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Merola Opera Program Unveils Historic 2024 Season

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The Merola Opera Summer Festival has announced its 2024 season. The entirety of the season will be directed by women. First up is “The Song as Drama.” The vocal recital will be curated by Carrie-Ann Matheson and Nicholas Phan. Performance Date: June 27, 2024 Then comes the Schwabacher Summer Concert featuring extended scenes from works by Donizetti, Gounod, Leoncavallo, Massenet, Puccini, {…}

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Merola Opera Program Unveils 2024 Roster

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The Merola Opera Program has announced the 29 artists that will be part of its 2024 roster. Here is the rundown of the artists: Moriah Berry, Atlanta, Georgia Hannah Cho, Seoul, South Korea Alexa Frankian, Oakville, Ontario, Canada Viviana Aurelia Goodwin, Tulsa, Oklahoma Lydia Grindatto, Tijeras, New Mexico Elizabeth “Hanje” Hanje, Vestavia Hills, Alabama Mary Hoskins, Saratoga Springs, New York {…}

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Merola Opera Program’s Executive Director to Retire

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The Merola Opera Program has announced the retirement of Executive Director Jean Kellogg on Jan. 1, 2024. Kellogg started her tenure back in October 2011 and worked closely with two different artistic teams at the San Francisco Opera Center. Among her major achievements was overseeing the development of “If I Were You,” the Merola Opera Porgram’s first-ever opera commission. She {…}

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Rolando Villazón Earns Major Honor from Merola Opera Program

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(Credit: Kristen Loken Photography) Famed tenor Rolando Villazón has received a Merola Distinguished Almuni Award. The Mexican tenor was given the recognition on August 8 during a master class. During the presentation of the award, Merola Opera Program Board of Directors President Barbara Bruser Clark stated, “Those of us who heard Rolando Villazón that summer were never in doubt that {…}

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Q & A: Merola Opera Program Leadership on How Cultivating Awareness Makes Britten’s “The Rape of Lucretia” an Urgent Story Visible Today

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Photo Credit: Kristen Loken Merola Opera Program presents Benjamin Britten’s “The Rape of Lucretia” on July 13th and 15th at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, with director Jan Essinger, conductor Judith Yan, and a creative team including intimacy coordinator Maya Herbsman. Merola will also host a special conversational forum, post-performance on Saturday, July 15th with the creative team and {…}

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San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program Continue Schwabacher Recitals

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  The San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program continues Schwabacher recitals for season 39 on April 12 at San Francisco’s Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater in the Veterans Building. Schwabacher’s series will feature a remarkable group of performers, including countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner, and pianists Carrie-Ann Matheson and Shawn Chang. “We will present a {…}

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Merola Opera Program to Perform ‘Metamorphosis: Recovery, Renewal, and Rebirth’

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The San Francisco Merola Opera Program is set to open its 2023 Summer Festival with “Metamorphosis: Recovery, Renewal, and Rebirth.” The uplifting vocal and piano recital will feature a rich array of songs that explore the many facets of transformation. The program will feature songs from Alma Mahler, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Robert Owens, Florence Price, and many other notable {…}

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Merola Opera Program Announces 2023 Season

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Photo: Kristen Loken Merola Opera Program released its lineup for the 2023 season, which will feature the 29 Artists who were recently announced. This year the Merola Opera Program participants will train with faculty members such as Deb Birnbaum, Julia Faulkner, Gerald Martin Moore, John Churchwell, and Alan Darling, to name a few. Singers and audiences alike will be immersed {…}

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Merola Opera Program Concludes Summer Program with Gala Concert

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The Merola Opera Program’s Summer Festival ends with the Merola Grand Finale, a concert featuring the 31 young artists of the 2022 program. The program will see the artists performing some of opera’s most thrilling arias and ensembles. Directed by 2022 Merola Stage Director Matthew J. Schulz, this performance will be conducted by Patrick Furrer, a Metropolitan Opera staff member {…}