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Merola Opera Program Unveils 2020 Performances

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The Merola Opera Program has announced its 2020 program, which is scheduled between July 9 and August 22, 2020. The program, which will feature 29 artists from six countries and across the U.S., will include two concerts and two opera performances. “We are eagerly anticipating another group of outstanding young artists this summer at Merola,” said Jean Kellogg, Executive Director {…}

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San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program Announce 2020 Schwabacher Recital Series

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The San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program have announced their 37th annual Schwabacher Recital Series for 2020. The performances, which are scheduled at San Francisco’s Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater, will feature emerging artists from around the globe. The first concert will showcase a set of performers recently seen as part of the Merola Opera Program. Mezzo-soprano {…}

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Q & A: Bass-Baritone Andrew Dwan & Soprano Amber Monroe on Participating In The Merola Opera Program

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Becoming an opera singer is both an act of faith and a passion. It is also an arduous path of discipline and hard work, day after day, year after year. When an audience sits in the opera houses of the world and revels in the sheer beauty of sound and drama, let alone the color and glamour of an operatic {…}

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Merola Opera Program To Present Schwabacher Summer Concert

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The San Francisco’s acclaimed Merola Opera Program is set to begin its 62nd season with a showcase of the program’s rising stars in the Schwabacher Summer Concert. The first concert of the summer series will showcase scenes from “La Rondine,” “Lucia di Lammermoor,” “Die Schweigsame Frau,” “Faust,” and “Il Trovatore.” The first scene of the program will be selections from Act {…}

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Merola Opera Program Announces New Performer At Schwabacher Recital

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The Merola Opera Program has announced a cast change for its April 24 Schwabacher Recital. Per a press release, soprano Patricia Westley is set to appear in lieu of Mary Evelyn Hangley. Hangley has reportedly withdrawn from the recital for personal reasons. Westley, who is slated to take on the role of Selena in the world premiere of Jake Heggie {…}

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Merola Opera Programs Reveals 2019 Young Artists & Performances

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The Merola Opera Program has announced its 62nd season, which will feature 29 artists from all around the world. This year’s artists will include eight sopranos, four mezzo-sopranos, five tenors, four baritones, two bass-baritones, and one bass to go along with one apprentice stage director, and five apprentice coaches. The sopranos are Anna Duga, Chelsea Lehnea, Anne-Marie MacIntosh, Amber Monroe, {…}

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David Pershall, Christopher Oglesby Headline San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program’s 2019 Schwabacher Recital Series

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San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program will present the 36th season of the Schwabacher Recital Series. The series of four recitals will be held in the Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theatre in San Francisco between Feb. 13 – Apr. 24, 2019. The program is aimed at introducing gifted up-and-coming artists to Bay Area audiences. Works performed will {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Interview: Why The Merola Opera Program Continues To Develop Into One of the Best In the World

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It was 1957 and opera was in the midst of a golden age of singing. Kurt Herbert Adler, the second general director in San Francisco Opera’s history, knew that for opera to continue, young talent needed to be fostered and grown. So he sought out the help of tenor James H. Schwabacher Jr., San Francisco Opera’s production coordinator Matthew Farruggio, {…}