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Leif Erickson has been an afternoon host on 107.5 Frank FM in Portland for nearly 20 years. An avid music fan and record collector, Leif has always loved sharing his knowledge and passion for music with the people of Maine. He also believes in the power of local radio when it comes to lifting beneficial community organizations.

Leif is also a dedicated skier and has served as a national radio ski reporter since 1999 with Snocountry Mountain Reports. It’s not uncommon to find Leif at Hadlock Field enjoying Sea Dogs games in the summertime, or exploring Maine’s hiking trails.

A Massachusetts native who’s called Maine home for two decades, Leif lives in the Portland area with his cat, Tarkus.

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Dramatic coloratura soprano Mary Johnston Letellier brings her warm, expressive voice and strong artistic instincts to a wide variety of repertoire. In January, Ms. Letellier will cover the role of Musetta and sing in the chorus of Opera Maine’s La Bohème and served as the chorus vocal coach for Opera Maine’s summer production of Verdi’s Aida. She had the honor of workshopping the role of Harpy with Mark Adamo for his Sarah in the Theater for New England Conservatoryand Odyssey Opera. Ms. Letellier enjoyed a role premiere as the Queen of the Night in NEC’s production of Die Zauberflöte. Recently, Ms. Letellier appeared as Violetta in Mass Opera’s unique production of La Traviata and covered the role of First Lady in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Maine. 

With Snowlion Repertory, she portrayed Grace in The Christmas Bride in Concert, premiered the role of Conrad/ Conradine in The Secret Princess, and originated the role of the Narrator in the premiere of Mesmerized. Other recent engagements on the musical theater stage include Julie/Carrie/Nettie/Louise in Carousel at Tophat Toy Theater, Franca Naccarelli in The Light in the Piazza and The Ghost of Christmas past in The Christmas Carol: The Musical, both at Biddeford City Theater. Broadwayworld.com called her performance as Franca “one of the highlights of the show.”

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Musetta in Bar Crawl Bohème

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Named "Debut Artist of the Year" by the Joy in Singing Foundation, Abi Levis has appeared as a soloist with the Toronto Symphony, the Handel and Haydn Society, Florida Symphony, Philharmonia Baroque, Portland Baroque, Utah Opera/Symphony, Opera Parallele, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wolf Trap Opera, Los Angeles, Opera, Opera Philadelphia, and The Dallas Opera. She is also a prize winner of numerous competitions both at home abroad, including the Klaudia Taev Competition, the William Mattheus Sullivan Foundation, The McCammon Competition, and the Classical Singer Competition. She enjoys exploring all genres of music from popular to ancient, and recently released her debut album “Songs of Dominick Argento” with collaborator, Peter Walsh.

A native of Portland, Maine, Ms. Levis holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, the University of Houston, and Bard College. Her hobbies include arguing, beer tasting, wandering aimlessly through foreign cities, all things food, knitting/crocheting/hoarding yarn, and True Crime. She is an obnoxious Boston Red Sox fan and proud of it. Follow her on Instagram @tessitourist and TikTok @abilevis!

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Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible

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Described as a "powerfully voiced" tenor of "tonal richness", Robert Gerold is delighted to join Opera in the Pines again! Robert has performed across the country with Des Moines Metro Opera, Sarasota Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, among others, as well as internationally in Italy (Ischia, Arezzo, and across Tuscany). Robert has performed locally with Portland Ballet in their productions of Tales by Poe and The Nutcracker, and has also performed with the City Theater of Biddeford in their musical theatre productions of Miracle on 34th Street and Christmas My Way: A Sinatra Holiday Bash. Outside of opera and musical theatre, Robert has performed in many concerts and recitals from the northeast to the Midwest. Robert is an alumnus of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.

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Judge Danforth in The Crucible, Rodolfo in Bar Crawl Bohème

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Baritone Joshua Miller is a Maine native hailing from Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island. He is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine Osher School of Music, where he studied vocal performance with the late great Ellen Chickering. After graduation, Josh moved to New York City to participate in the many opportunities afforded to singers. Some of Joshua's favorite career performances include Harašta in Janáček's Prihody Lišky Bystroušky with Dell'arte Opera Ensemble, Pish-Tush in NYGASP's reimagined Gilbert and Sullivan classic The Mikado and Sam in Metro West Opera's staging of Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti. In recent years, Joshua has turned his attention to oratorio, performing as the baritone soloist in Mendelssohn's Elijah, Vaughan-Williams Five Mystical Songs, Handel's Messiah and Israel in Egypt. Along with his singing, Joshua is a keen outdoorsman, amateur naturalist and an ISA certified Arborist, all of which brought him back to Maine in early 2022 to live permanently.

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Thomas Putnam in The Crucible, Marcello in Bar Crawl Bohème