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Nicole Car & Karen Chia-ling Ho Lead San Francisco Opera’s ‘La Bohème’

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San Francisco Opera’s 2025 Summer Season is set to open with Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The company will revive the production by John Caird, and Ramón Tebar will conduct the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. The company will showcase two different casts. The first will showcase Pene Pati as Rodolfo, Karen Chia-ling Ho as Mimì, Andrea Carroll as Musetta, and Lucas Meachem {…}
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Leah Crocetto & Carrie-Ann Matheson to Perform in Schwabacher Recital Series

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(Photo credit: Jiyang Chen) The Schwabacher Recital Series, presented by Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center, concludes its 41st season with a performance by Leah Crocetto and pianist Carrie-Ann Matheson. The third and final concert of the series showcases music by Clara Schumann, Richard Strauss, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Giuseppe Verdi, Stephen Sondheim, and others. Baritone Lester Lynch will join {…}
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San Francisco Opera to Bring Back ‘Boheme Out of the Box’ in Spring 2025

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(Photo: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera) San Francisco Opera has announced its 2025 edition of “Bohème Out of the Box.” The annual showcase, which features an abridged rendition of Puccini’s venerated classic, will head to  Sausalito on April 26 and 27, San Ramon’s City Center Bishop Ranch on May 1, Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills on May 3 and 4, {…}
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Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition Announces 2025 Winners

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The Met Opera has announced the winners of the 2025 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. This year the five winners were sopranos Alissa Goretsky and Emma Marhefka, mezzo-sopranos Sadie Cheslak and Michelle Mariposa, and baritone Luke Sutliff. Each winner received a $20,000 cash prize and the prestige, exposure, and networking opportunities that come with winning a renowned competition {…}
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Metropolitan Opera Announces Laffont Competition Finalists

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the finalists for the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominque Laffont Competition. Following the semi-finals on March 9, nine singers will advance to the final round. The finalists will compete on the Met stage on March 16 at 3 P.M. ET. Karen Kamensek will lead the Met Orchestra and Laffont alumna and star mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton {…}
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Metropolitan Opera Announces Semi-Finalists for Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition

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(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 20 semifinalists who will compete in the semifinal round of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition on March 9, 2025. The semifinal competition will be held on the Met stage before a panel of judges and will also be available for public viewing via livestream. The {…}
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Leah Crocetto, Michael John Butler, Olivier Zerouali, Georgiana Adams, Caroline Corrales Among Headliners of 2025 Schwabacher Recital Series

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Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center have announced the 2025 Schwabacher Recital Series. First up is a concert starring Georgiana Adams, Caroline Corrales, Thomas Kinch, Samuel Kidd, and pianist Julian Grabarek as they present works by Amy Beach, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Rebecca Clarke, Richard Strauss, George Butterworth, Alma Mahler, Claude Debussy and Kurt Weill. Nicholas Phan curates the program. {…}
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San Francisco Opera Unveils 2025 Adler Fellows Roster

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San Francisco Opera Center has announced its Adler Fellows for 2025. The fellows include sopranos Georgiana Adams (Chicago, Illinois), Caroline Corrales (St. Louis, Missouri), Mary Hoskins (Saratoga Springs, Utah), and Olivia Smith (Penticton, British Columbia, Canada); tenors Thomas Kinch (Cardiff, Wales) and Samuel White (Columbia, South Carolina); baritones Samuel Kidd (Ann Arbor, Michigan) and Olivier Zerouali (Middletown, Delaware); bass-baritone Jongwon Han (Seoul, South Korea) and coaches/pianists Julian Grabarek (Acton, Massachusetts) and Ji Youn Lee (Seoul, South Korea). {…}

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