b'OPERAAbout the ArtistsDouble BillAubry Ballar (Madame Silverklang)Soprano Aubry Ballar is a current resident artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia where she was most recently featured as Musetta in La bohme and Gilda in Rigoletto in their November gala. She is seen frequently in recital and on the operatic stage at AVA, most notably singing roles such as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Juliette in Romo et Juliette, and Oscar in Un ballo in maschera. Under the baton of Steven Mercurio, she has appeared twice at the Festival de Musique de Saint Barthlemy, singing Micala in their 2020 production of Carmen, and popular operatic selections in their 2021 concert with orchestra. She was a Finalist in the 2021 Vincer World Singing Competition in Napoli, a winner of the 2019 Bologna International Vocal Competition with honorable mention, as well as an Encouragement Award winner in the 2017 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. This spring, Aubry will be singing the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor with Stara Zagora State Opera, and is pleased to be spending June singing Madame Silverklang in Mozarts The Impresario with The Princeton Festival. Lance Channing (Herr Frank)Lance Channings previous Princeton Festival credits include Man of La Mancha, A Little Night Music, Porgy and Bess, and The Flying Dutchman [Der fliegende Hollnder]. Other theatre credits include Pippin (w/Anika Noni Rose), Julius Caesar (w/ James Edmondson), And Then There Were None (with Alison Arngrim), and the world premieres of Nicholas Nickleby, Contact, and The Tempest (in an actual lake). Lance can be seen in the films Cut Shoot Kill, Crooked & Narrow and The Black Rider as well as an episode of Marvels Daredevil on Netflix and The Hungry Games on Food Network. www.lancechanning.com Kelly Guerra (Miss Sweetsong/Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg)Peruvian-American mezzo-soprano Kelly Guerra starred as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Derrick Wangs opera Scalia/Ginsburg with the Chautauqua Opera in 2021. She recently sang the role of Lupita in Cruzar la Cara de la Luna with Opera Santa Barbara and Iphigenia Unbound in Iphigenia by Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding. In spring 2022, Kelly makes her Los Angeles Philharmonic debut under the baton of John Adams in a performance of De Staat by Andriessen, and will premiere Katherine Balchs Illuminate with the California Symphony. She has been featured at the Lucerne Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, and the Bard Music Festival. Capture QR code with phone camera to see more online!18 The Princeton Festival princetonsymphony.org/festival'