BaoPeng Wang
Bass

Bass BaoPeng Wang graduated from Tongji University in 2022 before relocating to Italy to further pursue his vocal studies. Since 2023, he has been studying at the Conservatorio “Arrigo Boito” in Parma under the guidance of Professor Rosy Orani. He has also participated in masterclasses with distinguished artists such as Luciana D’Intino and Giacomo Prestia, and continues his musical development with Maestro Alessandro Trebeschi.

Bass BaoPengWang has quickly gained recognition on the international competition circuit. In 2025, he was named a semi-finalist in Operalia, Plácido Domingo’s renowned international competition, and received Second Prize in addition to the Nicolaj Giaurov Prize at the Nicolaj Giaurov International Competition. In 2023, he won both the Piero Cappuccilli International Competition and the San Colombano Opera Competition, and was selected as a finalist in the prestigious Neue Stimmen Competition. In 2024, he was awarded First Prize in the Emerging Young Artists category at the As.Li.Co. International Competition.

Following his success at As.Li.Co., Wang made his operatic debut in January 2024 as Capellio in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, appearing at the Teatro Grande in Brescia, Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, Teatro Fraschini in Pavia, Teatro Sociale in Como, and Teatro Valli in Reggio Emilia, under the baton of Sebastiano Rolli and in a production directed by Andrea De Rosa. Also with Opera Lombardia he performed the role of Monterone in Verdi’s Rigoletto, conducted by Alessandro D’Agostini, Timur in Puccini’s Turandot at the Teatro Sociale in Como.

Other recent engagements include the Grand Inquisitor in Verdi’s Don Carlo at Theater Kiel and the Friar in Don Carlo at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari.

Upcoming performances include Timur in Turandot at Opera de Las Palmas and Timur in Turandot with at the Teatro Sociale di Como, followed by Cremona, Pavia, Brescia, Novara and Bergamo.

Duncan Stenhouse
Bass

Named one of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s “30 hot classical musicians under 30, Duncan Stenhouse is a Canadian-British-Irish bass and composer. In the summer of 2025 he made his US debut as a Resident Artist at the Glimmerglass Festival. In his final year of the Ensemble Studio at COC Duncan will be singing Count Ceprano in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and will perform in the young artist show of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia as Basilio. This coming summer Duncan debuts Opera Holland Park in the UK as Tom in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera.

He will also be covering The Duke and role studying Friar Laurent in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, as well as role studying Sparafucile in Rigoletto and Duke Bluebeard in Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle. In the 2024/25 season, Duncan debuted as a member of Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio, singing the roles of The High Priest of Baal in Verdi’s Nabucco, First Apprentice in Berg’s Wozzeck, and Zaretsky in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. He also covered the roles of The Bonze in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, the Assistant to Déscartes in Bilodeau & Bouchard’s La Reine-Garçon, and Prince Gremin in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.

He is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where he received his Advanced Diploma in Opera, and Master of Music (Honours). While at the Academy, Duncan sang as Bottom in the school’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Spinelloccio and Notaio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, the Keeper of the Madhouse in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Bartolo in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Norton in Rossini’s La cambiale di matrimonio, and Superintendent Budd in Britten’s Albert Herring. He also sang as Il Commendatore, John Claggart, Olin Blitch, and Count Walter in the school’s scenes shows. Outside of the Academy, Duncan has sung the roles of Colline in Puccini’s La bohème for Longborough Festival Opera and Zaccaria in Uncovered Opera’s concert performance of Verdi’s Nabucco. He sang as an Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera for two summers, performing in the chorus and covering the roles of Waiter 3 and Boots in their award-winning production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and Dvorák’s Rusalka.

Prizes and awards include first place in the Christina and Louis Quilico competition, the Sarah Harrison Prize at the Hurn Court Opera Singer of the Year Competition, and the Sybil Tutton Opera Award from Help Musicians. He also placed 3rd at Canadian Opera Company’s 10th Centre Stage Competition and was a finalist in the Emmy Destinn Foundation’s Czech Music Competition.

Raúl Morales Velazco
Bass

Raúl Morales Velazco is a member of the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) where was heard this past season as Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust and his debut as Dulcamara in L’elisir D’amore at the Opera Festival of Morelia.  This season he sings the titles role in Le Nozze di Figaro at Academy of Vocal Arts. Future engagements include his debut at the Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo as Calistene in the Poliuto and a debut with Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Colline in La boheme. He was born in México and trained in the México Opera Estudio where he performed the roles of Colas in Mozart’s Bastien und Bastienne, Manuello in Melesio Morales’ opera Anita, Polifemo in Handel’s Acis & Galatea, and Padre Magistral in Penella’s Don Gil de Alcalá.

Raúl made his European debut in 2024 as Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, and Bartolo/Antonio in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro at the Trentino Music Festival. In 2023 as part of the International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia, Raul performed Colline in La bohème and the roles of Bartolo and Antonio at Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. Previous engagements have included Dulcamara in Donizetti’s L’elisr d’amore for Ópera Estudio del Noroeste, the Commendatore in Mozart’s don Giovanni for Teatro del Bicenterario, the Sacrastan in Puccini’s Tosca for Teatro Ciudad Sagrada, and Sciarrone in Tosca for Orquestra Filarmónica 5 de mayo.

Raúl won 3rd prize at 2022 Carlo Morelli contest as well as being a finalist in the Concurso Latinoamericano de Canto Radio Filarmonía in Peru. He won second prize in the men’s division of the 2023 Maria Callas Brazilian Singing Contest as well as being a district winner at Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Mexico district and an encouragement Award at Rocky Mountains Region at the same contest.

“In a cast without weaknesses, bass Donato DiStefano’s Don Magnifico stands out. Di Stefano is a great Italian singing actor, commanding every trick in the comedian’s arsenal, and manages to be spectacularly stylish without concealing Magnifico’s abusiveness.”  – Canadian Opera company 

Donato Di Stefano
Bass

One of the most sought after basses in the opera world, Donato DiStefano has sung at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Munich, Paris, Brussels, Toronto, Dallas, Hamburg, Toronto, Washington, Tokyo, Frankfurt, and Miami, just to name a few. This season Donato sings the title role in Don Pasquale with Staatstheatre Karslruhe. Engagements this season include Geronte in Manon Lescaut with Gran Teatro del Liceu. Most recently he performed the title role in Gianni Schicchi with Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, the title role of Don Pasquale and Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro with Opera Frankfurt, and Spinelloccio in Gianni Schicchi at the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Sacristan in Tosca at the Canadian Opera Company,  Don Pasquale at the Tiroler Festspiel Erl, Simone in Gianni Schicchi with the Saito Kinen Festival, Alcindoro/Benoit in Koln and Toronto, Geronte in Manon Lescaut in Frankfurt, Bartolo in Barbiere at the Berlin Staatsoper, and Geronimo in Il Matrimonio Segreto at the Staatsopera Koln. Prior to that he performed Mustafa in Nancy, Simone in Gianni Schicchi in Toronto, Bartolo in Munich, Don Magnifico in Valencia, Melitone in La Fortza del Destino with the Staattheater St. Gallen, and Mustafa in Avignon. Prior to that he was heard at the Dallas Opera as Don Pasquale, the Metropolitan Opera as Simone in Gianni Schicchi, and the Washington National Opera as Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, a role he reprised in Leipzig, Munich and Lisbon. He also performed Il Matrimonio Segreto at the Innsbruck Festival.

Notable performances include Simone in Gianni Schicchi at the Metropolitan Opera and the Canadian Opera Company, Mustafa in Nancy and Avignon, Bartolo in Munich, Don Magnifico in Valencia, Il Matrimonio Segreto in Köln, Don Pasquale at the Dallas Opera, Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Washington National Opera, Leipzig, Munich and Lisbon, Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola at the Canadian Opera Company, Don Magnifico for La Monnaie, L’Opéra National de Lorraine in Nancy, and the Minnesota Opera, Bartolo in Leipzig and Hamburg, the title role of Gianni Schicchi in Frankfurt and in Tel Aviv.

Donato Di Stefano’s discography includes two recordings of La Serva Padrona, with La Petite Bande conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken for Accent Live, and one under Gustav Kuhn for Ricordi-Bmg. A broadcast production of the same title for RAI International is slated for release on DVD. He can also be heard as Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro on Naxos, La Traviata with Zubin Mehta on Philips, Rendine’s Un Segreto di Importanza for Ricordi, Linda di Chamounix on Frequenz and Soliva’s Giulio e Sesto Pompeo for the Radio Svizzera Italiana label.