Shoushik Barsoumian - Musetta

Upon the completion of her USC Master’s Degree under vocal coach Cynthia Munzer, Shoushik Barsoumian attended the Centro Universale del Bel Canto to study with world-renowned soprano, Mirella Freni. Her participation in the program led her to perform the role of Dama in Verdi’s Macbeth under the baton of Aldo Sisillo in the Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti in Modena.

Ms. Barsoumian’s other roles include Nancy in USC’s production of Britten’s Albert Herring and the role of Woman in Poulenc’s one-woman opera, La Voix Humaine. In March 2012, Ms. Barsoumian performed the World Premiere of Tigran Mansurian’s song cycle, Canti Paralleli, in the Dilijan Chamber Music Series based in Los Angeles. Ms. Barsoumian is a recipient of various awards including the USC Town, Gown Marjorie L. Bailey and Marilyn Horne award, in Italy Ms Barsoumian lately won the prestigious Internationa Contests Santa Chiara in Naples and Toti Dal Monte in Treviso.

Clemente Antonio Daliotti – Schaunard

Young and promising Italian baritone, Clemente Daliotti graduated in vocal studies at the “G. Martucci” Music Conservatory in Salerno. He then attended the Rossini Academy in Pesaro under the guidance of Alberto Zedda, and the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome, studying with Renata Scotto, Cesare Scarton and Anna Vandi. Winner of the International Contest Tito Schipa in Lecce (2012) he performed L’Elisir d’Amore (Dottor Dulcamara) at the Politeama Greco in Lecce. After his debut as Fiorello in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari (under Lorin Maazel) and as Haly in L’Italiana in Algeri at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna (under Paolo Olmi), Clemente Antonio Daliotti starred in the first modern revival of Spontini’s La Fuga in Maschera, at the Teatro Pergolesi Spontini in Jesi (under Corrado Rovaris) and then at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. He also sang Pallante in Handel’s Agrippina at the Festival International Musique Baroque de Beaune under F.M. Sardelli. Future plans include: Così fan Tutte (Guglielmo) in Sassari and he will make his debut as Dandini in La Cenerentola in Treviso and Ferrara.