During the 2025-26 season for HGO, Butler Studio alumna Meryl Dominguez performs the roles of Sister Genevieve in Suor Angelica and Nella in Gianni Schicchi, both part of Il trittico. Previously for HGO, Dominguez performed as First Esquire/Flower Maiden in Parsifal (2024), as well as Skyspace Woman in Another City, Slave in Salome, and Violetta in La traviata at Miller Outdoor Theatre (all in 2023). She was a finalist in HGO’s 2022 Eleanor McCollum Competition Concert of Arias. During the 2024-25 season, Dominguez performed as Soprano Soloist in Aucoin and Stellar’s Music for New Bodies; Second Unborn in Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Metropolitan Opera; Violetta in La traviata at Vero Beach Opera; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Livermoore Valley Opera; and Salud in De Falla’s La vida breve at the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. She made her international debut in the title role of Norma with Musica Viva Hong Kong and returned to the company in the title role of Mary Stuart. Dominguez was a resident artist at Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts, where she performed roles such as Violetta (La traviata), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Adina (The Elixir of Love), and Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), which she also performed with Knoxville Opera. As an apprentice artist at Santa Fe Opera, Dominguez sang the role of Naiade in Ariadne auf Naxos. She has Bachelor of Arts degrees in Dance and Voice Performance from Oberlin College and Conservatory.