Calendar
2023 Performances
Tickets for the Merola Summer Festival 2023 performances are on sale now!
Metamorphosis: Recovery, Renewal, and Rebirth
The Rape of Lucretia
Schwabacher Summer Concert
Merola Grand Finale
$10 Community Access Tickets to select performances now available for first-time Merola Summer Festival attendees! Go to sfopera.com/offers and use code MEROLANEW to access the discount.*
Metamorphosis: Recovery, Renewal, and Rebirth
Thursday, June 29, 7:30pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music • 50 Oak Street
Tickets • $80/$55
Curators Carrie-Ann Matheson and Nicholas Phan
At a tumultuous time in the world, this vocal and piano recital focuses on themes of change and growth with songs from Alma Mahler, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Robert Owens, Florence Price, and many others. The illuminating program will take the audience on a journey from desolation to hope.
Performed with English supertitles.
This recital is generously underwritten, in part, by The Grace A. Diem and Alice E. Siemons Foundation, The Frances K. and Charles D. Field Foundation, and The Bernard Osher Foundation.
The Rape of Lucretia
Thursday, July 13, 7:30pm • Saturday, July 15, 2pm
Herbst Theatre • 401 Van Ness Avenue
Tickets • $80/$55
By Benjamin Britten • Libretto Ronald Duncan
Conductor Judith Yan • Director Jan Essinger
Scenic Designer Sonja Füsti • Costume Designer Christine Crook
Lighting Designer Dave Robertson • Intimacy Director Maya Herbsman
$10 Community Access tickets available for these performances! Go to sfopera.com/offers and use code MEROLANEW to access the discount.*
Famed for her steadfast devotion to her husband, Lucretia becomes a target in a brutal game of sex and power. Set to one of Benjamin Britten’s most searing and lyrical scores, this challenging and emotionally charged chamber opera explores issues that are at once timeless and starkly relevant today.
Performed in English with English supertitles.
This opera is generously underwritten, in part, by The Grace A. Diem and Alice E. Siemons Foundation, The Frances K. and Charles D. Field Foundation, and The Bernard Osher Foundation.
Schwabacher Summer Concert
Thursday, August 3, 7:30pm • Saturday, August 5, 2pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music • 50 Oak Street
Tickets • $80/$55
Conductor Steve White • Director Omer Ben Seadia (Merola '14)
Revel in the drama and melodies of classic opera as artists from the 2023 Merola Opera Program perform extended scenes from works by Donizetti, Handel, Verdi, and others.
Performed with English supertitles.
This concert is named in memory of Merola’s late Chairman, James Schwabacher, and is generously underwritten, in part, by The Grace A. Diem and Alice E. Siemons Foundation, The Frances K. and Charles D. Field Foundation, The Bernard Osher Foundation, and Margareta and Staffan Encrantz.
Merola Grand Finale
Saturday, August 19, 7:30pm
War Memorial Opera House • 301 Van Ness Avenue
Tickets • $53/$43/$28
Reception Tickets $75
Conductor Kelly Kuo • Director Tania Arazi-Coambs (Merola ‘23)
$10 Community Access tickets available for this performance! Go to sfopera.com/offers and use code MEROLANEW to access the discount.*
A triumphant end to a transformative season, the Merola Grand Finale features all the young artists of the summer program in a dazzling array of opera’s most brilliant works. Conducted by Maestro Kelly Kuo and directed by 2023 Merola Stage Director Tania Arazi-Coambs, this evening showcases the extraordinary talent of the next generation of opera artists.
Performed with English supertitles.
Following the performance, join the Merola artists for a celebration in The Green Room at the Veterans Building. Reception tickets are limited, and are required in addition to the performance ticket.
Graciously underwritten, in part, by The Blanche Thebom Trust. Post-concert reception sponsored, in part, by Culinary Excellence, Castellucci Napa Valley, and Hafner Vineyard.
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