The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Merola Opera Program
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Michael Sumuel will replace Evan Boyer as Taddeo in the excerpts of L'Italiana in Algeri they are doing for this year's Schwabacher Concert. Casting | Merola Opera Program
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* Notes * This year's Auditions for the General Director of San Francisco Opera were yesterday evening, featuring the participants of the Merola Opera Program. It certainly was not a dull performance, and watching the 2009 crop of singers develop will be fascinating. I especially liked hearing the returning Merolini, Nathaniel Peake, in particular, has improved.…
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The 29 Merolini for 2009 were interviewed by San Francisco Opera Center Director Sheri Greenawald, Merola Opera Board of Directors Chairman Jayne Davis, and President Patrick Wilken yesterday evening, in the Green Room of the War Memorial Veterans Building. Iowa was mentioned many times, in context of the strong work ethic of Midwesterners. Several of the…
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SopranosSusannah Biller, Georgetown, TennesseeLara Ciekiewicz, Winnipeg, ManitobaKate Crist, Agency, IowaSara Gartland, St. Paul, MinnesotaLori Guilbeau, Golden Meadow, Louisiana Mezzo-sopranosMargaret Gawrysiak, Geneseo, IllinoisCaitlin Mathes, Dayville, ConnecticutEllie Jarrett, Dallas, TexasMaya Lahyani, Hod-HaSharon, Israel ContraltoSuzanne Hendrix, Charles City, Iowa CountertenorRyan Belongie, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin TenorsEleazar Rodríguez, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, MexicoGregory Carroll, Des Moines, WashingtonBrian Jadge, Piermont, New YorkAlex…
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Merolina Amanda Majeski, current Adler Heidi Melton, and former Adler Sean Panikkar have each received the George London Award this year. Official Site | SF Opera Press Release [PDF]
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July 10-12 2009: Schwabacher Summer Concerts July 24-26 2009: L'Amico Fritz August 7-9 2009: Così fan tutteAugust 22 2009: Merola Grand Finale Tickets go on sale for Merola productions to members on March 16, and to the general public on April 1. Events | Official Site
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Official Site | 2008 Performances Merola Grand Finale Reviews: The Opera Tattler | Civic Center | San Francisco Classical Voice | San Francisco Chronicle Don Giovanni: The Opera Tattler | Civic Center | Oboe Insight | Not For Fun Only | SFist | San Francisco Chronicle Albert Herring: The Opera Tattler | The Rehearsal Studio | SFist | San Francisco Classical Voice | San Francisco…
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* Notes * This year's Merola Opera Program ended twelve weeks of training with a Grand Finale last night at the War Memorial Opera House. The performance was staged simply, using a set that included a couple of steps to a rickety parquet floor and a pair of stage right doors. The costumes were standard…
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* Notes * The Merola Opera Program's Don Giovanni opened with the first of two performances last night. Director Catherine Malfitano's production is a bit busy, bursting at the seams with movement. For example, from the very beginning, the overture had an elaborate pantomime, showing us many of the principal characters and detracting from the…
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* Program * “Pierrot’s Tanzlied” from Die Tote StadtEugene Chan, baritone and Alan Hamilton, piano Debussy’s “Apparition”Ellen Wieser, soprano and Eileen Downey, piano Schubert’s “Erstarrung” from WinterreiseDarren Perry, baritone and Carl Pantle, piano Quilter’s “Now sleeps the crimson petal”Tyler Nelson, tenor and Allen Perriello, piano Weill’s “Youkali”James Rodgers, tenor and Dennis Doubin, piano * Notes * Yesterday evening New…
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