Biographies - Three Lyric Opera Tenors Concert

Matthew Daniel

Matthew Daniel, tenor, has been described as “a tenor of steely power and robust tone” — The Denver Post. Over his twenty-five plus years of singing, he has had the privilege to perform Opera, Oratorio, Concerts, and in Recital. He has been a member of the Lyric Opera Chicago chorus since 2004.

His opera roles performed include Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Pedrillo in Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, King Kaspar in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Hoffmann in Tales of Hoffmann, The Duke in Rigoletto, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, Rodolfo in La Boheme, Prinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, and Canio in I Pagliacci. Opera companies Matthew has sung with include Indiana Opera North, Opera!Lenawee, Light Opera Works, Sarasota Opera, Aspen Opera Theater, Tulsa Opera, Harrisburg Opera, Opera Grand Rapids, and Lyric Opera Chicago.

Oratorios performed include Magnificat by J.S. Bach, Laud to the Nativity by Respighi, Messiah by Handel, Stabat Mater by Rossini, Ninth Symphony by Beethoven, Choral Fantasy by Beethoven, Coronation Mass by Mozart, and Requiem by Mozart. Matthew has also had the opportunity to perform two World Premieres. The song-cycle Moon River Anthology by Mason and an opera The Hard Years by Schwabe.

Along with his singing, Matthew teaches voice in his home studio in South Bend, Indiana, at Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI, Penn High School, Mishawaka, IN, and at the School of American Music in Three Oaks, Michigan. Most recently he has added stage director to his resume, when he directed Die Fledermaus and L’elisir d’amore with South Bend Lyric Opera.

Joseph Fosselman

Joseph Fosselman, tenor, is a member of the chorus at the Lyric Opera of Chicago..

Cameo Humes

Hailed by critics for possessing a “compelling lyric tenor that pulses with the perennially conflicted feelings of the character” [Opera News] and a “sonorous, dark-hued timbre which vividly projected the complicated nature of the drama” [theWholeNote], Cameo Humes is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after tenors in operatic and concert repertoire. He has performed with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Richmond Symphony, Fort WaynePhilharmonic, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, SANAA Opera Project, and the Orchestra Sinfonica dell’International Chamber Ensemble in Italy. His most recent engagements included a debut with Lyric Opera of Chicago in the role of Mano Alfaro in Terrence Blanchard’s Champion as well as debuts with Lucerne Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and Teatro alla Scala in the roles of Peter, Crab man, Mingo and Robbins in Porgy and Bess.

Other operatic credits include the title role in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito, Reverend Milton Allison in the world premiere of Errollyn Wallen’s Quamino’s Map with Chicago Opera Theater, Ottavio (Don Giovanni) with Operafestival di Roma, Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Gastone (La Traviata), Prunier (La Rondine), Peter (Porgy and Bess) with Lyric Opera of Chicago (cover), Dayton Opera and Skylight Music Theatre of Milwaukee, Crab man (Porgy and Bess) with The Princeton Festival, Nelson (Porgy and Bess) with Cincinnati Opera, and Ensemble (Show Boat) with Houston Grand Opera. He has recorded the lead role in Richard Thompson’s The Mask in the Mirror—a modern opera based on the life of Paul Laurence Dunbar—with Navona Records which was reviewed by Opera News and selected as Critic’s Choice. A lover and avid performer of the Negro spiritual, Cameo has toured Spain, France and Ireland with the world renown American Spiritual Ensemble. He is also a full-time member of the chorus at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Lisa Kristina, Pianist

Lisa Kristina, a native of Chicago Heights, Illinois, earned music degrees from DePaul University, the Manhattan School of Music and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  

Dr. Kristina appeared onstage in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, on tour in the U.S. and in Hamburg, Germany. She has been heard live as both a singer and pianist on WFMT radio. Dr. Kristina has been pit keyboardist for several Chicago Opera Theatre productions including Flowering Tree (with composer John Adams conducting his score); has worked as a solo singer, chorusmaster, and rehearsal pianist/coach for DuPage Opera; and has played concert tours in China, Lithuania, and Canada, in music ranging from big band jazz and pop to classical. She has served on the music faculties of DePaul University, Purdue University Northwest, Calumet College of St. Joseph, and Prairie State College; became a member of the chamber music group Lakeside Artists Guild in 2022, and keeps busy with freelance keyboard work, even after winning some money in 2017 as a two-time Jeopardy! champion.