The Portland Opera Chorus is renowned for its musical and theatrical abilities. National and international reviews of Portland Opera productions consistently include them among the best opera choruses around. Audiences have enjoyed them in a wide variety of guises, costumed in everything from royalty to rags. Their numbers on stage, like the orchestra, are determined by the requirements of the composer and the score. All members of American Guild of Musical Artists, the Portland Opera Chorus can also be found in many different professional guises in businesses and organizations throughout our community.

^{Chorus members in the 2006 production of Nixon in China.}

The Portland Opera Chorus

Sopranos
Aline Bahamondez
Barbara Berger
Aimee Chalfant
Kimberly Goodwin-Helton
Darcy Dillon
Maria Leatha
Esther Moses
Jennie Spada
Christine Tolleson Harper

Mezzos
Cynthia Boelling
Claire Craig-Sheets
Meghan Jackson
Kate Maresh 
Sarah Norton 
Valery Saul   
Carisa Simpson
Barbara Vaughn
Eva Wolff

Tenors
Wade Baker
Jody Chastain
Robert S. Gardner
Jim Jeppesen
Matthew McCarthy
Mark W. Meek
Michael Millhollen
Cahen Taylor 
Martin Tobias
David Warner  
Paul Wright

Baritones
Benjamin Bell
Raoul Bellis-Squires
André Flynn
Erik Hundtoft
Robert Kohl
Timothy Lafolette 
Brian Langford
Barton Rippe
Patrick Scofield
Michael Zimmerman

The Portland Opera Chorus Alternates

Sopranos
Kirsten Hart
Dru Rutledge

Mezzos
Kathleen Shimazaki
Audrey Voon

Tenors
Scot Crandal
Brian Tierney

Baritones
Arne Hartman
Bryan Coover