Rita Lilly has been lauded by The New York Times for “possessing a voice of strength, clarity, and virtuosity” and by the S.F. Classical Voice for “having a pure, silvery voice with plenty of color.” Specializing in baroque, classical and contemporary music, Rita has been a featured artist with the American Boychoir, American Classical Orchestra, Artek, Berkeley Early music festival, Clarion Music Society, Concert Royal, Folger Consort, Gotham Early music series, New York Consort of Viols, Ojai Music Festival, and Sacabuche, among others. As the soprano of the Waverly Consort, she toured throughout the U.S. and abroad, including performances at Alice Tully Hall and Town Hall in NY. Rita has been featured on live broadcasts on WNYC, WNCN, National Public Radio, and Radio-Canada.

Rita is a frequent soloist with some of the finest SF/Bay area groups, such as the Albany Consort, American Bach Soloists, Bay Choral Guild, California Bach Society, Chora Nova, Marin Baroque, Marin Oratorio, Sacramento Baroque Soloists, San Francisco Bach Choir and Soli Deo Gloria.

She has been featured on the EMI, Musical Heritage, Naxos and Newport Classic labels.

Rita served as Music Director of Sorella Girls Choir from 2018-2025, Music Director of Mills Women’s Choir from 2016 to 2021, and Music Director of Lafayette Christian Church from 2013 to 2024. She is the voice instructor and coach at the SFEMS Baroque workshop and maintains an active vocal studio in her home.

Helene Zindarsian is admired for a voice that “goes straight to the heart of the listener”. A native San Franciscan, she made her professional debut as the soprano soloist in Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn with the San Francisco Ballet Company after being “discovered” in Italy during an impromptu performance in a Sienese palazzo. Her Italian love affair continues its present day chapter in Sicily, where she is a regular guest artist with Filarmonica Laudamo, one of Italy’s most historic concert music societies.

A frequent soloist with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Helene has been featured there in several works including Campra’s Requiem, Rameau’s Grand Motet, Handel’s Samson, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Purcell’s Dioclesian, and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy. Other solo highlights include Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem and Serenade to Music, Mozart’s Requiem, Haydn’s The Seasons and Lord Nelson Mass, Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, Handel’s Apollo and Daphne, Bach’s Magnificat, Cantata 131 and Missa Brevis in G Major, Faure’s Requiem, Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été, and Strauss’s Four Last Songs. She also continues to enjoy longtime relationships with other local ensembles including American Bach Soloists, Cantata Collective, Marin Baroque, Marin Symphony, Marin Oratorio, and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus.

Filipino countertenor Kyle Sanchez Tingzon has been praised for his “powerful countertenor” (The Wall Street Journal) and his “lovely, plummy voice” (Opera Today).

In the 2024/25 season, Kyle returned to The Glimmerglass Festival and made his role debut as Endimione in Cavalli’s La Calisto, with a performance that “occupied the stage and ravaged the ear” (Opera News). He continued on to make debuts in Munich, Germany and Gävle, Sweden, as well as a return to New York City, as a soloist in John Adams’ masterpiece, El Niño. He also made his debut with Detroit Opera in a return to Goffredo in a familiar production of Rinaldo and returned to American Bach as a soloist in the concert series “Bach’s Paradise.”

This season, Kyle makes notable company debuts with Pocket Opera as Oberon in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with Opera San Jose as Aestrea in a workshop of the new opera Solaris, and finally with West Edge Opera in the title role of Handel’s Rinaldo. His current season also includes ongoing solo and ensemble work with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, American Bach, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale, Zephyr Symphony, and The Byrd Ensemble.

Kyle earned his graduate and postgraduate degrees in vocal performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he sang the title role in Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Ottone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea. He is first-prize winner of the Handel Aria Competition, third-prize winner of the Loren L. Zachary Society National Vocal Competition, and a Colorado-Wyoming district winner and Rocky Mountain regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition.
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