Caleb Alexander (Ambianceur/Eisenstein Cover) is a leggiero tenor passionate about performance and community engagement. He is a 2023 San Francisco Conservatory of Music recipient of a master’s degree and is currently engaged in a wide range of musical engagements in Northern California. Some of his favorite recent roles include Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore with the San Francisco Opera Guild, the Ballad Singer in Of Mice and Men with Livermore Valley Opera, the Baron de Beaucoup in The Three Feathers with Solo Opera, and Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte with Livermore Valley Opera.
Bass-baritone and conductor Steven Berlanga lives in Philadelphia, PA where he freelances and maintains a private studio. Studying primarily conducting, voice, opera, and choral music, he is finishing his doctorate at Indiana University. He has also studied at College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, California State University – Long Beach, and Cabrillo College. As a soloist in opera, oratorio, musical theater, and concert repertoire, Mr. Berlanga has worked with organizations such as Choral Arts Philadelphia, Musica Tevere, Bach Choir of Bethlehem, West Bay Opera, Cabrillo Stage, New Voices Opera, Arizona Philharmonic, and Santa Cruz Symphony. As a choral artist, has sung with professional chamber choirs in the United States, such as The Crossing, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, The Thirteen, Kinnara, Exigence, and the Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati. As an educator he has worked with the Snyder School of Singing, Youth Orchestra Salinas, the Williston Northampton School Choirs, Indiana University Choirs, University of Cincinnati Cabaret Singers, CSULB Bel Canto Chorus, and Cabrillo Youth Chorus. Passionate about accessibility through breaking barriers and traditions within classical music, Mr. Berlanga often works with organizations and programming centered around change within the industry, such as BorderCrosSing, El Sistema, Elevate Vocal Arts, the Sphinx Organization, and the Santa Cruz Opera Project.
Jordan Best (Rosalinde) is so grateful to bring this bucket list role to life in such a fresh and immersive way with Santa Cruz Opera Project. A regular performer and teacher around the Bay Area, recent performances include Helen (Fun Home), Suor Angelica (Suor Angelica), Mother (Ragtime), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Mimi (La Bohème- SCOP), and Countess (Le Nozze di Figaro- SCOP). Jordan is member of the voice faculty at Cabrillo College where she teaches voice and musical theater and holds degrees in Voice Performance from DePaul University (BM) and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music/CCM (MM) and has been teaching voice, music, and theater in the Bay Area for almost 20 years. A proud co-founding member and artistic director of Santa Cruz Opera Project and also a founding member of Tomorrow Youth Repertory in Alameda, CA, she is committed to accessible, fresh, and approachable music and theater experiences. Jordan resides in the Felton where she attempts to balance performing, teaching, directing, resting and being a (homeschooling) mom to her amazing kids Lennon, Elliot and Lincoln alongside a menagerie of animals and her patient husband Josh.
Shannon Delaney D’Antonio, violin, began her musical studies in Northern Virginia at the age of 5. She moved to California to attend Stanford University, where she received a B.A. degree in Violin Performance. Shannon is an active chamber musician in the Santa Cruz and Monterey areas. She is the concertmaster of Espressivo Orchestra, and performs regularly with Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra, Santa Cruz New Music Works, the Santa Cruz Chorale, the Santa Cruz Symphony, Musical Soulmates, and the Santa Cruz Opera Project.
Shannon also holds an M.A. degree in Education from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and works as an intervention teacher at Westlake Elementary in Santa Cruz. She lives with her family in Soquel, CA.
