2023 SEASON SUMMER FESTIVAL INCLUDES A TRANSFORMATIVE RECITAL, THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA, SEMI-STAGED CONCERT OF SCENES FROM CLASSIC OPERAS, AND MEROLA GRAND FINALE
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Tenor Chance Jonas-O'Toole (Merola '22) returns as one of the 28 young artists selected for the 2023 Merola Opera Program. Seen here: Jonas-O'Toole as Monostatos in Merola Opera Program's 2022 production of "Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)."
Photo Credit: Kristen Loken
Soprano Olivia Prendergast (Merola '22) returns as one of the 28 young artists selected for the 2023 Merola Opera Program. Seen here: Prendergast in last season's recital, "A Celebration of American Song."
Photo Credit: Kristen Loken
Tenor Sahel Salam (Merola '22) returns as one of the 28 young artists selected for the 2023 Merola Opera Program. Seen here: Salam as Tamino in Merola Opera Program's 2022 production of "Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)."
Photo Credit: Kristen Loken
Tenor Zackry Chance Jonas-O'Toole (Merola '22) returns as one of the 28 young artists selected for the 2023 Merola Opera Program. Seen here: Jonas-O'Toole in last season's Merola Grand Finale.
Photo Credit: Kristen Loken
Tenor Daniel Luis Espinal (Merola '22) returns as one of the 28 young artists selected for the 2023 Merola Opera Program. Seen here: (L-R) Espinal and Amanda Batista in last season's Schwabacher Summer Concert.
Photo Credit: Kristen Loken
Tenor Chance Jonas-O'Toole (Merola '22) returns as one of the 28 young artists selected for the 2023 Merola Opera Program. Seen here: Jonas-O'Toole as Monostatos in Merola Opera Program's 2022 production of "Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)."
Photo Credit: Kristen Loken
Nicholas Phan returns to curate the musical offerings of Merola Opera Program's "Metamorphosis: Recovery, Renewal, and Rebirth," a vocal and piano recital that explores the many facets of transformation, June 19 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Credit: Clubsoda Production
Nicholas Phan returns to curate the musical offerings of Merola Opera Program's "Metamorphosis: Recovery, Renewal, and Rebirth," a vocal and piano recital that explores the many facets of transformation, June 19 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Credit: Clubsoda Production
Maestro Judith Yan returns to Merola Opera Program to conduct its fully staged production of Benjamin Britten’s "The Rape of Lucretia," July 13 and 15 at the Herbst Theatre.
Photo Credit: Johan Persson
Maestro Judith Yan returns to Merola Opera Program to conduct its fully staged production of Benjamin Britten’s "The Rape of Lucretia," July 13 and 15 at the Herbst Theatre.
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German stage director Jan Eßinger makes his U.S. debut to direct Merola Opera Program's fully staged production of Benjamin Britten’s "The Rape of Lucretia," July 13 and 15 at the Herbst Theatre.
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Bay Area audiences are invited to revel in the drama and melody of classic opera during Merola Opera Program's Schwabacher Summer Concert, conducted by Maestro Steven White. The young artists will perform extended scenes from works by Donizetti, Handel, Verdi, and others on August 3 and 5 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
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Bay Area audiences are invited to revel in the drama and melody of classic opera during Merola Opera Program's Schwabacher Summer Concert, conducted by Maestro Steven White. The young artists will perform extended scenes from works by Donizetti, Handel, Verdi, and others on August 3 and 5 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Photo Courtesy of Merola Opera Program
Bay Area audiences are invited to revel in the drama and melody of classic opera during Merola Opera Program's Schwabacher Summer Concert, conducted by Maestro Steven White. The young artists will perform extended scenes from works by Donizetti, Handel, Verdi, and others on August 3 and 5 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Photo Courtesy of Merola Opera Program
Bay Area audiences are invited to revel in the drama and melody of classic opera during Merola Opera Program's Schwabacher Summer Concert, directed by Omer Ben Seadia (Merola ‘14). The young artists will perform extended scenes from works by Donizetti, Handel, Verdi, and others on August 3 and 5 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
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Maestro Kelly Kuo returns to conduct the Merola Grand Finale, featuring all the young artists in a dazzling array of opera’s most brilliant works, presented August 19 at the War Memorial Opera House.
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Sopranos
Georgiana Adams from Wheaton, Illinois is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Juliette Chauvet from Avignon, France is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Caroline Corrales from St. Louis, Missouri is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Shan Hai from Beijing, China is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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So ry Kim from Daejeon, South Korea is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Olivia Prendergast from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Mezzo-sopranos
Lucy Joy Altus from New York, New York is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Joanne Evans from London, United Kingdom is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Simona Genga from Toronto, Ontario is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Natalie Lewis from Severna Park, Maryland is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Contralto
Cecelia Steffen McKinley from Sterling, Virginia is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Tenors
Daniel Luis Espinal from Sarasota, Florida is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Chance Jonas-O'Toole from Dallas, Texas is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Thomas William Kinch from Cardiff, Wales is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Sahel Salam from Houston, Texas is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Demetrious Sampson, Jr. from Albany, Georgia is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Baritones
Eleomar Cuello from Havana, Cuba is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Kevin Na Godínez from San José, Costa Rica is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Samuel Kidd from Ann Arbor, Michigan is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Cameron Rolling from Waycross, Georgia is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Bass-baritones
James McCarthy from Pleasantville, New York is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Finn Daniel Sagal from La Cañada, California is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Pianists/Coaches
Nicole Marie Cloutier from White Lake, Michigan is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Julian Grabarek from Acton Massachusetts is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Hyemin Jeong from Seoul, South Korea is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Pei-Hsuan Tiana Lin from Kaohsiung, Taiwan is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Deborah Robertson from Springfield, Missouri is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
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Stage Director
Tania Arazi Coambs from Champaign, Illinois is one of the 28 young artists selected from more than 1,300 international applicants for the 2023 Merola Opera Program.
