Get a rare inside look at the mentoring process as soprano and co-artistic director of the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS program Renée Fleming, soprano Julia Bullock, and bass-baritone Ryan McKinny discuss how to forge a career today.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor

Tamara Wilson, Isolde
Simon O’Neill, Tristan
Jamie Barton, Brangäne
Ryan McKinny, Kurwenal
Andrea Mastroni, King Marke

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor

Tamara Wilson, Isolde
Simon O’Neill, Tristan
Jamie Barton, Brangäne
Ryan McKinny, Kurwenal
Andrea Mastroni, King Marke

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor

Tamara Wilson, Isolde
Simon O’Neill, Tristan
Jamie Barton, Brangäne
Ryan McKinny, Kurwenal
Andrea Mastroni, King Marke

Eun Sun Kim, conductor
Francisco Negrin, director

Lise Lindstrom, Salome
Ryan McKinny, Jokanaan
Chad Shelton, Herod
Susan Graham, Herodias

Evan Rogister, conductor
E. Loren Meeker, director

Ryan McKinny, Don Giovanni
Vanessa Vasquez, Donna Anna
Keri Alkema, Donna Elvira
Alek Shrader, Don Ottavio
Kyle Ketelsen, Leporello
Peter Volpe, The Commendatore

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone

James Gaffigan, conductor

Matthew Rose, Leporello
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Donna Anna
Amanda Majeski, Donna Elvira
Ying Fang, Zerlina
Ben Bliss, Don Ottavio
Masetto, Brandon Cedel
Commendatore, Mika Kares

Nicole Paiement, conductor
Leonard Foglia, director

Patricia Racette, Sister Helen
Susan Graham, Mrs. De Rocher
Ryan McKinny, Joseph De Rocher
Whitney Morrison, Sister Rose

Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone
Christopher Kenney, baritone
Craig Terry, Artistic Director and pianist

Nicole Paiement, conductor
Leonard Foglia, director

Patricia Racette, Sister Helen
Susan Graham, Mrs. De Rocher
Ryan McKinny, Joseph De Rocher
Whitney Morrison, Sister Rose

Chicago Humanities Festival

Ned Canty, director

Abigail Fischer, soprano
Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone
Imani Winds
Sarah Rothenberg, piano
Timothy Hester, piano

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

Susanna Phillips, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Jonathan Tetelman, tenor
Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone

Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Uwe Eric Laufenberg, director

Andreas Schager, Parsifal
Ryan McKinny, Amfortas
Gü ther Groissböck, Gurnemanz
Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Titurel
Derek Welton, Klingsor
Elena Pankratova, Kundry

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Tamara Wilson, soprano
Leah Crocetto, soprano
Erin Morley, soprano
Mihoko Fujimura, alto
Tamara Mumford, alto
Simon O’Neill, tenor
Ryan McKinny, baritone
Morris Robinson, bass

Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
Kasper Holten, director

Ryan McKinny, Don Giovanni
Paolo Bordogna, Leporello
Ailyn Pérez, Donna Anna
Melody Moore, Donna Elvira
Ben Bliss, Don Ottavio
Dorothy Gal, Zerlina
Daniel Noyola, Masetto
Kristinn Sigmundsson, Commendatore

Grant Gershon, conductor
Peter Sellars, director

Ryan McKinny, Clarence
J’Nai Bridges, Josefa Segovia
Julia Bullock, Dame Shirley
Davóne Tines, Ned Peters
Ah Sing, Hye Jung Lee

Edo de Waart, conductor

Ryan McKinny, Dutchman
Melody Moore, Senta
Peter Rose, Daland
AJ Glueckert, Erik

Michael Christie, conductor
Brian Staufenbiel, director

Ryan McKinny, Wotan
Nathan Berg, Alberich
David Cangelosi, Mime
Aidan Ferguson, Fricka
Caroline Bleau, Freia

Juilliard Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor

Raquel González, soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Ryan McKinney, bass-baritone

Robert Spano, conductor

Tamara Wilson, soprano
Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone

Matthew Aucoin, conductor
Peter Sellars, director

Ryan McKinny, Robert Oppenheimer
Julia Bullock, Julia Oppenheimer
Andrew Harris, Edward Teller
Ben Bliss, Robert Wilson
Daniel Okulitch, General Groves

David Charles Abell, conductor
Tomer Zvulun, director

Ryan McKinny, Eugene Onegin
Melody Moore, Tatyana
Viktor Antipenko, Lensky
Tara Venditti, Olga
Sava Vemic, Gremin