1998) - website
Matt Morgan, tenor (1999) - website
Christopher Temporelli, bass-baritone (2001, 02) - website
Seth Mease Carico, bass-baritone (2002, 03, 04) - website
Tyler Simpson, bass-baritone (2005, 06) - website
Wes Mason, baritone (2005-2008) - website
Carlos Monzon, bass-baritone (2001, 02) - website