Cast​
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Sarah Rauch

Mezzo-soprano Sarah Rauch is excited to be performing for a third year with ROK, and was seen last year as Orlando in Lauren Bernofsky’s Mooch the Magnificent. A recent graduate of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, she earned her BM in voice performance under the guidance of Dr. Katherine Jolly and Wolfgang Brendel. Most recently, she has been seen as Second Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute with Bloomington Chamber Opera and Isolier in Rossini’s Le Comte Ory with Chicago Summer Opera, as well as the chorus of IU Opera Theater’s productions of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmèlites and Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore. As of Fall 2020, she is a resident of New York’s Hudson Valley, where she is pursuing her master’s degree at Bard College Conservatory’s Vocal Arts Program studying with Richard Cox

Olivia Newcomb, Asombro

A rising senior at the Jacobs School of Music, Olivia is pursuing a BSOF in vocal performance and musical theatre. At IU, her performance credits include Orlando Spinks/Unicorn for ROK, and for Indiana University Theatre, Annie in Sticks and Stones: a new musical and Mrs. Wade in Wonderful Town. Other notable performances include Natalie in the world premiere of Bridesmaids: a new opera for the Vienna Summer Music Festival, and for the Bowe Theatre Katarina Minola in The Taming of the Shrew and Rizzo in Grease. Olivia is excited to be performing with this talented cast and would like to thank the production team for their guidance and support in tackling the challenges of a Zoom production!

Erin Erickson

Erin Erickson, from Columbus, Indiana, is a soprano studying vocal performance at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. She joined ROK in 2019, appearing as Mooch in Mooch the Magnificent. In 2018-2019, she was a member of IU’s grammy-nominated Singing Hoosiers choir. A Hutton Honors College student, she is under the tutelage of Alice Hopper and completed her freshman joint recital with Hopper. In 2019-2020, she was part of the All Campus Choir, performing the featured solo in Falstaff and the Fairies at the fall concert. She then joined the University Chorale for the spring. Prior to coming to IU, she studied with Jacobs School alumnae Sarah Kittle (2014-2018) and Janie Gordon (2018); and alumna and professor, Jane Dutton (2018). In high school, Erickson was a part of the Columbus East High School music program, appearing in various drama productions, including as Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast, as well as the Center Stage show choir. She was awarded best soloist at a regional show choir competition. Erickson is excited to return to ROK for Ana y Su Sombra.

Ben Rardin

Ben Rardin received his Bachelor of Music degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and his Master of Music degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Ben works as a firefighter / EMT when he is not performing for ROK. Ben is also musical director for the podcast Flashback to Never. ​

Thomas King

Thomas King, tenor, has sung roles in over 40 operas, operettas and musicals in the last 53 years. Highlights were creating roles in three world premiere operas, written especially for him, and having the pleasure of performing the Witch in Hansel and Gretel over 100 times. He is a retired voice professor and continues to love singing at the age of 74. He also enjoys sharing opera with new audiences, one of the philosophies of ROK.

​www.drthomasking.com

Kimberly Carballo, piano

​Founder and director of Reimagining Opera for Kids (ROK), Kimberly is Coordinating Opera Coach for Indiana University’s (IU) Opera and Ballet Theater, and an active international performer and educator.  She has previously worked as the mainstage and young artists’ program coach for the Compañía Lírica Nacional de Costa Rica, and music theory instructor and vocal coach at the Conservatorio Musical de Alajuela, the Escuela de Artes Musicales de la Universidad de Costa Rica, and the Universidad Nacional in Costa Rica.  In addition to her duties at IU, she maintains a private studio as a freelance coach, collaborator, and piano teacher.  Kimberly also forms part of the inaugural and ongoing team for Tunaweza Kimuziki (Through Music All is Possible), a project promoting exchange among music educators, scholars, and performers in Kenya and the USA.

​Actualmente Kimberly Carballo es pianista de ópera en la Jacobs School of Music Opera Theater de Indiana University, profesora en el departamento de Música de Cámera y Piano Colaborativo, ejecutante, y educadora con trayectoria internacional.  Ha trabajado como pianista y coach para la Compañía Lírica Nacional de Costa Rica, profesora de teoría y pianista en la Universidad de Costa Rica, el Conservatorio Musical de Alajuela, y la Universidad Nacional.  Además de estas actividades profesionales, en el taller Tunaweza Kimuziki forma parte del equipo inaugural que ha seguido hasta hoy en día; el taller, cuyo nombre significa “A través de la música, todo se puede hacer,” provee oportunidades de interacción e intercambio cultural para músicos y educadores de música, con bases en los EEUU y en Kenya.

​kimcarballo.com


Copyright © 2020 Reimagining Opera for Kids
Black lives matter. 

As an organization, ROK is striving to know better and do better. 

As artists, we hear, see, and lift up our siblings of color. 

And as human beings, we sing out that we must reimagine not only what our art form can be, but much more; what our society must be, locally, nationally, and globally.
This project was made possible in part by support from The Puffin Foundation West.
Activities are made possible in part by the Brown County Community Arts Foundation, and the Indiana Arts Commission, which receives support from the State of Indiana and the National Endowment for the Arts.