Meet our Tenors​​

Michael Butler

​Prize-winning American tenor, Michael John Butler, is poised to emerge as a major contender on the international opera scene. With a voice described as having a "bright, ringing quality throughout his range" and a "plush, resonant middle voice with vibrant high notes" (OperaWire), Butler, who has recently performed leading roles with Washington National Opera, Opera Baltimore and in Italy with Teatro Regio di Torino, continues to captivate audiences with his artistry and commanding stage presence

 

Ben Werley

Award-winning Pittsburgh native Benjamin Werley—praised as having a “gleaming, flexible tenor” (Opera News)—has performed with many of the country’s leading opera companies. Recent career highlights include Cavaradossi (Tosca – St. Pete Opera, Anchorage Opera), Vaudémont (Iolanta - Pacific Opera Project), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore - Dayton Opera), Narraboth (Salome – Dayton Opera), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni - Indianapolis Opera), Canio (Pagliacci - Salt Marsh Opera), Alfredo (La Traviata - Cleveland Opera Theater) and Red Whiskers (Billy Budd - Central City Opera). He has also been a soloist with leading US orchestras including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, The Dayton Philharmonic and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

 

Chauncey Packer 

Versatile tenor Chauncey Packer honed his craft in theater and musical theater productions including Baby, The Wizard of Oz, School House Rock Live, and Big River. He performed in Paris’ Louvre Museum in controversial and provocative European choreographer/director Robyn Orlin's Babysitting Petit Louis. In 2013-2014, he was cast in the First National Broadway Tour of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess as the Honey Man and Sportin’ Life cover. Mr. Packer is featured on several commercial recording releases including Nashville Symphony’s Porgy and Bess on Decca Records and Paragon Ragtime Symphony’s Treemonisha and Black Manhattan Volume 3, both on New World Records. He is featured to critical acclaim in San Francisco Opera’s DVD release of Francesca Zambello’s Porgy and Bess.