MEET BOZ’s BOARD
Our Board consists of knowledgeable, and passionate musicians such as Corrine Byrne, Taylor Coughlin, Herman Díaz, Dr. Libor Dudas, Carol Mastrodomenico, and Lucia Peluffo Panizza . Together with a team of committed and inspired volunteers and performers we work towards enriching our cultural landscape within our community promoting and sharing our passion for Opera and Zarzuela.
Our love for the Lyric Theatre brought us together. And we knew that through our joint efforts we would bring the joy of our beloved Performing Arts closer to our multicultural and multiracial community. Through our programs and performances we bring people closer to each other and to their own roots.
Corrine Byrne, New York and Boston-based soprano, has quickly become a sought-after interpreter of repertoire from the Medieval to the Baroque era, and of music by today’s most daring composers. Byrne is a co-founder of Ensemble Musica Humana and The Byrne:Kozar:Duo, and regularly collaborates with Emmanuel Music, Polyphemus, Cut Circle, Lorelei Ensemble, Symphony New Hampshire and the Westchester Oratorio Society; Byrne most recently appeared as a soloist with the American Classical Orchestra, the New York City Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, Lake George Music Festival Orchestra, the Kansas City Baroque Consortium, Connecticut Early Music Society, New York Session Symphony, the Harvard Radcliff Collegium Musicum, the UMass Bach Festival, and Mountainside Baroque. She is a proud member of Beyond Artists, and supports the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and South Shore Habitat for Humanity.
Herman Diaz is a Cuban-American Lyric tenor praised for his range and versatility. He graduated from University of Florida via New World School of the Arts with a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance. In Florida he has been engaged with companies such as Florida Grand Opera, Miami Lyric Opera, The Opera Atelier, Voices of Miami, La Zarzuela Inc, Florida Opera Prima, among others. This year he will be performing the roles of Rodolfo from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini with Florida L’Opera & Zarzuela and Alfredo from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi with Florida Opera Prima.
Mr. Diaz has study voice with Maestro Raffaele Cardone and Rodney Miller. He collaborated with coaches such as Maestro Raffaele Cardone, Caren Levine, Daniel Daroca, Jorge Arcila, Justin Landers, and Paul Schwartz. He currently studies with renowned teacher William Neill.
Dr. Libor Dudas, a native of Croatia, began his piano studies at the age of 8. His professional career began at 14 when he gave his first organ recital in his hometown of Osijek. This was soon followed by performances in major cities of the former Yugoslavia and East Germany. A scholarship took him to the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria, to study organ and liturgical music. While in Austria he performed in Vienna, Innsbruck, and extensively throughout Bavaria and Italy. Upon receiving his Diploma with Distinction, Dudas moved to the United States to further his studies at the University of Notre Dame, where he received his Master’s in Music. He went on to receive a Doctorate of Musical Arts in organ performance at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. In addition to being a solo keyboard instrumentalist, Dr. Dudas is also active as a vocal coach and collaborative pianist and teaches at the Longy School of Music, Boston Conservatory, and the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School. He previously served as the music director of the Fine Arts Chorale, where he conducted major works by Kodaly, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Handel, Haydn, Poulenc, Langlais, Faure, Bernstein, Orff and Brahms.
Carol Mastrodomenico maintains an active schedule as a guest soloist with choruses, orchestras and chamber ensembles. She excels in the interpretation of oratorio and contemporary opera. As an accomplished recitalist she has performed programs ranging from premieres of contemporary chamber music to cabaret programs involving interactive audience participation. Her great love for Spanish and Latin American repertoire has led to the curation of many unique recitals and her development of new repertoire courses. Ms. Mastrodomenico is the stage director of both the Tufts University Opera Ensemble and the Longy School of Music of Bard College’s Opera Experience. A champion of new music, Ms. Mastrodomenico commissions new operas regularly. She most recently produced and directed Thomas Stumpf’s adaption of Oscar Wilde’s Nightingale and the Rose and The Happy Prince. Musical theater direction most recently includes productions of 35MM and Ordinary days as well as the development of the course Broadway: Agent of Change. She is a frequent lecturer for vocal pedagogy and particularly for the prevention, rehabilitation and reframing of vocal injury most recently with Opera Programs Berlin through the Vocal Pedagogy Symposium where she teaches sessions on “Post-Vocal Trauma Training” and “Strategies for Mental Toughness: Reclaiming your voice”. Ms. Mastrodomenico is on the faculties of Longy School of Music of Bard College, Tufts University, and Dramatic Voices Berlin.
Lucia Peluffo Panizza, a Master of Music and an MBA. The Uruguayan-American soprano graduated from University of Florida with the highest honors, as well as from Universidad de la República. In Uruguay, she attended Escuela Nacional the Arte Lirico, SODRE, and the Escuela de Música Vicente Ascone. The soprano was awarded two full scholarships by the Uruguayan Association of Musicians (SUDEI), and was later chosen to take part at a summer program at the Instituto Superior del Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires, Argentina). In the United States, she has engaged with The Opera Atelier, Miami Lyric Opera, Miami Classical Music Festival, Florida Opera Prima, and La Zarzuela Inc., performing in their programs, concerts, and full productions. Furthermore, she participated actively in international summer opera programs including the European Music Institute in Vienna, and the Russian Opera Workshop. She also attended numerous Master Classes with such notables as Francisco Araiza, Ghenady Meirson, Juliana Gondek, Frederica von Stade, Deborah Voigt, Jake Heggie, and Manny Perez, among others.
Taylor Coughlin is a composer and writer, as well as a gifted musician who plays multiple instruments including guitar, bass, and drums. Since 2010 he has been working as a freelance music, video and audio producer and editor and has engaged in multiple marketing campaigns for different companies. Furthermore, he is a Data Analyst and holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Science.