Event Title:

Organization:

  Performing Arts

  San Francisco

Start Date:

  7/22/2011

End Date:

  7/22/2011

Start Time:

  7:30 PM

End Time:

  11:00 PM

Event Info: 

  Enjoy an evening of extended opera scenes in the intimate and elegant Herbst Theatre on Friday, July 22, starring the talented singers of the Merola Opera Program. Selected from over 800 applicants, the singers of the Merola Opera Program truly represent the future of Opera, and the Schwabacher Summer Concert is the perfect way to catch a glimpse of these future opera headliners. Featuring some favorite Italian composers (with a little Tchaikovsky just for fun), this popular concert is perfect for both the seasoned opera lover and the novice, so invite your friends and family to this summertime tradition.

Merola Alumnus Robert Wood will lead members of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra for the concert, which will features scenes from "Don Carlo", "I Capuleti e i Montecchi", "Lucia di Lammermoor", "Rigoletto" and "Eugene Onegin." The scenes concert will be directed by renowned stage director Peter Kazaras, who currently serves as Seattle Opera's Artistic Advisor and Principal Artistic Instructor of the Young Artist Development Program, and was recently appointed Director of Opera and Music Theater at UCLA.

The Merola Opera Program is dedicated to the continuing education and training of the finest young operatic talent and the development of this talent into professional opera singers, coaches and stage directors of the highest artistic caliber. Merola operates in close artistic collaboration with San Francisco Opera but is an independent nonprofit organization. Governed by a separate board of directors, Merola is responsible for its own long-term financial stability and fundraising, and is grateful to the hundreds of loyal members, donors and foundations who support the Program.

http://www.merola.org

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Location:

  Herbst Theatre

Room:

Address:

  401 Van Ness Ave

Phone:

  415-565-6427

City:

  San Francisco

State/Province:

  CA