Welcome the operadelaware company artists

Soprano Emily Margevich

Emily Margevich is “a star in the making” (Bachtrack). Wilmington’s newest “poised and fearless prima donna” (Musical America) has been on stage since age two. Be it opera, musical theater, or the Great American Songbook, Margevich will always deliver a performance “as passionate as any Taylor Swift epic” (Theatermania). This “luminous soprano” (Wall Street Journal) gives “a voice of liquid beauty” (Opera Magazine) that is “big and luxurious, with a cascading quality, like a bolt of silk dropped from a balcony” (Parterre). Referred to as the “star of the 2022 Ocean City Pops season” Margevich stunned audiences in 2022 with her remarkable versatility singing everything with equal vigor and expertise, while also having everyone in stitches with her humor and panache” (Ocean City Daily News).

Emily can be seen this season at OperaDelaware as Musetta in La bohème (October 2024), in the Delaware Theatre Company Home for the Holidays showcase (December 2024), in her solo Studio Series recital Fascinating Rhythm (January 25, 2025), Opera’s Greatest Moments (March 1, 2025), and her dual cabaret performance The Soprano Soirée with Toni Marie Palmertree (April 25 + 27, 2025).

Soprano Toni Marie Palmertree

Soprano Toni Marie Palmertree is rapidly becoming recognized as one of America’s most riveting performers of Puccini and Verdi heroines. She has recently been heard on the stage of San Francisco Opera in the title role of Madama Butterfly; of her performance, Janos Gereben from San Francisco Classical Voice wrote: “The young soprano not only met the challenge, but she claimed her place among the finest vocal interpreters of the role heard here recently.” Other roles at San Francisco Opera include Nedda in I Pagliacci and Liù in Turandot. She also made her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut in the 2019-20 season, stepping into the title role of Luisa Miller. In the current season, she returns to the role of Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, both with West Bay Opera and with Lakeland Opera. She will also join Arizona Opera as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni.

 In the 2022-23 season, Toni Marie sang the role of Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly at Palm Beach Opera and the title role of Tosca at Florida Grand Opera. At the Metropolitan Opera, she performed the role of Voce dal ciel and covered the role of Elisabeth de Valois in Verdi’s Don Carlo, and covered the title role of Cherubini’s Medea. Further recent performances include Contessa Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro with Opera Delaware, Nedda in I Pagliacci in her return to Festival Opera New Zealand, Carmina Burana with Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Reno Philharmonic.

Toni Marie can be seen this season at OperaDelaware as Mimi in La bohème (October 2024), in the Delaware Theatre Company Home for the Holidays showcase (December 2024), at Winterthur’s Holiday Candlelight Performance (December 14, 2024), Opera’s Greatest Moments (March 1, 2025), and her dual cabaret The Soprano Soirée with Emily Margevich (April 25 + 27, 2025).

Tenor Dane Suarez

Praised for his "big, heroic voice" (LA Weekly) and "powerful emotions," tenor Dane Suarez (he/him) has developed a dynamic and varied career. In the 2022/23 season, Dane made his Off-Broadway debut in Kate Tarker's world premiere play Montag at Soho Rep and covered Apollo (Strauss's Daphne) at Carnegie Hall with American Symphony Orchestra. He sang Luigi (Il tabarro) with On Site Opera, Turiddu (Cavalleria rusticana) with Lyric Opera of the North, reprised Don José (Carmen) with Festival Opera, and returned to New Jersey Festival Orchestra to sing Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi). He also joined OperaDelaware, The Carolina Philharmonic, Heartbeat Opera, Penn Square Opera, and Maryland Opera for concert and gala performances.

Last season, he reprised Il Duca (Rigoletto) in his mainstage debut with OperaDelaware and Opera Baltimore, returned to the role of Scalia (Scalia/Ginsburg) with Anchorage Opera (debut), returned to Lensky (Eugene Onegin) with Opera Columbus (debut), performed Macduff in an orchestral workshop of Working for the Macbeths with American Lyric Theater, was standby Calaf (Turandot) at Gulfshore Opera, a role he later covered with OperaDelaware. He debuted The Phoenix Symphony as tenor soloist for both Holiday Pops and Handel's Messiah in Spanish. In the summer, he reprised Don José (La tragédie de Carmen) in his return to Newport Classical, joined Creede Musical Arts Collective for their summer festival, and presented a recital for Prairie Arts Center in his hometown: Princeton, IL. This autumn, Suarez made his international debut with the prestigious Wexford Festival Opera singing Don Ferolo Whiskerandos to much acclaim in a revival of Charles Villiers Stanford's satirical opera The Critic and sang a solo lunchtime recital on the mainstage of the National Opera House. He debuted New Mexico Symphonic Chorus as tenor soloist in Handel's Mesías and Delaware Theatre Company's Home for the Holidays. In 2025, he returns to a signature role, Don José (Carmen), with Opera Memphis, originates the roles of Faisal/Juan in Llantos 1492, a world premiere flamenco opera by Adam del Monte, in his debut with Opera Southwest, and joins Erie Philharmonic as tenor soloist for Verdi's Requiem.

His 2021/22 season included a return to Opera Memphis starring as the tortured Canio in a new production of Pagliacci; his debut as Manrico (Il trovatore) and a jump-in as Lensky (Eugene Onegin) with Opera in the Heights; a reprisal of Scalia (Scalia/Ginsburg) with both Penn Square Opera and Opera in the Heights, company debuts as Rodolfo with Opera Birmingham and Newport Classical, and his role and company debuts as Pollione in Norma with Festival Opera. Learn more about Dane at danesuarez.com

Dane can be seen this season at OperaDelaware in the Delaware Theatre Company's Home for the Holidays showcase (December 2024), at Winterthur’s Holiday Candlelight Performance (December 14, 2024), Opera’s Greatest Moments (March 1, 2025), and his solo recital Bring Him Home (March 30, 2025).

Baritone Gerard Moon

Gerard Moon, baritone, has received praise from OperaWire, “From the moment he walked on stage it was evident that this was a singer with authority and command and incredible stage presence,” and from the Lexington Herald-Leader as “a strong voice, [with] impeccable diction, and a huge sense of fun.”

A native of South Korea, Mr. Moon is recognized for his rich and lyrical baritone voice. Mr. Moon has studied and performed across the United States, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, and Asian countries. He was pursuing a Doctorate of Musical Arts after he earned a Master of Music in voice performance from University of Kentucky under the tutelage of Cynthia Lawrence. During his academic years, his talent was distinguished with scholarships such as Alltech Vocal Scholarship, National Society of Arts and Letters Award Scholarship, Outstanding Graduate Music Student Award, and Tom Getchell Scholarship.

​Mr. Moon’s unique and flexible voice allows him to tackle many of opera’s most challenging baritone roles. He has performed the role of Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Germont in La Traviata, Ford in Falstaff, Don Giovanni and Leporello in Don Giovanni, Il Conte in Le Nozze di Figaro, Rigoletto in Rigoletto, Dr. Miracle/Coppélius in The Tales of Hoffmann, Schaunard in La Bohème, Belcore in L’Elisir d’amore, French General in Silent Night, Yamadori in Madama Butterfly, Osiride in Mose, and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus.

Gerard can be seen this season at OperaDelaware as Schaunard in La bohème (October 2024), Opera’s Greatest Moments (March 1, 2025), and his solo recital performed with his wife, pianist Yuri Kim-Moon (April 13, 2025).