Doug culclasure
TENOR
Doug Culclasure is a second-year masters student in the Maryland Opera Studio. Culclasure was recently named a Winner of the South Carolina District and Encouragement Award recipient of the Southeast Region of the 2026 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. This spring, he will appear as Fabian/David in Jake Heggie's If I Were You. Also this season, he joins Des Moines Metro Opera’s Apprentice Artist Program for Floyd’s Of Mice and Men.
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
jake heggie’s if i were you
April 18-26
Maryland Opera Studio
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
College Park, MD
Fabian (4/18, 4/24) and David (4/22, 4/26)
“Based on a novel by Julien Green, Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s If I Were You is a Faustian story that explores themes of love, power and gender roles in a modern setting. In the wake of a near-fatal car accident, the aimless young writer Fabian begins to reassess his life. After an unexpected encounter with his college crush, Fabian makes a deal with an enigmatic, shape-shifting demon, Brittomara, who gives him the power to move his soul from person to person for as long as he likes. Everything comes with a price, however: if he ever returns to his own body, his soul will be Brittomara’s to collect. On his precarious journey to win the heart of his beloved, he leaves a trail of despair and hollow shells. In the end, will he choose to live forever as someone else or die for love as himself?"
beethoven symphony 9
May 17
Choralis
National Presbyterian Church
Washington, DC
Tenor soloist
“Beethoven’s landmark symphony—the first ever to feature a chorus—will be brought to life by Choralis and a stunning cast of soloists. Paired with William Walton’s monumental Belshazzar’s Feast, this concert will celebrate Maestra’s Kuhrmann storied career with the appropriate drama and flare a send off deserves.”
floyd’s of mice and men
June 27-July 18
Des Moines Metro Opera
Blank Performing Arts Center
Indianola, IA
Pete (all dates) and Curley (cover)
“John Steinbeck’s timeless story Of Mice and Men—in the hands of the Father of American Opera, Carlisle Floyd—becomes a deeply moving opera of great beauty and power. George and Lennie are two migrant ranch workers who dream of owning a small piece of land and a shack they can call their own. But George cannot always shield Lennie—a childlike giant with a love for soft things—from the dangers around them. As tensions rise on the ranch, the cruelty of the boss, the loneliness of the workers, and the restless unhappiness of the boss’s young wife set in motion a chain of events that will change their lives forever. Presented as part of the Carlisle Floyd Centennial, this masterful adaptation brings Steinbeck’s unforgettable characters vividly to life through Floyd’s richly expressive score.”