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Ryan Ralph, tenor Tenor Ryan Ralph was born in Sheridan, MI and currently resides in Las Vegas, NV. This gifted young artist is rapidly getting the attention of American opera and theater companies. He was was recently heard at Lyric Opera San Diego singing Alfredo in Die Fledermaus. Currently Mr. Ralph is starring in an original show entitled Pasión. Ryan is also working a another project that can not be named right now. In recent seasons he sang at Washington National Opera singing the role of the Young Collector in A Streetcar Named Desire, Virginia Music Theatre singing the title role in The Student Prince, and San Diego Comic Light Opera in The Barber of Seville as Count Almaviva. In the Young Artist Program of Nashville Opera, he was heard as Gastone in La Traviata, (cover Alfredo), and he returned to Nashville Opera as featured soloist in their Gala Concert. Ryan Ralph also sang at the Ash Lawn Summer Festival singing Tamino in The Magic Flute, and he covered the role of Lieutenant Cable in South Pacific. During the 2001-2002 season Ryan made his main stage debut with the Austin Lyric Opera as the Young Collector in A Streetcar Named Desire, Harry in La Fanciulla del West and Borsa in Rigoletto. While at Austin Lyric Opera he was also seen in the Young Artist production of The Barber of Seville, singing Count Almaviva. Ryan performed in Salzburg, Austria with the Austrian American Mozart Academy, where he sang the role of Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, and covered Caramello in R. Strauss’s Eine Nacht in Venedig. Ryan holds a Master’s degree in Opera Performance from the University of Texas and a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance from Central Michigan University. Darin Bradford, piano Darin is a concert pianist and martial arts master. He holds a Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance from Southwest Missouri State. His powerful soloistic style is extraordinary. Darin maximizes the dynamic writings of his favorite composers by performing each piece with the utmost sensitivity. These extremes of emotion are possible and best explained by Vladimir Horowitz, one of Darin’s mentors (considered the greatest pianist of the 20th Century). Mr. Horowitz once stated… “In order to play what the composer wants… I have a devil and an angel… inside of me”. In martial arts, Darin is a walking weapon. He holds a third degree black belt in Shorin-Ryu, a third degree black belt in White Dragon Kenpo, a second degree black belt in Hapkido, a second degree black belt in ATA Tai Kwon do, and fought professionally as a Muay Thai kick boxer. Additionally, his unique talents have allowed him to perform in other facets of the entertainment industry including work as a print model in the high fashion industry and as a stuntman for shows such as the Las Vegas spectacular Storm. Darin, is a force that audiences welcome again and again.