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 {…}

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Merola Opera Program to Stage ‘Die Zauberflöte’

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Merola Opera Program is set to present a fully staged production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte.” The production will be conducted by Kelly Kuo, Associate Director of American Lyric Theatre and Music Director of the Reno Chamber Orchestra. Director Gina Lapinski directs this production, bringing the work’s colorful characters to life and will feature costumes created by Dame Zandra Rhodes for {…}

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Q & A: Craig Terry on Creating ‘A Celebration of American Song’ at Merola Opera Program

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OperaWire had the chance to speak with Grammy-award-winning pianist Craig Terry about his work with the Merola Opera Program. For this season he has curated the opening piece entitled “A Celebration of American Song.” Terry serves as the Music Director at Lyric Opera of Chicago and Artistic Director of its “Beyond the Aria” recital series. He has collaborated on piano {…}

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Merola Opera Program to Present Latin American Evening

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Merola Opera Program is set to present an evening of Latin American and Spanish composers in the Schwabacher Summer Concert. The concerts will be presented on July 14 and 16 and will see operatic scenes by composers Daniel Catán, Manuel de Falla, Osvaldo Golijov, and Amadeo Vives. Featuring a full orchestra, the Schwabacher Summer Concert will be conducted by Jorge {…}

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Rolando Villazón Earns Major Honor from Merola Opera Program

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

San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program Continue Schwabacher Recitals

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

Merola Opera Program Announces 2023 Season

Merola Opera Program Concludes Summer Program with Gala Concert

Merola Opera Program to Stage ‘Die Zauberflöte’

Q & A: Craig Terry on Creating ‘A Celebration of American Song’ at Merola Opera Program

Merola Opera Program to Present Latin American Evening