MEROLA OPERA PROGRAM ANNOUNCES
2026 SUMMER FESTIVAL
TO INCLUDE NEAPOLITAN INSPIRED VOCAL/PIANO RECITAL,
TWO OPERAS, ANNUAL GRAND FINALE
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For the 2026 Merola Artist announcement, please click here.
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Merola Opera Program has announced its 2026 summer season, including a Neapolitan vocal/piano recital, two operas, and a thrilling Grand Finale. Seen here: Merola alumni Deven Shah (’25 & ’26), piano, and bass John Mburu (’25 & ’26), performing in the 2025 Merola Opera Program’s "A Grand Night for Singing – An American Songfest."Photo credit: Kristen Loken
Merola Opera Program has announced its 2026 summer season, including a Neapolitan vocal/piano recital, two operas, and a thrilling Grand Finale. Seen here: Select 2025 Merola alumni performing with Ronny Michael Greenberg (Merola ’14, left), pianist, Merola alum, and curator of the 2025 Merola Opera Program’s "A Grand Night for Singing – An American Songfest."Photo credit: Kristen Loken
Merola Opera Program has announced its 2026 summer season, including a Neapolitan vocal/piano recital, two operas, and a thrilling Grand Finale. Seen here: Select 2025 Merola alumni performing in Merola Opera Program’s 2025 production of "Le Comte Ory."Photo credit: Kristen Loken
Merola Opera Program has announced its 2026 summer season, including a Neapolitan vocal/piano recital, two operas, and a thrilling Grand Finale. Seen here: 2025 Merola alumni Eva Rae Martinez and Minghao Liu performing in Merola Opera Program’s 2025 production of "Le Comte Ory."Photo credit: Kristen Loken
Merola Opera Program has announced its 2026 summer season, including a Neapolitan vocal/piano recital, two operas, and a thrilling Grand Finale. Seen here: Select 2025 Merola alumni performing in Merola Opera Program’s 2025 production of "Le Comte Ory."Photo credit: Kristen Loken
Merola Opera Program has announced its 2026 summer season, including a Neapolitan vocal/piano recital, two operas, and a thrilling Grand Finale. Seen here: Select 2025 Merola alumni performing in the 2025 Merola Grand Finale.Photo credit: Kristen Loken
Merola Opera Program has announced its 2026 summer season, including a Neapolitan vocal/piano recital, two operas, and a thrilling Grand Finale. Seen here: Select 2025 Merola alumni performing in the 2025 Merola Grand Finale.Photo credit: Kristen Loken
Merola Opera Program has announced its 2026 summer season, including a Neapolitan vocal/piano recital, two operas, and a thrilling Grand Finale. Seen here: 2025 Merola alumni Joeavian Rivera and John Mburu ('25 & '26) performing in the 2025 Merola Grand Finale.Photo credit: Kristen Loken
Merola faculty member Mario Antonio Marra will curate Merola Opera Program’s "L’Anima Napoletana," a vocal/piano recital featuring a selection of Neapolitan songs, Jun. 25 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall.Photo courtesy of Merola Opera Program
Stephanie Rhodes Russell (Merola ’09) will conduct Merola Opera Program's "La Tragédie de Carmen," a condensed adaptation of Bizet’s "Carmen" created by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Marius Constant, Jul. 9 & 11 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall.Photo courtesy of Merola Opera Program
Mo Zhou (Merola ’15) will direct Merola Opera Program's "La Tragédie de Carmen," a condensed adaptation of Bizet’s "Carmen" created by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Marius Constant, Jul. 9 & 11 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall.Photo credit: YellowBelly Photo
Omer Ben Seadia (Merola ‘14) will direct Merola Opera Program's "Ariadne auf Naxos," Jul. 30 & Aug. 1 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall.Photo courtesy of Merola Opera Program
Ann-Katrin Stöcker will conduct Merola Opera Program's "Ariadne auf Naxos," Jul. 30 & Aug. 1 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall.Photo credit: Artan Hürsever
William Long will conduct the 2026 Merola Grand Finale, featuring all the young artists in a vibrant showcase of operatic selections, Aug. 15 at the War Memorial Opera House.Photo courtesy of Merola Opera Program
2026 Merola Opera Program's Stage Director Claire Choquette will direct the Merola Grand Finale, featuring all the young artists in a vibrant showcase of operatic selections, Aug. 15 at the War Memorial Opera House.Photo credit: Jack Dangers
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